Anton Saenko Ukrainian, b. 1989

Saenko’s practice is centered on an investigation of space and landscape, which he approaches not as fixed subjects but as environments that can be experienced and transformed. His work questions the conventional position of the artist as an observer or author who controls the depicted landscape. Instead, nature gradually becomes an active presence, absorbing the human figure into itself.

Working beyond traditional object based forms, Saenko constructs immersive environments through light, darkness, sound, and spatial composition. In one of his works, a dimly lit room is organized around a rectangular opening that resembles neither a painting nor a screen. Rather, it creates a sense of looking into an undefined space, accompanied by the sound of a voice or music. The work incorporates Vasyl Stus’s poetry, connecting the physical environment with memory and cultural experience.

Through this approach, Saenko treats landscape as a form of spatial painting. By replacing conventional pictorial elements with sensory and environmental components, he moves away from established artistic conventions and questions the object oriented and market driven nature of contemporary art.