Figment
2026 | OIL ON LINEN | 150 x 100 cm
Figment is a 2026 oil painting on linen by Yuliya Vladkovska depicting whole and cut Italian figs among alphabet beads, coloured beads and small decorative bead forms across a pale, open field.
Whole and opened figs appear among scattered letters and beads, bringing a distinctly bodily register into an otherwise quiet composition.
The cut fruit exposes flesh, seeds and interior structure, while the intact figs retain their smooth, closed surfaces. Around them, alphabet beads and small coloured forms introduce associations with language, adornment, play and personal memory.
The body itself is absent, yet remains implied through what can be held, tasted, touched, worn or desired.
The painting stays suspended between immediacy and recollection. Ripeness suggests fullness, appetite and sensuality, but also duration: a moment already moving toward change.
The scattered objects do not resolve into a fixed narrative, allowing intimacy, seasonality and memory to remain open.
Yuliya Vladkovska, Figment, 2026. Oil on linen, 150 × 100 cm. Whole and cut Italian figs among alphabet beads, coloured beads and small decorative bead forms.
Detail of Figment, showing the stem of a whole fig, striped cylindrical beads and coloured beads.
Detail of Figment, showing alphabet beads, coloured beads, striped cylindrical beads and small decorative bead forms.
Artwork Details
Depicted elements
Whole Italian figs; cut fig; alphabet beads; coloured beads; striped cylindrical beads; small decorative bead forms.
Visual characteristics
Pale open field; enlarged fruit; exposed fig interior; soft green, pink and muted pastel tones; dispersed beads; irregular spacing; gentle shadows; sparse composition; suspended relations.
Themes & associations
Figs; Mediterranean fruit; ripeness; appetite; taste; touch; sensuality; bodily presence; intimacy; seasonality; fertility; memory; childhood; play; adornment; language; transience; absence.
Related works
Selected works extending the same interplay of intimacy, memory, absence and suspended meaning.
