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Sholem Krishtalka

@sholem.bsky.social

Artist, writer, faggot, crank www.sholem.ca

143 Followers  |  25 Following  |  45 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024
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The Visit III, 2026
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

22.02.2026 11:29 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Study for Red Eye, 2026
Compressed charcoal and pastel on paper
42 x 29.7 cm

17.02.2026 13:24 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ghost II (Self-Portrait with Deco Vases), 2026
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

10.02.2026 14:24 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Lens Flare (Red Eye), 2026
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

02.02.2026 11:22 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Midwinter II, 2026
Oil on mounted masonite
25.5 x 20 cm

19.01.2026 12:51 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Study, after the Visit, 2025
Sepia conte, compressed charcoal and pastel on paper
42 x 29.7 cm

20.12.2025 14:13 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lens Flare (the Studio), 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

15.12.2025 15:18 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Study for After the Bath II, 2025
Sepia charcoal and pastel on paper
42 x 29.7 cm

23.11.2025 13:41 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Study for Bad Muskau II, 2025
Sepia conte, charcoal and pastel on paper
42 x 29.7 cm

15.11.2025 10:31 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Left-handed Self-Portrait, 2025
Charcoal and pastel on paper
42 x 29.7 cm

04.11.2025 16:10 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Bather VI, 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

28.10.2025 13:57 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Would make a great painting

27.10.2025 07:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Weight of the Work, 2025
Oil on prepared Masonite
60 x 50 cm

26.10.2025 13:27 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abstraction (The Path III), 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

23.10.2025 09:45 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bad Muskau II, 2025
Oil on prepared Masonite
60 x 50 cm

08.10.2025 17:14 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Passing of an era

11.09.2025 16:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I’m having a late summer studio sale! There’s one small painting and three works on paper still available. Head over to www.sholem.ca/shop — and my zines are also all for sale there too! Something for every budget!

08.09.2025 15:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Self-Portrait (Process of Assembly) III, 2025
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 cm

30.08.2025 11:00 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Two People in Perpetual Movement, a zine I made for my show at Bad Muskau, Berlin, is now available for order through my website: http://www.sholem.ca/shop/

27.08.2025 10:52 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I think about 4 people who follow me here are in Berlin, nevertheless:

I’m having a small show of my portraits next weekend

TWO PEOPLE IN PERPETUAL MOVEMENT
23 & 24 August
Bad Muskau
Muskauer Str 24
2. Hinterhof, 4. OG

Flyer by @fagtips.bsky.social

17.08.2025 12:12 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sundial (Summer Solstice), 2025
Oil on prepared Masonite
24 x 18 cm

07.07.2025 12:54 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks :)

14.06.2025 10:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Elizabeth, 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

13.06.2025 12:39 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Burning Wishes II (2 of 2), 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

13.05.2025 17:29 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy birthday @sholem.bsky.social !
(A self-portrait by Sholem hidden by my archive of Georges Simenon paperbacks. Yes, I have read them all).

06.05.2025 09:19 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A painting from 2021 very handsomely framed in its new home

After the Ceremony, 2021
Oil on prepared Masonite
50 x 40 cm (unframed)

04.05.2025 11:29 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Burning Wishes II (1 of 2)
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

20.04.2025 11:38 — 👍 26    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abstraction (Virgil and the Carpet), 2025
Oil on prepared Masonite
60 x 50 cm

05.04.2025 15:50 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brody, 2035
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm

23.03.2025 13:02 — 👍 20    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abstraction (Autoritratto Povera), 2025
Oil on prepared Masonite
24 x 18 cm

09.03.2025 11:58 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0