For #NEIVANMADE, historical photos are not just about history. They’re about people. People like you and me. So even if you don’t recognize the specific revolution or war captured in a photograph, you always have the chance to recognize the emotions of the people immortalized on film. Empires, ideologies, beliefs, and prohibitions come and go. But emotions remain. They are the bridge that allows us to understand how little separates us from those whose names disappeared decades ago but who still smile or cry in black and white snapshots. We live in wartime. Therefore, like no one else, we are capable of feeling the images of these people who are just shadows of the past for the peaceful world. We ourselves take countless photos every day. And many of them are historical too, so for those who will live tomorrow, we have long become shadows of the past.

In the project “When We Were Shadows” by #NEIVANMADE, historical photos are transformed into silhouettes, preserving only the emotions. Because that’s what makes us human. Visitors can become part of the installation, complementing the works with their own shadows, creating unique images with each moment. This is offered as a symbolic representation of our presence in the global historical process.

The project took place in collaboration with #NEIVANMADE and @avangard.ukraine as part of the team gathering “Culture in the Rear.” February 9-11 at Powder Tower, 4 Pidvalna Street, Lviv. The opening featured a musical-shadow performance by the NAZVA band, as well as a charity sale of author’s merch.

The exhibition “Fake for Real: A history of forgery and falsification“ is organised by the Brus- sels-based House of European History and the Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation in Thessaloniki, Greece. The new touring exhibition opens on 2 February 2024 and will be available for the public until 16 June 2024. Uncovering the fascinating world of forgery, fakes and falsehoods, visitors will be swept along a dramatic narrative, spanning from antiquity to the present day.

Throughout the centuries — in war, politics, the economy and other spheres of human activity — forgery and deceit have been used to advance their creators’ goals. Diligently crafted, these complex falsifications hide the facts in a maze of half-truths and complete fabrications. To get to the truth, one needs to follow the thread to the labyrinth’s core, discovering and exposing every lie or forgery on the way. We live in a world in which the quantity, spread and prevalence of these distortions have drastically increased.

The exhibition presents falsifications throughout European history, a theatrical journey through the motives, impact and exposure of fakes. It describes the specific historical circumstances that explain their appearance, the interests and motives behind them, the impact they had and how they were ultimately debunked. Set across six themes and a chronological timeline, the exhibition offers a rich display of more than 100 remarkable artefacts originating from all over Europe. Each tells a compelling story of deceit — from the erased records of the Roman emperors, manipulated biographies of medieval saints, stories of travel that never happened — to a fake army used by the Allies in WWII. They also include documents of critical importance in our, history such as the Donation of Constantine and the letters used to accuse Dreyfus, all illustrating how emotions and personal beliefs can impact how we want to understand the world, or deliberately misrepresent it.

The exhibition ends with an immersive installation Behind the blinds, conceived by the Ukrainian artist #NEIVANMADE, about disinformation in the context of the current war. False information spread by Russian media and published in Europe, denied the war of aggression in Ukraine and its brutal character, which destroyed everyday-life objects, which are on display from the city of Irpin.

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Tomorrow is the day we have awaited for nine years. The war will leave our homes, the skies will clear, and the sun of freedom will once again rise over a liberated land. #NEIVANMADE reflects on what tomorrow holds. Our cities will not immediately rise from the ashes, those we have lost will not return, and we won’t suddenly find ourselves in a land of wealth and success. However, something profound will change—something only those living today can truly understand.

This series draws inspiration from American realists such as Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, Charles Peterson, Thomas Hart Benton, and Grant Wood, who portrayed the simplicity of everyday life. Their paintings, filled with light, peace, and faith in human nature, hold freedom as an inherent truth.

The artist envisions tomorrow’s Ukraine as a place where freedom and peaceful life are the ultimate ideals, guiding us into a new world we are building today. This will be our paradise—a light shining within us, even in the darkest times. By referencing idyllic post-war American art, the author highlights parallels and contrasts between post-war America and the future Ukraine.

But what will Ukrainians be like in this paradise? The horrors of war have left unhealable scars. The central figures in these works are those suffering from PTSD—shadows inhabiting a bright, peaceful world, striving to adapt or accept that the past is truly behind them while concealing boundless emptiness behind their smiles.

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war continues until this day, ruining the lives of millions of people and uprooting the principles of civilized life as we know it.

This exhibition commemorates one year since its outbreak to raise awareness among the Dartmouth community and beyond of the war raging in the heart of Europe. Our exhibit showcases artworks of eight Ukrainian illustrators, most of them living and working in Ukraine—sometimes, with no power, water, cell signal, or Internet connection. Many of them have long been collaborating with global media, in particular, New Yorker, the Atlantic, Zeit, Adweek, and other outlets.

The digital exhibit is the companion to the physical exhibit present in the Baker-Berry Library Brickway from February 24 – March 31, 2023.

Curated by Veronika Yadukha, a student of the Comparative Literature MA program, Hanna Leliv, a Leslie Center faculty fellow, and Jill Baron, a research librarian at Baker-Berry Library. Digital exhibit by August Guszkowski.

This exhibit was made possible with the generous support of the Leslie Center for the Humanities and the Dartmouth Library. Special thanks to Dennis Grady, Laura Braunstein, Peter Allen, Deborah Howe, Lizzie Curran, Jennifer Taxman, Laura Barrett, Joanna Davidson, and Shawn Martin for bringing both the physical and digital components of this exhibit to life.

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Pl. de la Resistance, Theatre Hall, Esch-sur-AlzetteGraphic art has always been one of the most prompt forms of creative responses to ongoing social and political issues. “War Time Graphics” by The 4th Block association and Art-Territory Ukraine is an exhibition of war posters featuring 25 anti-war posters by contemporary Ukrainian artists.

On February 1st, the “Mitec” gallery opened the group exhibition “Transit Zone. Gate Exit No. 2022,” which is a continuation of our projects aimed at exploring the impact of the pandemic on the creative activities of artists. This includes the international art project “#365daysafter” (2021) and the all-Ukrainian exhibition “Who am I today” (2020).
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Come and unite together in support of Ukraine through a projection highlighting Ukrainian art and
artists.

Fulbright Scholar Rimma Milenkova has curated a selection of images of Ukrainian artwork, past and present. Contemporary Ukrainian photography will be curated by digital archivist Irina Glik. Columbia Professor Mark Andryczyk and musician Yaryna Yakubyak will present contemporary Ukrainian poetry, as well as its English translation.

Together we will gain a further understanding of the war in Ukraine as we look at the crisis through the works of artists and writers. Arrive at 6:30pm to make a poster in support of Ukraine. Projection begins at 7:30pm. Stay afterward for refreshments and collection of monetary donations for humanitarian aid.

We invite you to a meeting with Ukrainian culture. Come to see, hear, feel, and support Ukraine in
this difficult time for us.

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Posters – promotion, propaganda and protest
30 April 2022 – 13 November 2022

The illustrated poster was born in Europe in the late 19th century, reflecting an increasingly commercialised world with conflicting political ideologies. Posters are ephemeral, produced for a specific moment, yet many elements are recycled and resonate in cultural memory today. From the propaganda of the World Wars and the Cold War to the explosion of cultural exchange, tourism and the emergence of multi-voiced social movements after the Second World War, complex layers of European division and unity are revealed through a selection of posters from the collection of the House of European History. They reflect the development and transformation of the public sphere in European cities.

Public opening – 30 April 2022 – Join us at the museum for a rich programme of activities: a drawing performance by artist, writer and cartoonist Dan Perjovschi, a creative workshop where visitors can design their own poster on a topic they feel is important for Europe, and guided tours in the galleries of the temporary exhibition!

Participation in a workshop: ‘Walls talk… and you, what do you have to say?’ will initiate primary schools into the milestones of European History. The question whether or not you can trust the image on a poster will also be addressed, equipping students with keys to analyse images from the past. Students from secondary schools will have the possibility to learn about European History via posters presenting human rights, migration, European election, conflict, and also cultural and sport events. Students will be asked to time travel to create their own posters on a topic that they identify as important for the public sphere and present the outcome of their discussion to the other students in the group. (EN/FR/NL)

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A Ukrainian couple Eugenia and Samson Brodskiy were away from their home country when the war began in February and have been unable to return. They have been collecting works by Ukrainian artists to help them through these horrific times and find hope. “We have been so fortunate to find kindness and support in San Diego for our family and because of this we want to share our feelings and show powerful images of the war through the eyes of modern Ukrainian artists.”

The art exhibit,“ Ukrainian Voice. Your choice!,“ which also features video and audio installations, will be held at the Bread & Salt gallery in Logan Heights. It will show the war from the beginning of the invasion to the present day, tell stories of bravery, sadness, desolation and hope captured in real time as the conflict rages on. The show is free to the public. All proceeds from purchases of art work and donations will be sent directly to Ukrainian families in need. The exhibit opens on June 14, hours 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will run through June 17, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

We are working with a local San Diego non-profit organization, MH Community Preservation a 501 (c)(3) EIN#82-3030713. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

“Unfortunately, every day brings a lot of losses, a lot of pain and we realized that we can not stand on the sidelines. Our mission now is to be a bridge between people who can help and people who need the help. We ask San Diegans to support our initiative, visit the exhibition and buy an art print or donate money to the fund. Proceeds from the art exhibition will be donated to a local volunteer organization in Ukraine to assist the affected families, children, orphans, and the wounded in Ukraine.”

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Bread & Salt
1955 Julian Ave
San Diego, CA

Dates and times
Tuesday, June 14 – 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Opening)
Wednesday, June 15 to  Friday,  June 17 – 2:00 PM

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The Ukrainian House presents an exhibition of wartime posters — a vivid artistic reaction to the events of the war.
From the first days of the full-scale invasion of Russian forces into Ukraine, many artists made their choice to act: to speak here and now about the war without distance. The visual images they created became “voices” of resistance at public events in cities in Ukraine and around the world, resonated in the media, and were reproduced by thousands in social media posts. These poignant images continue to fuel the informational wave, not allowing the world to turn away from the war in Ukraine.
Through posters, artists manage to express the complex spectrum of emotions and horrors of the events that Ukrainians are experiencing today, speaking without words about this blend of shock and uplift. This precise targeting of our sensitive points allows for a certain understanding and release from these experiences.
Concise poster messages have become one of the forms of dialogue within Ukrainian society. They spread rapidly through messengers, plastered on the streets of cities. They support our fighting spirit, instill a sense of unity, and reassure us that none of us is alone in our pain, in our readiness to help, in our pursuit of justice.
Within the framework of the exhibition project, a drop from the ocean of artistic reaction to the events of the war is presented, which artists, designers, and illustrators generate non-stop in the form of posters. Artists have made their choice to act. For many of them, a war poster is not just an expression, but often not so much a statement as a form of struggle. Through this project, the Ukrainian House affirms the importance of their choice — both creative and civic.
Project participants: Anton Abo, Danylo Halyko, Oleksandr Hrehov, Nikita Titov, Anna Ivanenko, Anna Sarvira, Masha Foya, Hrasya Oliyko, Oleg Hryshchenko, Tetiana Yakunova, Mari Kinovych, Zhenya Polosina, Zhenya Oliynyk, Yulia Tverytina, Seri/Graf, Anton Reznikov, Danylo Shtangeyev and Boris Filonenko, Vlada Borovyk-Samolevska, Dasha Podoltsava, Mykhailo Skop, Andriy Yermolenko, Oleksiy Say, Mitya Fyenekin, Liza Yablonska-Mikhaylus, Anastasiia Haydaenko, Nataliia Shulha, Illya Uhnivenko, Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, Albina Yaloza, Anton Logov, Kinder Album, Oleksiy Revika, Ave Libertatemaveamor, Katya Lisova, Orka Collective, KARA.
Project curators: Alisa Hryshanova, Oleg Hryshchenko, Olena Staranchuk.

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Introduction

Throughout its history, Ukraine has faced formidable challenges to preserve its identity and existence. As one of the numerous components of cultural heritage, Ukrainian art was subjected to tyranny by the authorities in charge during the occupation, whether they were the Russian Empire, the USSR, or the Russian Federation. During the large-scale invasion, this problem has become more relevant than ever.

Russia destroyed and is destroying Ukrainian art. It continues to infringe on our identity and cultural heritage, forcefully seizing and distorting them. It instills in us an inferiority complex with a longing for their bloody metropolis.

Today, Ukrainian progressive art has a vital mission to end all Russian cultural expansion and to ensure that Russian “culture” has no legitimate place in the world.

Mission

●      “Art Brings Victory” is an all-encompassing art initiative that strives to bring together the community of diverse art movements and artists from all around Ukraine to approach the inevitable – our victory.

●      The project is designed to mobilize society in the volunteer movement and manifest the necessity for active engagement in the struggle at all levels, primarily in the artistic field.

●      All works of art or compositions presented at the exposition or on stage have the value of reflecting the epoch and our defining reality. In a complex historical confrontation at the survival level, each canvas or each piece of music becomes a combat unit at the cultural frontline. Therefore, our task is to attract and unite different genres in one artistic field into one cluster to direct and implement art supporting the main front – the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Patrons and buyers in Ukraine and abroad are benefactors of our victory. We find and involve them in the joint struggle. In return, we offer and guarantee triple profit:

● Aesthetic satisfaction from works of highly-skilled Ukrainian creators;

● Support of the principal and artistic front;

● Investment:

After the victory, every unit of art involved in the liberation war will become a relic. That is why art acquires new significance today. Its cost on the world market will only grow because the high price of our art generates priceless values that will live forever.

Project’s objective

The art initiative will help us with our goals of:

●       Raising funds for the needs of the Armed Forces

●      Moral and cultural support of defenders of Ukraine; consolidating and educating on the topic of the Ukrainian spirit’s tenacity and struggle

●      Establishing a cultural platform for the revival and reconstruction of a state with a solid cultural bedrock

●       Supporting artists in their desire to join the struggle

●       Presenting and promoting artists abroad

●       Introducing Ukraine as a country with profound and unique culture

Outcomes

The charity art event “Art Brings Victory” was launched in 2016 and was known under the name “For fighters from artists”. From the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, before a full-scale invasion in the east of the country, hostilities were ongoing, and the needs of the front were considerable.

For this reason, from 2016 to 2018, various art events were staged, allowing artists from all across Ukraine to join forces and assist the Ukrainian military on the frontline of the anti-terrorist operation.

After February 24, our project logically continues its activities in a fundamentally new sense – to celebrate victory and hold the final artistic event in the city of Sevastopol.

Within two months after the volunteer initiative “Art Brings Victory” resumed activity, 38 works of art were sold, and UAH 240,000 for automobile purchases were raised. Besides, humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was collected and delivered.

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Ukraine has been fighting Russian attackers for the past ten months. At the exhibition entitled Ukraine. Under a Different Sky, we present works by Ukrainian artists created in response to Russian aggression.

The current war turned out to be a moment of artistic liberation – ever since 24 February 2022, artists using different media are facing the necessity to give a testimony of the tragic events. Works presented at the exhibition document the brutality of Russian invaders and appeal to global conscience.

This is the largest exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art responding to the war caused by Russia’s vicious attack a – it features more than two hundred artworks by thirty-two artists.

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On March 1st, the Second All-Ukrainian Lefkara Biennale 2021 will open at the “White World” Central House of Artists. The exhibition will run throughout March and will feature works by 98 Lefkara artists.
The opening will take place on March 1st from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
Address: 21a Pushkinska Street, Kyiv.
Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM; Sun-Mon: Closed. Admission is free.
Similar to 2019, the Biennale’s opening coincides with the birthday of the “White World” Central House of Artists. By uniting these two significant events, “White World” emphasizes the incredible importance of its long-term project, which supports and celebrates the ancient yet remarkably modern technique of Lefkara.
“For all five years since the establishment of the “White World” Central House of Artists, we have put our hearts into our exhibitions, collaborations, nationwide, and international art projects. The Lefkara Biennale is a project that is truly important and dear to us. I was genuinely pleased, even overwhelmed, but not frightened by the number of applications submitted for both the first and second Biennales. And the simultaneous display of over a hundred works posed a real challenge for the White World… A challenge that we not only met but also received a valuable reward: the attention of countless visitors, widespread interest from art enthusiasts, and, ultimately, the pleasant realization that we have created a high-quality and powerful event.” (Director of the “White World” Central House of Artists, Tamara Yanovych)

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Especially for the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, the Poltava Academic Regional Puppet Theater presented the mystery play “The Great Pit”.

White, unblemished shirts on three doves, three pure maiden souls, each adorned with crowns that shimmer with various colors. This seems to speak of the unrealized dreams the girls had during their lifetime, emphasizing that the sins they committed were unintentional, unconscious.

The three souls represent three historical eras of Ukraine.

The first – during the time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s hetmanship;

The second – during the hetmanship of Ivan Mazepa;

The third – Ukraine after the destruction of the Sich.

The antagonists are the Ravens, who boast of their evil deeds, wearing necklaces of skulls and embodying the negative events of that time, in the triangle of Ukraine, Russia, and Poland.

The final stage depicts three lirnyks, three wandering singers who glorified Bohdan Khmelnytsky with their songs.

Later, the Muscovites poured all their evil onto them, calling Bohdan Khmelnytsky a “fraud”, digging up a small pit – where they found skeletons in chains and broken clay dishes.

“They haven’t even found that great pit yet,” – with this phrase, Taras Shevchenko hints that the Great Pit is not a real structure, but rather the values and national consciousness of Ukrainians, which are sometimes lacking in people.

The coordinator of the project was the director of the theater, Tetiana Vitrak, who brought together a team of professionals and like-minded individuals around the creative process that flourished within the artistic project.

Team members:

• Tetiana Vitrak (Poltava) – Director of the Poltava Academic Regional Puppet Theater, project coordinator;

• Niko Lapunov (Poltava) – Chief Director of the Poltava Academic Regional Puppet Theater, director of the play “The Great Pit”;

• Iryna Savchenko (Kyiv) – Professor at the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, literary consultant for the project;

• Maksym Starikov (Poltava) – Member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, photographer and videographer for the project;

• Larisa Markelova (Lebedyn) – Theater artist;

• Yulia Vasyuk (Vinnytsia) – Lirnyk;

• Authentic Singing Ensemble “Bozhychi” (Kyiv);

• Mykhailo Skop (Lviv) – Artist.

The director of the mystery play is Niko Lapunov (chief director of the Poltava Puppet Theater), while adhering to the author’s principle of triad, fills the images of the poem with meanings, which are reflected in the costumes of the characters.

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An interactive project is an attempt to consider a work of art as an object, the integrity, form, and very existence of which depends on the audience. It serves as a way to consider the paradox of the “fragment”, which is both a work and an index sign of the work depending on the point of perception.

An object of 100×100 mm was created. It consisted of fragments of plaster collected from the walls of abandoned industrial buildings. There was a certain distance between the fragments so that the work would never be integral in the physical meaning of the word. A pattern is applied to the plane, designed to fix the initial position of each fragment in a single composition and identify it as part of the overall work. They distributed to all comers. The only condition for participation in the project was to indicate the coordinates of the fragment on the Google map, thus uniting the object in a single information field. The movement of fragments is proposed to be considered part of the formation of the object, so they should also be included in the map. In this way, the audience directly influences the work, which ceases to be a static closed system. The constant variables in it are the location of the fragments, as well as the area and depth of the work. Fragments can be destroyed, divided, or altered in any other way, which also affects the entire work. Movement and interaction are factors that make it almost impossible to “complete” the work because it is fundamentally variable.

As 2023, the area occupied by the facility is 100 162 408 км².

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Iconart Gallery invites you to an exhibition of works from the gallery’s collection. Presented authors: Lyuba Yatskiv, Ostap Lozynskyi, Natalya Rusetska, Ulyana Tomkevich, Ulyana Nyschuk-Borysiak, Petro Humenyuk, Arsen Bereza, Danylo Movchan, Svyatoslav Vladyka, Mykhailo Skop and others.

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