This Is Just an Exhibition: 2nd opening
鈥濼his Is Just an Exhibition鈥� as a part of the Kyiv Biennale 2023 opened on October 27, 2023. The artists serving the Ukrainian army, defending the country against Russian armed aggression, were invited to participate. Initially, there were no artworks; the audience was confronted with an empty space. My intention was to try, even in a small way, to depict some aspect of the war that had become the reality for Ukrainian men and women. No exhibition is able to capture the vastness of suffering, injustice, fear and the threat that the war brings. The only thing that seemed possible to me was unpredictability and uncertainty.
On the opening day, January 12, we will finally see the artworks. Some were created after February 24, but not all of them. Many Ukrainian artists 鈥渟uspended鈥� their artistic activities after the full-scale Russian aggression; especially, the people who were determined to join the army. They decided to showcase works created before that period. This is an exhibition about war, even though the majority of the pieces do not directly address it. This is an exhibition about people living in the reality of war.
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鈥濼his Is Just an Exhibition鈥� as a part of the Kyiv Biennale 2023 opened on October 27, 2023. The artists serving the Ukrainian army, defending the country against Russian armed aggression, were invited to participate. Initially, there were no artworks; the audience was confronted with an empty space. My intention was to try, even in a small way, to depict some aspect of the war that had become the reality for Ukrainian men and women. No exhibition is able to capture the vastness of suffering, injustice, fear and the threat that the war brings. The only thing that seemed possible to me was unpredictability and uncertainty.
On the opening day, January 12, we will finally see the artworks. Some were created after February 24, but not all of them. Many Ukrainian artists 鈥渟uspended鈥� their artistic activities after the full-scale Russian aggression; especially, the people who were determined to join the army. They decided to showcase works created before that period. This is an exhibition about war, even though the majority of the pieces do not directly address it. This is an exhibition about people living in the reality of war.
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