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The aim of this text is to give the pages of the magazine dedicated to Ukrainian art to the artists: to give them the opportunity to speak for themselves, to present their works created after 24 February 2022. Unlike in some other countries, in Lithuania it is known that Ukraine has never been part of Russia. There have been periods of occupation, but there has been fierce resistance, so it is clear that Ukrainian art is independent. However, I notice that even in Lithuania, art critics and artists think that Ukrainian art is rather academic and therefore partly conservative, so my aim with this text is to introduce contemporary Ukrainian art to the Lithuanian audience. Katia Lisova The first work of the war period was a series of collages called The Power of Memory, which tells about the tragedies of various cities affected by the war: Mariupol, Borodianka, Skovorodinovka, Irpin, Kharkiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Chernihiv. The works are made from both current war photographs and old photographs of Ukrainians who have lived in former or ongoing war zones. Irina Ozarinskaja My mother is a refugee from Ukraine. When crossing the Romanian border with our dog, my mother was carrying a bag with documents, medicines, dog food, a teaspoon, and a brick of our house. A work created from that brick was exhibited at the Venice gallery A plus A. Andrej Sidorenko Some of my earlier works, which dealt with the theme of nostalgia for the Soviet past in a sarcastic form, proved to be prophetic. I have lived in Kyiv for a long time, but I was born in Kharkiv, which is now being shelled every day. Reflections on the horrors of war and the barbaric destruction of the infrastructure of Ukrainian cities led me to create the series War Cartography. Anton Logov I came up with the War in Ukraine series of drawings to maximize the spread of information through social networks. Each work is a message. Now I have about 60 works in my series about the war. I started these drawings in the second week of the war. Some of my works relate to the crimes committed by the Russians in Bucha, Mariupol, Kharkiv. AVE libertatemaveamor The format of my work is "portable", as are the materials - a 13 x 18 cm pad and an outline marker - so the work process has not been affected by events, only the themes. Depicting what is happening, or what you would like to happen, has a therapeutic effect. News needs to be processed. I am grateful to all the soldiers, medics, and volunteers that I still have the opportunity to create. Nikita Titov For a long time, I called myself a Facebook artist. I don't like writing, so art is my opportunity to say what I feel and think through images. My first political poster was made during the Maidan. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, I continued to make posters. I try to convey not only what hurts, but also what helps us to go on living, to convey the belief in Ukraine's victory, the belief that Ukraine will win. We will win!. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
