“Wandering in oneself” is an exhibition about a person, his/her opposition to political regimes and ideologies, and the way he/she escapes and recovers through art.
The exposition is set up in four halls and reflects four separate conceptual blocks: “A person as a cause of change,” “A Man Protests,” “Calmness and alienation,” and “Pain and interaction.”
In the section “A person as a cause of change,” the audience could see valuable examples of Ukrainian modernism: “Madonna of the Red Viburnum” by Oleksa Novakivskyi and works by Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo and Sviatoslav Hordynsky brought to Ukraine from the USA. This room also exhibits works by Yevhen Lysyk, Oleh Minko, Carlo Zvirinsky, Alla Honcharuk, Mykhailo Krasnyk, and Yuriy Skandakov.
“A Man Protests” tells the story of the moral resistance of the Kyivan underground of the 1970s and 1980s, namely the artists Mykola Trehub and Woodon Baklytsky. It is the first exhibition of the artists together in 13 years.
“Calmness and alienation” shows the history of organic abstraction in Ukrainian art. These concepts are represented by Opanas Zalyvakha, Halyna Sevruk, Mykhailo Krasnyk, Anatol Stepanenko, Petro Starukh, Andriy Sajenko-Verhun, Roman Zhuk, and Yaroslav Kachmar.
“Pain and interaction” is an introspection by contemporary artists Tereza Barabash and Yaryna Shumska. The artists' works are reflections on the events that have taken place since the beginning of the full-scale war. The artists' projects have been previously exhibited at European venues, and this is the first time they are shown in Ukraine.
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