Ukraine: In Search of Lost Identity

© Gera Artemova

About The Exhibition

Exhibition Curators: Igor Manko and Yaroslav Solop

VASA exhibition by six Ukranian artists:

Gera Artemova Fall of Carthage; Melanka
Marina Frolova UGLY project. Nikita
Viacheslav Poliakov Lviv - Gods Will
Kostia Smolyaninov Street Theography
Yaroslav_Solop The Last Haven
Elena Subach Grandmothers on the Edge of Heaven

This VASA exhibition, similar to an earlier exhibition entitled "Moldova" by Chiara Dazi, addresses identity in a post-Soviet society, in this case in Ukraine. Ukraine is going through a turbulent historical period. What are the distinguishing features that have produced the unique face of the nation? What are the unsightly scars that the communist ideology has left on it? Ukraine: In Search of Lost Identity presents the works of six photographers from Ukraine whose artistic reflections touch upon social, political, ethnical, religious and other aspects of identity of the country and its people.

On VASA Exhibitions:

VASA Exhibitions over the years have provided a platform for individual and group exhibitions, collaborative exhibitions with various organizations and galleries and exhibitions that follow a particular theme or inquiry such as “Where Do We Go Now” curated by Rui Cepeda and the “Kharkiv School of Photography: Soviet Censorship to New Aesthetics” curated by Igor Manko.

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