On February 1, the group exhibition “Transit Zone. Exit gate № 2022”, which is a continuation of our projects designed to investigate the impact of the pandemic on the creative activity of artists. This is the international art project “#365daysafter” (2021) and the all-Ukrainian exhibition “Who am I today” (2020).
This time, 23 artists from different cities of Ukraine presented their works symbolizing the transit zone of the pandemic period, in which everyone was since 2020. The exposition consisted of works of various media, including painting, graphics, sculpture, installation and video art.
Participants of the exhibition:
- Astian Rey, Anna Bitaieva, Anzhelika Palyvoda, Vladyslav Ryaboshtan, Valentyna Levina, Waldemar Klyuzko, Hanna Kozyreva, Dmytro Zazymko, Darya Tregubenko, Elzara Oiseau, Zirka Savka, Mariko Gelman, Maryna Gromenko, Maria Lutsak, Mykhailo Skop, Olena Khomyakova, Oleksiy Revika, Olga Gurina, Olena Marychevska, Sofia Yesakova, Terra Neidorf, Uliana Shchabel.
Curators: Iryna Vorona and Pavlo Baltaziuk
The transit zone, in the literal sense, is to some extent a place of unfreedom, the way out of which is clearly limited by a predetermined “choice”. The 2020-2021 period has become a test for most artists, as an endless stay in the zone of waiting and finding oneself in new conditions of social activity. The stiffness of this period has all the characteristics of the transit zone.
In addition, being in the transit zone of the pandemic, the artists created and destroyed borders at every stage of the struggle for their creative independence, with the perception of the fact that the limitation of freedom is primarily a choice we make in our own thoughts. The period of 2020-2021 is also an interaction at a distance, when, finding themselves alone with difficulties, artists began to actively seek a way out of the situation, using disadvantages as advantages, and the suppression of freedom as a factor for acquiring even greater freedom.
“Transit zone. “Exit Gate № 2022” is a new initiative that took place from February 1 to 8 in one of the oldest Kyiv galleries – “Mytets” gallery.
As we continue to research the impact of the pandemic on creative activity, we strive to discover new names and find new audiences for our already large community. We are sure that every artist has become stronger after passing through the 2020-2021 period. Everyone felt the limitations of freedom, and everyone received their “magical push”. Now it’s time to leave the transit zone!
The project was initiated by the association of young artists and art critics of the Kyiv organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU) with the support of the Kyiv organization of the NUAU and the “Art Research Platform MOKONSHU”
The exhibition was open from 4:00 p.m. on February 1 to 1:00 p.m. on February 8 in the “Mytets” gallery http://mytets.com/ at the address: Kyiv, Velika Vasylkivska Str., 12.
*The work “Transition” was used on the poster, author – Vladyslav Ryaboshtan; and the red and white ribbon of Waldemar Klyuzko, which symbolizes quarantine.
**The publication uses photos from the archive of the curators and participants of the exhibition, as well as from the open publications of Andriy Budnyk, journalist Serhiy Komissarov, the FG Kyiv Art Go information portal, and others.
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