‘22
‘Such a still-life’
Oil on paper, 21x29cm
This painting depicts a photo sent by my father when the full-scale war broke out in Ukraine, showing weapons instead of fruits and flowers with our family photographs in the background. The title was the caption to the photo, reflecting upon the change of normality and how the war affected the understanding of it. Considering that my father’s favourite type of painting were still-lifes, I grew up surrounded by them and it was a sign of safety and peace of home. This photo became a personal key indicator to me that after the 24th of February our understanding of home and day-to-day life became the juxtaposition of danger, violence and fear within your comfort zone. This still-life is the documentation of what people in warzones are forces to live in.
Decay
A study on decomposition, destruction and waste
Oil on paper. 21x21 cm
Firebird
On light in the time of fear and destruction
Oil on paper, 21x29cm
motherlands’ tears
Oil on paper, 21x29cm
my mothers are crying and i’m not talking only about their physical forms
my mothers are filled with rivers of blood
her children are dying
not just those that walk on two legs
not just those that can move
none of them she can protect
