10 million to support the legendary Crimean brigade: UP and “Return Alive” announce an auction of works of art

Return Alive Army Relief Fund and Ukrainian Truth will hold a joint art auction to raise funds for the 10th Saka Marine Aviation Brigade (Crimea). The works of famous Ukrainian artists will be sold at the auction. The central series will be dedicated by the artists to citizens who resist the Russian occupiers in Crimea – Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar political prisoners and activists: Nariman Dzhelal, Server Mustafayev, Galina Dovgopolii, Seyran Saliyev, Vladyslav Yesipenko, Iryna Danylovich, Bohdan Ziza, Servet Gaziyev and Emir-Usein Kuku. Alevtyna Kahidze, Vartan Markaryan, Rustem Skybin, Olena Kainska, Zirka Savka, Kateryna Kozynska and others created their works for people who are persecuted by the Russian Federation in Crimea. On February 27, at 6:30 p.m., the Ukrainian PEN will open an exhibition of works dedicated to Crimean political prisoners and activists resisting the occupation. The exhibition and online auction will run from February 27 to March 27. It will be possible to view the works at the address of Kyiv, str. Lukyanivska, 14a, the exhibition will be open every Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on days when events take place in the space of PEN Ukraine. We decided to tell in more detail about these works of art, their authors and the people to whom they are dedicated. Alevtyna Kakhidze painted a series of works about nurse Iryna Danylovych Nurse and journalist Iryna Danylovych were kidnapped by FSB officers on April 29, 2022 and kept in the basement until May 7. Traditionally, they said that they found an “explosive device” in her. In January 2023, Danylovych was sentenced to 7 years in prison. “I gathered information about Ira Danylovych’s court proceedings on the Internet, which is almost non-existent, I talked with her relatives – to imagine that I was there…” – says Alevtina Kahidze, the author of a series of paintings dedicated to her. Alevtyna Kakhidze is an artist, performance artist, curator and gardener. In her works and performances, she explores consumer culture, the world of plants and animals, feminism, and justice. In April 2014, she created the project “Strawberry Andriivna” about her mother’s life in the “DNR”. The project was interrupted by the death of the artist’s mother at a roadblock on January 16, 2019. Alyeta’s work dedicated to the full-scale invasion can now be seen in the Art Arsenal at the “Heart of the Earth” exhibition. Kahidze’s works are kept in the collections of major Ukrainian museums and in private collections. Artist Zirka Savka dedicated her work to Server Mustafaev “No matter how much they try to hold our body, destroy our mind and make us shut up, the fire of thirst for truth and our native home will not leave us, and the smallest sparks will burn even stronger from that wind.” This is how Zirka Savka, an artist from Lviv, describes her work dedicated to the Crimean human rights defender, coordinator of “Crimean Solidarity” Server Mustafaev, who was sentenced by Russia to 14 years in a colony. Mustafayev was defended by Amnesty International and Front Line Defenders, his name is mentioned in the UN General Assembly Resolution. In December 2022, the human rights defender filed lawsuits against three Russian pre-trial detention centers where he was held before the colony. Zirka Savka works with different materials and in different genres. He is most interested in social topics, relationships between people, reactions to external stimuli. And in his works he works with the shape of the human body, its plasticity and originality. Kateryna Kozynska tells the story of Seyran Saliev in a series of pictures. After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Kuresh Seyran Saliev, a philologist of the Crimean Tatar language by education, tour guide and judge of the national Crimean Tatar struggle, began to visit courts on fabricated cases as a citizen journalist. He was eventually arrested, charged with “terrorism” and sentenced to 16 years in prison. “We have never met personally, but I really feel his passion and desire for freedom, I share his desire to live on his native land, I am inspired by his heroism and indomitability in resistance against Russia,” says artist Kateryna Kozynska about Saliev, to whom her series of works is dedicated . Before the full-scale invasion, Kateryna Kozynska photographed actors, created professional portfolios, music album covers and theater posters. Now, with the help of photography, he tells the stories of indomitable Ukrainians. Vladyslav Yesypenko dedicated a sculpture made of iron pins and fuze to Vartan Markaryan Poltava artist Vartan Markaryan dedicated his work – a sculpture of iron pins and fuze (hardened oil paint) to journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko. Vladyslav was detained in March 2021 in Crimea by the Russian FSB, tortured to extract her testimony, and sentenced to 6 years in prison on February 16, 2022. “Re-reading the testimonies about capture and illegal convictions, you are filled with horror. Your body is torn to pieces only to be broken, knocked down, because that is the only thing the Russian regime is capable of,” the artist explains about his work. Vartan Markarian is an interdisciplinary artist, works with painting, graphics, installation, video, VR. Researches man in urban, industrial and industrial space. And with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, he began documenting the consequences of the war. The “Correspondence” poster by Rustem Skibin is dedicated to Nariman Dzhelal The “Correspondence” poster is dedicated to Nariman Dzhelal – a Crimean Tatar politician, teacher, journalist, since 2013 the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people. In September 2021, representatives of the occupying “authorities” of Crimea detained Dzhelal, took him to an unknown destination and kept him in handcuffs with a bag over his head. In September 2022, the so-called “court of Crimea” sentenced him to 17 years in prison. The Crimean artist Rustem Skybin created his style of polychrome painting of ceramic products within the framework of the traditional culture of the Crimean Tatars. After the annexation of the peninsula by Russia, he left Crimea and moved to Kyiv. His works are known far beyond the borders of Ukraine and are kept in museum and private collections. Olenka Galai painted the artist Bohdan Ziza Crimean artist Bohdan Ziza was detained by the FSB on May 17, 2022, for painting the entrance to the occupation “administration” of Yevpatoria with yellow and blue paint. This is what artist Olenka Galai says about her work dedicated to him: “This is actually a portrait of Bohdan himself, taken from a photograph with stylized elements of the classic Crimean Tatar ornament and his first letter from illegal imprisonment. The top is splashed with blue-yellow paint, like a symbol of Bohdan’s pro-Ukrainian position and the absurdity of his punishment.” Olenka Galay is a photographer, cinematographer, and artist working in Kyiv. He also manages the “Halaychikovi readings” project, in which he popularizes modern poems and prose. 67-year-old Galina Dovgopolii dedicated the work of Daria Golovnin to 67-year-old resident of Sevastopol Galina Dovgopolii, detained by the Russian occupiers on suspicion of “treason” and sentenced by the so-called court to 12 years in prison, dedicated her painting entitled “I carry light in the hands” artist Darya Golovnina. “I don’t stoop. I stand. I don’t lose heart. And you don’t stoop. Stand. Don’t lose heart. Work, joke. Dress warmer when it’s cold. Wait for me,” the author describes her work. Darya Golovnina is an artist from Kharkiv. “The case that does not exist” – the work of Artem Yasynskyi about Servet Gaziyev The work entitled “The case that does not exist” – digital art in the form of a folder with the case printed on paper – photographer Artem Yasynskyi dedicated to Servet Gaziev, a figure in the so-called “case of Crimean Muslims “. He was subjected to inhuman treatment during his detention in a Russian pre-trial detention center, where he spent about two years. And in January of this year, he was sentenced to 13 years of strict regime prison and 1.5 years of restricted movement. Artem Yasynskyi is a photographer and videographer from Kyiv. He works in different styles, in his works he strives to tell stories. Elena Kainska dedicated a painting to Emir-Usein Kuk. Elena Kainska’s painting is dedicated to the Crimean Tatar activist Emir-Usein Kuk, who was illegally sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2019. He was the deputy head of the Koreiza Muslim religious community and spoke out against the Russian occupation and human rights violations on the peninsula. “Emir-Usein collected coins. The coins that spill out of the house symbolize the destroyed life of the man and his family,” Kainska explains. The artist Olena Kainska works in the technique of “pure art”. Explores themes of finding inner peace, recovering from trauma, innate human kindness, and love as the guiding force in the universe. In addition to a series of works dedicated to Crimean political prisoners, such well-known artists as Zhanna Kadyrova, Nikita Kadan, Vlada Ralko, Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Lada Nakonechna, Volodymyr Budnikov, Kseniya Hnylytska, Yevhen presented their ready-made works at a joint auction by UP and “Return Alive” Korshunov, Serhiy Sabakar, Oleksiy Sai, Yuriy Bolsa, Taras Kovach and Anatolii Babiichuk. Vlada Ralko’s work from the “Lviv Diary” series. Among them are works of different genres and made with different materials: here is Zhanna Kadyrova’s stone carving (it is also currently on display in the Art Arsenal at the “Heart of the Earth” exhibition), and Vlada Ralko’s watercolor drawings, urban etchings by Taras Kovach and a painting painted with a marker by Volodymyr Budnikov “Time of War”. The works can be seen live at the Goldens gallery in Kyiv (4 Leonida Pervomaiskyi St.) from February 23 to 28. During the preview, anyone who wants to can place a bet on their favorite lots directly in the exhibition hall or on the website of the auction house. The work of Volodymyr Budnikov from the series “Time of War” In addition to the artists, the singer Jamala joined the fundraising for specialized transport, communication equipment, aviation headset sets, drones and Starlink for advanced aviation gunners of the 10th Marine Aviation Brigade. The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, winner of the 2022 “Outstanding Artist Leadership Award” from the Atlantic Council of the USA, has put her piano up for auction. It has already been sold at an online auction for UAH 400,000. Jamala’s piano has already been sold at an online auction for UAH 400,000. to remind that foreigners came to my house to kill and maim life, to destroy and rewrite my culture. It happened in 1944, and then in 2014, and here again. Now everyone in Ukraine understands that this can happen with by anyone – if evil is not stopped and made to answer for its own crimes,” says Jamala. Read also: Revolution of Dignity in art: which works can remain “in eternity” and what they will talk about



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