Presentation of Ukraine in Mexico: the exhibition of modern Ukrainian artists was visited by almost 30,000 people
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Exhibition of modern Ukrainian art “Home beyond the dawn” 27.5 thousand spectators visited the city of Guadalajara in Mexico. The exhibition became part of the project “Artistic Expressions in Contemporary Europe” from the European Union, which was the guest of honor at the Book Fair in Guadalajara (FIL Guadalajara).
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About this UP. Culture said the curator of the project and art critic Natalia Matsenko.
After the exhibition ends on February 24, the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, it will be shown in the capital of Mexico, Mexico City. The EU delegation is considering the option of placing the exposition in one of the city’s museums.
| Spectators of the exhibition in Guadalajara. Photo: MUSA, FIL Guadalajara, Natalia Matsenko. |
The title “House by the Dawn” refers to the poem of the same name by Bohdan-Ihor Antonych. The creators of the exhibition described the main theme as follows: “Home is a place of memory, a hiding place of the past, a place of reconstruction and a starting point for the future. A familiar landscape, the perception of which changes forever. People around. We walk through the darkness to the longed-for dawn, to find or rebuild our home – cozy and safe again – in the first rays of the first peaceful day“.
As she told Nataliya Matsenko, the exhibition as part of the book fair was visited by people of culture in Dieev, as well as a large number of journalists. Since the European Union was the guest of honor of FIL, many diplomats, ambassadors of the American and EU countries, and members of the European Parliament were also able to see the exhibition. This made it possible to remind other countries about the war and the support that Ukraine needs, as well as to show how art is combined with this war.
“On the part of the European Union, this is also an important message of establishing bridges with Mexico, and Ukraine appears here as a part of this European family. Although we are still candidates for accession, the EU emphasizes that it sees us as part of the union“, Matsenko said.
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| Natalia Matsenko’s curatorial tour during the opening of the exhibition. Photo: MUSA, FIL Guadalajara, Natalia Matsenko |
The exhibition “House beyond the dawn” occupies three halls of the museum of the Museum of Art of the University of Guadalajara (MUSA). Due to the fact that the entrance to the exhibition is free, it was actively visited by the local population, students of the University of Guadalajara, as well as tourists.
“From my communication experience, the exhibition evokes a very strong response and empathy. Mexican viewers are a very open audience that sympathizes with Ukrainians. This is often their acquaintance from a clean sheet and shortening a very long distance. After watching, they often had the question: “How can we help or support?”– added the curator.
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| Spectators of the exhibition in the exposition. Photo: MUSA, FIL Guadalajara, Natalia Matsenko |
The exposition is devoted to changes in the landscape and its perception, transformations of the concepts of place and home in the conditions of war. The artists’ works tell about the loss, preservation and reconstruction of one’s own life, including paintings, graphics, installations, photos and decorations.
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| Spectators of the exhibition in the exposition. Photo: MUSA, FIL Guadalajara, Natalia Matsenko |
A number of artists joined the exhibition, including: one of the participants of the Venice Biennale Katya Buchachkaphotographer Sasha Maslov, sculptor Zhanna Kadyrova, Roman Minin, Yehor Antsygin, Bohdan Bunchak, Ksenia Hnylitska, Oleksandr Hnylitskyi & Oleg Holosiy, Timur Jafarov (John Object), Yuriy Yefanov, Anna Zvyagintseva, Lyusya Ivanova, Taras Kovach, Vitaly Kokhan, Katya Libkind, Yuriy Pikul, V Yacheslav Polyakov, Sofia Pomogaibo, Georgy Potopalskyi (Ujif_notfound), En Rozen, Vasyl Sai, Oleksii Sai, Ivan Sautkin, Serhiy Sviatchenko, Elena Subach.
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| Vasyl Sai. Safe House. Interactive game, 2023. Photo: MUSA |
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| Zhanna Kadyrova. From the series “Air Alarm”. Photo: MUSA |
Earlier, the curator also joined the project “Our years, our words, our losses, our searches, our us”, which takes place at the “Jam Factory” in Lviv. According to her, the themes of both exhibitions unite common ideas of transformation of art and society, and some artists participate in two exhibitions.
“It was also important for me not only to show Ukrainian contemporary art in Mexico and tell about the war in our country there, but also to tell that active cultural life continues in Ukraine even now, and that in the midst of a full-scale war, not only exhibitions are opened here, but also whole institutions, and I touch on this process, which is exemplified by the Jam Factory“, Nataliya Matsenko said.
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