untitled (American Smiles) [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2022 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The artist adds exaggerated smiles to the people in the photos selected from the archive of the Lviv Center for Urban History. That is how he tries to ‘fix’ their gloomy...
Fuck War [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2022 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The direct and blunt slogan refers to the opposition to the ongoing russian invasion of Ukraine. It is a straightforward expression of disagreement with the cruelty and horrors of the war going...
Flag of Earth [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2009 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The flag was designed in 1972 by James Cadle, who – apart from being a farmer – devoted his time to propagating the idea of the planet as one unity, without...
The Flag [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2021 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] For the artist, the flag is a personal banner which she created out of fatigue and awareness that the struggle for values never ends. The elements of nature that appear on the...
Refugee Flag [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2021 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The flag was a response to the refugee crisis and the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. A thermal blanket became a symbol of saving lives and providing physical care to another person's...
Human Tools [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2012 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The flag reproduces a schematic image of instruments used for craniometry – the technique of measurement of the cranium. The original illustrations were found in a medical book published in the first...
Blazing World [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2020 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The flag takes its title from the 17th-century novel by Margaret Cavendish, who is known as a forerunner of feminist science fiction literature. The book tells the story of a world where...
As Long As I’m Young I Make Bad Art [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2017 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The text on the flag is a quote from an artwork by Mladen Stilinović, a Croatian conceptual artist, which said: “An Artist who cannot speak...
Still Waving [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2018 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The artwork is an effect of the residency program which was held under the heading “London is open”. It combines the Greater London flag (which represents the 32 city boroughs) and the...
In Ukraine [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2019 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The flag is the statement of an artist who has been living in Poland for several years, on the issue of language rules that reflect beliefs and political attitudes. She started a...