Curators
Waldemar Tatarczuk, Gabriela Gawęda
Artist
Vartan Markarian
Venue
Galeria Labirynt 2, ul. Grodzka 3 , Lublin
Accessability
The exhibition is held in a space not accessible for people with motor impairments. No English interpretation of the exhibition opening.
Educational programme
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Bio of artists
Vartan Markarian was born, lives and works in Poltava, Ukraine. He is an interdisciplinary artist whose creative practice encompasses a wide range of artistic media such as painting, drawing, installation, video and virtual reality (VR).
Markarian explores the presence of people in urban, industrial spaces. Since the outbreak of war in 2014, he has built his creative work around the theme of posthumanism, focusing on war, emigration, ecology and the synergy of these concepts. He regularly experiments with different media, combining technical and conceptual aspects in his projects. Since the outbreak of the full-scale invasion, his work has documented reality and focused on reflections on the consequences of the war caused by the Russian invasion. The artist explores the state in which each individual finds himself in these difficult times – between existence and death, volunteering and defending the homeland – times in which life is divided into pre-war and war.