KNYAZCOTIC – PRESENT

Presence, understood both as a physical existence in a place and as a mental involvement, becomes the central theme of many artworks. Art is able to penetrate the boundaries of time and space, enabling us to experience and understand situations that have happened in the past or are taking place somewhere else. Through art, we can feel the presence of people, places and events that are not directly accessible to us. Artworks are documents of sorts that convey to us information, stories and emotions related to specific moments in history or to given situations. It is important to note that art is not just a static record of reality. In the case of the Ukrainian artist, who talks about presence and being abroad, art becomes a tool to express identities, experiences, and perspectives.

Exhibition opening: 28/07/2023 (Friday) at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Galeria Labirynt 2, ul. Grodzka 3, Lublin
Accessibility: The exhibition is held in a space not accessible for people with motor impairments.
No English interpretation.
Exhibition on display: until 17/09/2023 (Tuesday–Sunday, 3:00–7:00 p.m.)
Admission: free
Curator: Mateusz Wszelaki

Through the exhibition “PRESENT”, we can get to know the artistic people who were at residency in Lublin. The video work consists of conversations exploring their lives and artistic practice, both in Ukraine and Poland. The individuals also share their political, cultural and philosophical beliefs. They talk about how they spent February 24, the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, and the impact of this tragedy. In a graphic series entitled “War Diary”, the artist goes even deeper into the subject of the war in Ukraine. These works are his personal reflections, a documentation of the crimes he refers to through the use of mediated photographic and video reports from social networks. All of this takes us into the grim atmosphere of horrors not captured by cameras, fantasies and activist accounts.