This exhibition attempts to cover the history of the Second World War and the russian-Ukrainian War through artistic reflections. The curators have chosen artworks depicting various imagery and ideas, reflecting the most tragic periods of Ukrainian history.
The project showcases works by 41 contemporary artists from various regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Lutsk, and Ivano-Frankivsk, as well as 40 artists whose works are part of the Museum’s collections. More than 150 exhibits cover an area of almost 2,000 square meters inside the pedestal of the Motherland Monument.
Oleksandr Roitburd, Matvii Vaisberg, Heorhii Senchenko, Arsen Savadov, Anton Logov, Roman Minin, Nazar Bilyk, Albina Yaloza, Rustem Skybin, and others—each of them reflects on their present in their work. Next to them are the works of Ukrainian artists that depict everyday life and the consequences of the Second World War.
War: Inverse Perspective allows us to examine the reality of the past war from a distant viewpoint. This helps us understand the causes of current events and imagine what may happen in the future. It is a large-scale artistic experiment aimed at rethinking the history and present of the Ukrainian people during armed conflict with the aggressor. The project consistently compares the art and records of the Second World War and the russian-Ukrainian War, highlighting the shared trauma and hope of current and past generations of Ukrainians.
Team of the project:
Idea: Yurii Savchuk
Curators: Yurii Horpynych, Maryna Bohush, Anton Logov
Design and architecture: Anna Voitovych
Graphic design: Lyudmyla Nikorych
Texts: Maryna Bohush
Translation: Oleksandra Pidsukha, Dmytro Hainetdinov
Collection management: Oksana Yankovenko, Yaroslava Pasichko, Oksana Harashchenko
Restoration: Iryna Rudenko, Yuliia Penzina
Research: Oleksandr Bilous, Bohdan Halchynskyi
PR: Oleksandra Pidsukha, Ivanna Hetmantseva
Filming and editing: Danyil Pinko
Management of the Education program: Maryna Bohush, Oleksandra Pidsukha
Multimedia support: Ilya Piddubnyi, Andrii Zahrebelnyi, Serhii Bilohub, Dmytro Holovach
Installation management and technical coordination: Oleh Kucheriavyi, Valerii Borovyk, Iryna Dvorska, Yan Denenfeld, Serhii Zadiraienkov, Stepan Karas, Natalia Levadniuk, Ihor Levandovskyi, Mykhailo Nahornyi, Volodymyr Nalyvaiko, Kostiantyn Perebyinis, Dmytro Popovych, Serhii Posnyi, Alisa Prylutska, Victoria Radzievska, Oleksandr Seletskyi, Tetyana Sydorenko, Oleksandr Slyvchak, Serhii Teslyuchenko, Svitlana Tetiura, Valerii Shevchuk
Legal support: Vladyslav Barylchenko, Oleh Avramcuk
Procurement: Valentyna Chygryn, Halyna Denenfeld, Olha Myronenko, Rostyslav Kopernytskyi, Svitlana Korzheletska
The project is carried out with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
Partners: Nova Post, Sensor systems of Ukraine, Re4Win (Recycling for Win), Morshynska, Bilyi Nalyv, LAW NET, Maria Prymachenko Family Foundation, State Enterprise “Ukrainian Studio of Chronicle and Documentary Films”
Participants: Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive, Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Abramovych Foundation, Vakulenko Art Consulting, Eduard Dymshyts, Charitable fund "Hurkit"