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254. Sculpture

Sculpture-cast from plaster. Kyiv, Ukraine, April-May 2014.

Maria Kulikovska, MKUV studio, ballistic soap sculptures, ukrainian art, ukrainian artists, ukrainian sculpture, crimean artists, queer art, feminist artists, contemporary sculptures, contemporary art, contemporary artists, conceptual art, women artists, art studio, architectural studio, pinchuk art centre, kyiv gallery, kyiv museum, kyiv art, kyiv exhibition, concrete sculptures, buy art, art online, art collections, art collectors, art gallery, crimea is here exhibition, 254 kulikovska
Maria Kulikovska, MKUV studio, ballistic soap sculptures, ukrainian art, ukrainian artists, ukrainian sculpture, crimean artists, queer art, feminist artists, contemporary sculptures, contemporary art, contemporary artists, conceptual art, women artists, art studio, architectural studio, pinchuk art centre, kyiv gallery, kyiv museum, kyiv art, kyiv exhibition, concrete sculptures, buy art, art online, art collections, art collectors, art gallery, crimea is here exhibition, 254 kulikovska
Maria Kulikovska, MKUV studio, ballistic soap sculptures, ukrainian art, ukrainian artists, ukrainian sculpture, crimean artists, queer art, feminist artists, contemporary sculptures, contemporary art, contemporary artists, conceptual art, women artists, art studio, architectural studio, pinchuk art centre, kyiv gallery, kyiv museum, kyiv art, kyiv exhibition, concrete sculptures, buy art, art online, art collections, art collectors, art gallery, crimea is here exhibition, 254 kulikovska
Maria Kulikovska, MKUV studio, ballistic soap sculptures, ukrainian art, ukrainian artists, ukrainian sculpture, crimean artists, queer art, feminist artists, contemporary sculptures, contemporary art, contemporary artists, conceptual art, women artists, art studio, architectural studio, pinchuk art centre, kyiv gallery, kyiv museum, kyiv art, kyiv exhibition, concrete sculptures, buy art, art online, art collections, art collectors, art gallery, crimea is here exhibition, 254 kulikovska
Maria Kulikovska, MKUV studio, ballistic soap sculptures, ukrainian art, ukrainian artists, ukrainian sculpture, crimean artists, queer art, feminist artists, contemporary sculptures, contemporary art, contemporary artists, conceptual art, women artists, art studio, architectural studio, pinchuk art centre, kyiv gallery, kyiv museum, kyiv art, kyiv exhibition, concrete sculptures, buy art, art online, art collections, art collectors, art gallery, crimea is here exhibition, 254 kulikovska
Maria Kulikovska, MKUV studio, ballistic soap sculptures, ukrainian art, ukrainian artists, ukrainian sculpture, crimean artists, queer art, feminist artists, contemporary sculptures, contemporary art, contemporary artists, conceptual art, women artists, art studio, architectural studio, pinchuk art centre, kyiv gallery, kyiv museum, kyiv art, kyiv exhibition, concrete sculptures, buy art, art online, art collections, art collectors, art gallery, crimea is here exhibition, 254 kulikovska
254 is Kulikovska's number as a registered refugee from the occupied Crimea since 2014.

«254» is a long-term art project of Maria Kulikovska, in which two sculptures-molds of the artist's body in the lying-down position were made. During the creation of this sculpture, Maria Kulikovska was under a yellow-blue textile that was a reference to the colors of Ukrainian flag.

On July 1, 2014, the artist held an unauthorized performance during the opening of the biennale of contemporary art Manifesta'10, which took place in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia. At that time, the artist was laying on the stairs of the museum in the wounded soldier position, covered by the Ukrainian flag. The performance ended with the short-term arrest of Maria Kulikovska, as a result of which the Ukrainian artist was added to the list of banned artists in Russia.

The war. The war's duration and consequences. The destructive inhumane nature of war. The war is one of the main issues of Maria Kulikovska's creativity. Inability to come back and to lead artistic activity in native Kerch town was plunged into the artist's skin, it made hundreds of scars. It still makes the senses of Kulikovska's identity bleed. The lack of "alive" place on the artist's body-memory became one of the reasons for the reaction and creation of the artistic actions and performative sculptures. For the artist, they are the method of react, fight, heal, exempt, identify, return.