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As Russian bombs fall and people flee Ukraine, new art is expressing steely determination and the survival of the spirit. Author - Svitlana Biedarieva, 2022. Financial Times
This text analyses the impact of Russia's war against Ukraine on Ukrainian art and features interviews with five Ukrainian artists: Alevtina Kakhidze, Maria Kulikovska, Lia Dostlieva, Andrii Dostliev, and Piotr Armianovski. The artists speak about their experiences of displacement and migration following the annexation of Crimea and the occupation of parts of Donbas in 2014 as well as their premonitions of the full-scale Russian invasion that was to come. Author - Svitlana Biedarieva, 2022. October
An Eastern Europe art researcher interviewed two artists - Maria Kulikovska and Zhanna Kadyrova, who were active in Kyiv before Russian war again Ukraine from 24 February, 2022. About their main art projects and their position in contemporary Ukrainian art community you can read in this article. Tokyo Art Beat
This essay explores activist art resistance against this simulation. Specifically, I discuss three art projectsthat werestaged during the first, mostviolent year of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict: Mariia(Maria)Kulikovs'ka's performance at "Manifesta 10"in St.Petersburg, Serhii Zakharov's guerrilla installations on the streets of occupied Donetsk, and Izolyatsia's#onvacation occupation of the Russian pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale. Author - Nazar Kozak, 2022
More than 40 Irish and Ukrainian artists have given artworks to an online auction this weekend to help Unicef's appeal to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees. Author - Patrick O'Donoghue, 2022. Sunday Times
Performancekonstnären Maria Kulikovska: "Om vi överlever kommer konsten att bli viktig igen". Den Krim-födda konstnären Maria Kulikovska är internationellt känd för sin politiska performancekonst. Nu är hon på flykt i västra Ukraina med sin 6 månader gamla dotter
STIR stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and brings you some visceral words from Dancing in Odessa, a book that articulates the land's timeless culture and essence: Ilya Kaminsky's accounts evoke Ukraine's spirit of resilience
Ukrainians across the country try to live life as normal while they prepare for war against Russia alone, reports Tom Mutch from Kyiv, February 2022. Byline Times
Ukrainian fashion designer Polina Veller shows her military collection on the sculptures from ballistic soap made by Maria Kulikovska during Ukrainian Fashion Week. TCH review
Newspaper clipping about "Flowers" exhibition and Maria Kulikovska's performance during its opening. Article's author - Genadiy Nazarov. Rabochaya Gazeta. November 13, 2020
Essay reveals the theme of responsibility of artist, curator and customer during the creation of art for public space and tries to analyze the role of sculpture in it, based on examples of works by contemporary artists all over the world. Author - Natasha Nagaewska, art historian and critic. With the support of Kaniv International Sculpture Symposium. 2021
The article is devoted to the topic of illuminating the image of a woman in the works of Ukrainian artist Maria Kulikovska. Based on the analysis and systematization of scientific and journalistic sources, the specifics of contemporary art in Ukraine were described, which raises sociologically important topics in aspects of female imagery and corporeality in various arts, authored by Maria Kulikovskaya, namely: video art, sculpture, drawings and performative practices. Author - Tetiana Melnik. 2020
Наприкінці 2020 року в Щербенко Арт Центрі відбулася виставка «Від акції до перформативної скульптури: Марія Куліковська», де була презентована ретроспектива творів української художниці. Це есе - спроба побудувати цілісний наратив на основі динамічної та множинної практики художниці, в основі чого – співвідношення різних шарів та аспектів проблеми тіла і тілесності: тіла жіночого, архітектурного і політичного в історичній перспективі та сучасному філософському і художньому прочитанні. Авторка - Євгенія Буцикіна. 2021
Журнал Vogue UA при поддержке Symbol выпустил книгу Ukrainian Women in Vogue. Она посвящена украинским героиням, которые появлялись на страницах нашего журнала. Модели и художницы, писательницы и спортсменки, музыканты и дизайнеры, балерины и основательницы благотворительных фондов. Каждая из них – сильная личность, которая имеет свой стиль, вдохновляет собственным примером и достойно представляет Украину на международной арене.
Художница Мария Куликовская о галереи Garage 33, конфликтах и самотерапии специально для Harper's Bazaar. Авторка - Ольга Безнос. 2020
В интервью HDFASHION Мария Куликовская поделилась своими размышлениями о современном искусстве в Украине и мире, главных качествах художника и картинах, которые мечтает иметь в своей коллекции.
Украинская художница Мария Куликовская взаимодействует с телесными формами, превращая их в архитектурные произведения. Сейчас Маша работает не только над персональными произведениями, но и над арт-платформой Garage33 Gallery-Shelter совместно с архитектором-инженером Улегом Винниченко. Следить за размышлениями и художественной деятельностью Куликовской можно в Instagram. А вместе с тем – и за любимыми профилями Марии, выборкой которых она поделилась с Harper's Bazaar Украина.
Музейная биеннале Красноярска. Автор - Сергей Ковалевский.
...I grew up in the steppe Crimea, where pure freshwater is the greatest treasure, especially in the summer, when the arid marine steppe, almost deserted climate burned and dried out the only channel through which freshwater...
I am an artist; but I was trained as an architect and still, throughout my practice and difficult path as an artist, I return to architecture, invariably using skills of designing and 3D spatial thinking obtained through my years of studying...
This text was written by Maria Kulikovska initially in Russian – the author's first language from birth in a former empire. They/She emphasize(s) this fact in order to draw attention to the complex ambiguity of their/her situation, and the need to construct an authentic identity in post-imperial conditions. They/She believe(s) that the first step towards de-colonization is recognition of empire itself, and thereby to transcend and replace the terms and premises of the prior imperial language.Translation assistant – Brian Hatton, art / architecture historian and critic.
Catalogue of micro salon that took place at CFHILL gallery, September 3
— October 1, 2021. The exhibition was co-curated by Peter Gerdman & Aleksandar Stojanovski.
Destruction and production are two closely linked phenomenon within contemporary feminist art in Ukraine. Ukraine is currently embroiled in a context marked by destruction in the form of the annexation of Crimea and war in the Eastern Donbas region, along with the physical and emotional trauma accompanying these events. Author argue that artists who incorporate destruction within their artistic practise channel the energy from Ukraine's turbulent context in order to propose alternative possibilities for the present and future based on empathy, empowerment, and solidarity. Author - Kalyna Somchynsky. 2020
У даній роботі розглянуто творчість української мисткині-переселенки з Керчі (АР Крим) через поняття індивідуальної травми. Мисткиня з 2013 року не має можливості повернутися до рідної землі, що значно вплинуло на вектор її творчих робіт та перформансів. Авторка - Анна Філіппова.
Presentation of Ukrainian project of series of exhibitions, which took place in different cities of Ukraine and the aim of which was to collect the unique collection of art pieces that popularize reading.
Exhibition of Ukrainian and Polish art. Curators: Alisa Lozhkina, Ewa Sulek The show was held in Mysterskyi Arsenal (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Dworcowa Gallery (Wroclaw, Poland) in 2017. It featured the works of 60 artists.
Bildmuseet has a long tradition of hosting the exhibition of the graduating master class from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. This year's exhibition is titled Cultural Capital and shows work by fourteen Master of Fine Arts graduates under professor Florian Zeyfang.
The book Permanent Revolution by leading Ukrainian curator and author Alisa Lozhkina will be released in English in November 2020. The volume surveys the history of Ukrainian art, highlighting the key points, actors, and phenomena across 550 pages and 480 illustrations.
25 Ukrainian female artists will showcase their vision of a contemporary woman and her role in society. In the project, artists mock established stereotypes of men's and women's expectations from each other in a relationship and contemporary life. Gender equality and social discrimination of women continue spurring discussions all over the world, and these issues are directly connected to steadfast gender stereotypes coming from both sides.
About art residencies, education programs, international collaborations and other art projects that took place through IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives in 2012.