https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/war-works-cbcl5lplr9ks725ubbg0
On the occasion of the death and destruction caused by the war in Ukraine, which began long before 24 February 2022, Galerie Parrotta is showing war allegories by Jules de Bruycker (1870 - 1945) from the First and Second World Wars, as well as works by the artist Nikita Kadan, who was born in Kiev in 1982 and lives there.
The Ghent-born artist (1870-1945) is one of the most remarkable graphic artists of the first half of the 20th century in Belgium. His monumental pictorial design alternates from a moving horror vacui to dissolving forms to the deliberate use of empty space. Unusual for his time are the etching plates measuring up to approx. 100 x 70 cm. At the centre of the exhibition are his war allegories. This series of etchings, created in London - from a distance - shows the horrors of war and ruined landscapes from the perspective of the observer in expressive directness and at the same time nightmarish, apocalyptic visions.
Born in Kiev in 1982, the artist, writer and activist Nikita Kadan studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev in the class for monumental painting until 2007. He was awarded the Future Generation Art Prize and has exhibited, among others, at the DAAD Gallery in Berlin, the Kunsthaus Zürich, the Mumok in Vienna and currently in the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His artistic repertoire ranges from installation, graphics and painting to wall and poster design in public spaces. His interdisciplinary collaborations with architects, human rights activists and sociologists are equally diverse. In his projects, he dealt with socio-political developments in Ukraine and their foundations under Soviet communism. Series such as "Dark Air" or "Projects of Ruins" address the state-legitimised destruction of Soviet monuments in Ukraine since 2015, as well as Russia's belligerent aggression in eastern Ukraine. The destruction of monuments in Ukraine was a response to the destruction of Ukrainian monuments by the Russians in annexed Crimea. "This then symbolic war of signs, which soon turned into real war in eastern Ukraine, has now unfortunately turned into a bloody war of invasion on the whole of Ukraine." Rainer Fuchs, mumok
Born in Kiev in 1982, the artist, writer and activist Nikita Kadan studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev in the class for monumental painting until 2007. He was awarded the Future Generation Art Prize and has exhibited, among others, at the DAAD Gallery in Berlin, the Kunsthaus Zürich, the Mumok in Vienna and currently in the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His artistic repertoire ranges from installation, graphics and painting to wall and poster design in public spaces. His interdisciplinary collaborations with architects, human rights activists and sociologists are equally diverse. In his projects, he dealt with socio-political developments in Ukraine and their foundations under Soviet communism. Series such as "Dark Air" or "Projects of Ruins" address the state-legitimised destruction of Soviet monuments in Ukraine since 2015, as well as Russia's belligerent aggression in eastern Ukraine. The destruction of monuments in Ukraine was a response to the destruction of Ukrainian monuments by the Russians in annexed Crimea. "This then symbolic war of signs, which soon turned into real war in eastern Ukraine, has now unfortunately turned into a bloody war of invasion on the whole of Ukraine." Rainer Fuchs, mumok
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- Duration
25 Jun – 21 Aug 2022
- Address
Brusseler Str. 21,
Cologne, Germany
Ook in Bonn...
PS
Jules De Bruycker 1870-1945 : Xar works
Santo Angelo Parrotto (auteur)
Anette Michels (auteur)
Gerald De Keyzer (auteur)*
Uitgever Gent : Stichting Jules De Bruycker, 2009
Kenmerken 50 p. : ill
Bibliografische annotatie Met teksten in het Duits en het Engels
Catalogus n.a.v. de tentoonstelling te Stuttgart (Gallery Parrotta Contemporary Art) van 10 september tot 17 oktober 2009
* Gerald De Keyzer, bestuurder Jules De Bruycker Stichting. Geraardsbergen.
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