Works by Belorusets at the exhibition in Michigan
"Resistance: Ukranian Art of Freedom"
February 24 – March 21 | Reception: Monday, February 24, 5-7PM
SCENE Metrospace | 110 Charles St. East Lansing, MI
This exhibition presents artistic reflections on the resistance to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Since 2014, Ukrainian artists have focused on wartime violence, trauma, and the radical transformation of Ukrainian society in the face of war, and their responses have fostered an intensive development of socially and politically engaged art practices. The exhibition demonstrates how Ukrainian art has been constantly critically reassessing and articulating new visions of identity, challenging the legacies of colonial narratives, and asserting a collective quest for liberation against the backdrop of contested memory.
Artists Included: Yevgenia Belorusets, Alevtina Kakhidze, Piotr Armianovski, Lesia Khomenko, Maria Kulikovska, Olia Mykhailiuk, Mykola Ridnyi, Elena Subach, Serhiy Zhadan
Curated by Svitlana Biedarieva
This exhibition is sponsored by the Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University.
(SCENE) Metrospace was founded by the City of East Lansing in 2004 and continues to be operated by the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University. Located in downtown East Lansing, it was founded in 2004 as a response to the “Cool Cities” initiative set forth by former Governor Granholm. (SCENE) Metrospace is free and open to the public, with the exception of some special programming. The gallery is handicap accessible and offers 1,500 square feet of raw exhibition space in a contemporary urban setting.
(SCENE) Metrospace is located at 110 Charles Street in East Lansing, Michigan 48823.