In Lviv on February 27, the exhibition project ‘Here is Ukraine: Black Sea’ was opened at the National Museum named after Andrey Sheptytsky. The exhibition features works by Odesa artist and military serviceman Stas Zhalobnyuk from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The project explores how war changes space and the perception of identity. In the artist’s works, the landscape becomes a metaphor for the front, and the black color symbolizes the categorical nature of time. According to lvoblrada, the curator of the exhibition is also a military man, Myroslav Otkovych.
‘Bread and fish are sacred Christian symbols. This is an exhibition about the sea, but it was the bread and fish that struck me the most. They are not just images, but a deep rethinking by the artist of the tragedy of the Holodomor and at the same time an understanding of the modern war in Ukraine,’ said Oreslava Khomyk.
The exhibition will run until April 12, 2026. The organizers will provide further details.
