How not to love you?
The exhibition creates an atmosphere where everyday life, history, art, and symbolism merge into a single whole. The works presented at the exhibition show landmarks and monuments, reproduce the image of the city's life and embody its unique spirit. Each artist participating in the project uses various artistic approaches and means of expression to convey their perception of the city and emphasize its uniqueness. They reveal their vision of Kyiv through emotional color palettes, sophisticated compositions, and masterful techniques, allowing viewers to penetrate the city through artistic reflections and reflections and find their role in the incredible kaleidoscope of the city.
The uniqueness of this exhibition is that it continues to interact with the viewer even after the end of viewing - you continue to admire every detail of the streets, districts, houses, and squares that became the subject of artistic embodiment. Get to know and contemplate ancient Kyiv in a new light shared by artists.
This exhibition becomes an invitation to active observation. Each detail embodied in works of art has a story and emotional sound. It inspires viewers to look around and see, feel, and understand the capital on a new level.
The participants of the HOW NOT TO LOVE YOU exhibition are artists, each with a unique style and approach to embodying the city in various techniques. A sense of individuality and various artistic methods allow viewers to view Kyiv from different angles and find their perception of the city.
Yurii Denysenkov demonstrates the canvas (2021) "Antenna". Everything is changing, and in the city, which is more than 1,500 years old, buildings made of glass and concrete are growing on the site of ancient temples. And in Denysenkov's painting, a parabolic antenna hangs in a place of the plastered outlet. Even if it is not correct, from the point of view of aesthetics, it is a natural process which is the "layering of time".
The graphic works of Dmytro Milov are presented at the exhibition. The artist began creating the series "Burning" in anticipation of the great war in 2021. The author demonstrates moments from the life of the city with photographic accuracy. It creates an impression of presence and conveys the power of emotions and the drama of events.
The creative duo Marharyta Sherstiuk and Ihor Kanivets presented the "Kyiv Cake" canvas. The name and image speak for themselves. This confectionery delicacy has long become one of the symbols of Kyiv.
The HOW NOT TO LOVE YOU project is an extraordinary art exhibition and a natural interaction experience with the capital. It transforms every viewer into a researcher and interpreter, revealing limitless possibilities of understanding and perception.
The exhibition serves as a reminder of the complex nature of love for a city, which can be full of contradictions and contradictions, which is not limited to admiration for magnificent architectural monuments or natural beauty. It is permeated with complex relations between different cultures, historical events, and contemporary challenges. Kyiv is a meeting place of different eras and styles, where the collision of tradition and modernity creates its unique dynamics.
All this creates the Kyiv we love so much, and artists allow us to look at the city like never before.
The article has been prepared for publication in Kyiv Daily.
The author of the text
Art expert and art manager of the Imagine Point Gallery
Daria Pozhydaeva
