Oleksandr Dubovyk’s exhibition at the Ukrainian House brings together more than 250 works from museum and private collections, as well as recent paintings created during the full-scale war. The project presents the artist’s unique visual language, his system of signs, and the key images that have shaped his practice across decades.
The series of works selected by Pavlo Kovach for the exhibition at the White Space of the Stedley Art Foundation presents the author as already fully formed in his views and pursuits. Created in the 1960s and 1970s, these works were executed in a technique that became a field of constant experimentation for Bedzir
In these works, the artist continues to develop the symbolic system central to his practice. The circle, the bird, the female figure, and the cross reappear not as illustrative symbols but as archetypal forms — signs that exist beyond specific time or context.
Cardiomachia — a term coined by the artist, literally “the battle of the heart.” In this project, Zorkin reflects on love and death in the time of war. Ancient motifs echo the shattered landscapes of Ukrainian cities, while personal experience becomes the ground for a new myth.
At the crossroads of myth and history lies a cycle of graphic works by Ivan-Valentyn Zadorozhnyi dedicated to The Tale of Igor’s Campaign—a masterpiece of Kyivan Rus literature.
In this exhibition, the artist reflects on how memory is shaped and who holds the power to decide what will remain inscribed in history.
It is almost impossible to write about Liza Kremnytska without mentioning Pavlo Bedzir—especially when speaking of Liza’s black-and-white graphics, which remain largely unknown to the wider circle of admirers of her work. Pavlo—her lawful husband (they were married in 1952) and a teacher-experimenter—used to say among friends, “My Liza,” reminiscent of the Mona Lisa.
Valkyrie is a story of strength, continuity, and new meanings that emerge even in the darkest times.
The paintings presented in this exhibition are a multi-layered visual meditation, a chromatic prayer resonating in space, expanding the boundaries of perception. Here, the landscape is not a fixed image—it shifts, breathes, and merges with layers of history and nature.
