MAIDAN. UKRAINE. ROAD TO FREEDOM.

Незалежність, вимріяна мільйонами наших співвітчизників, та віра у майбутнє спонукає нас долучитись до проекту «Майдан. Україна. Шлях до Свободи». Останні події в Україні, що здобули поетичну назву Революціі Гідності, залишаться в нашій історії не тільки як героїчне протистояння та піднесення почуття патріотизму українського народу, а й як безперечний прецедент актуального артистичного руху. Таким чином проект «Майдан. Україна. Шлях до Свободи» в культурному вимірі транслює глобальні ідеї Євромайдану світовому суспільству. Шануємо героїв минулого, пишаємось героями сьогодення та сподіваємость на гідну генерацію громадян майбутньої незалежної України. Дякуємо за відвагу, небайдужість та героїзм.

З повагою, Родина Загорій Київ

Throughout history, there have been all too many examples of oppression, subjugation and tyranny. But the desire for freedom of action and expression is a driving force of human nature. Almost one year ago, such a force rose to conquer oppression at the Maidan in central Kyiv, Ukraine and the will of the people triumphed over greed and corruption.

The Ukrainian Institute of America is honored to present this exhibition, “Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom�, curated by Serhiy Fomenko, of works by some of the artists inspired by the events that unfolded in the autumn and winter of 2013-2014. Like many examples, this is a voice of social activism heard through artistic expression. We sincerely hope that those events will continue to lead to a leadership that promotes not only freedom of artistic expression but also the opportunity for intellectual and economic prosperity.

Daniel G. Swistel President Ukrainian Institute of America New York October, 2014

Special thanks to all who helped realize this project Andriy Deshycia, Roman Shwed, Yuri Nykytiuk, Danylo Lubkivsky, Dmytro Osipov, Andzelika Labunska, Taras Kutovyi, Nadia Maksymenko, Leonid Komsky, Ihor Havrylko, Olexandra Hildebrandt, Yaroslav Khromiak, Svitlana Yavorska, Volodymyr Kuhar, Natalia Vasylyk, Martin Day, Lilia Viter, Tyvofiy Maksymenko, Kateryna Lisova, Valentyna Podhornaya, Bohdan Yaremenko, Ihor Savychenko, Christian Jeregi, Matviy Vaisberg, Olexander Glyadyelov, Maxim Dondyuk, Igor Gaidai, Oleksiy Say, Mykola Honcharov, Anton Trofymov, Olena Hrozovska, Andriy Sharapa, Maria Khmelova, Kyrylo Borodin, Serhiy Fedoruk and Alexander Demko.

Спеціальна подяка всім хто допомагав реалізувати цей проект Андрій Дещиця, Роман Швед, Юрій Никитюк, Данило Лубківський, Дмитро Осіпов, Анжеліка Лабунська, Тарас Кутовий, Надя Максименко, Леонід Комський, Ігор Гаврилко, Олександра Хільдебрант, Ярослав Хром’як, Світлана Яворська, Володимир Кухар, Наталя Василик, Мартін Дей, Ліля Вітер, Тимофій Максименко, Катерина Лісова, Валентина Подгорная, Богдан Яременко, Ігор Савиченко, Крістіан Джерегі, Матвій Вайсберг, Олександр Глядєлов, Максим Дондюк, Ігор Гайдай, Олексій Сай, Микола Гончаров, Антон Трофімов, Олена Грозовська, Андрій Шарапа, Марія Хмєльова, Кирило Бородін, Сергій Федорюк та Олександр Демко.

MAIDAN. UKRAINE. ROAD TO FREEDOM The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York October 20 - 27, 2014

Art exhibition presenting: Original Artifacts Paintings Photography Posters Art Performance Documentary Films Soundtracks inspired by Maidan

This exhibition is curated by Serhiy Fomenko (stage nickname ‘Foma’) who is a Ukrainian musician, founder of a popular folk-rock band ‘Mandry.’ He is a singer, author of songs, including cult songs created after two Ukrainian revolutions – Orange Revolution of 2004 and Maidan of 2013- 2014 entitled ‘Don’t Sleep my Native Land.’

Serhiy Fomenko is a cultural and social activist, head of the board of directors of the Association of Charitable Foundations of Ukraine, volunteer and participant of the Maidan. He founded the initiative group ‘Path to Freedom’ and has been an adviser to the Minister of Culture of Ukraine. Serhiy Fomenko has the title, ‘Honorable Artist of Ukraine.’

Serhiy Fomenko initiated the traveling exhibition ‘Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom’ and its first stop took place at the Check Point Charlie Museum in Berlin on June 5, 2014. Most recently the exhibition traveled to London where it was on exhibit at the Ukrainian Cultural Center during July 10-13. The next stop for this show is New York. The exhibition will open at the Ukrainian Institute of America on October 20 and would continue through October 27, 2014.

Participating artists Matviy Vaisberg, Maxim Dondyuk, Anton Trofymov, Igor Gaidai, Olexander Glyadyelov, Oleksiy Say, Mykola Honcharov, Oleh Denysenko.

Cinema of a civil protest #BABYLON’13. Music by folk-rock band ‘Mandry.’

Curated by Serhiy Fomenko ‘Foma’ Facilitated by Alexander Demko, Artfira Gallery This exhibition is supported by DAR Foundation, Kyiv www.darfoundation.org.ua Meest America, USA www.meest.us

MAIDAN. UKRAINE. ROAD TO FREEDOM “Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom”. Events in Ukraine shown in documentary films, paintings, photography, music, and protest posters, produced by Ukrainian artists that were active participants in the real Maidan events. Author (Initiator) and producer of this Audio-Visual project: Sergey Fomenko.

The Events of 2013 – 2014, known as “EuroMaidan”, The “Revolution for Dignity”, changed Ukrainian Society and also the entire world. The peaceful gathering of activists, journalists, students, artists and concerned citizens, under the Monument to Ukrainian Independence to protest the sudden decision of the President to avoid signing the Association Agreement for European Integration, and to opt for the Customs Union promoted

by Russia, grew into major National protests against corruption, usurpation of power and disregard for human rights in Ukraine.

Millions of Ukrainians took to the streets of Kyiv and other major Cities of Ukraine. For two and a half months, the President and the Country’s Leadership totally ignored the appeals and demands for dialogue from opposition politicians and the citizens who came to the many city Maydans (squares). Despite the peaceful nature of the protests, the full support of the people of Ukraine, the International Community and the Ukrainian Diaspora around the world, the government launched a full scale war against its citizens, using Riot Police “Berkut”, Corrupt Courts and Militia (Police). The results of this war were severe beatings, serious injuries and trumped up arrests of students, journalists and other caring individuals without concern for age, or sex, even though there was no danger from the unarmed Maidan Activists, during the crackdown of peaceful protesters.

Another important factor that escalated the conflict was an unsuccessful attempt to clear the Maydan using “Berkut” Riot Troops, Internal Troops and Militia (police) on the night of December 11. Repeated attempts to disperse the protestors during brutally severe weather conditions, as protesters stood outside for two and a half months, day and night, in -20C freezing cold, during snow , wind and rain, did not produce the desired result for the Government. Political and diplomatic efforts to pressure the authorities did not get them to budge, and repressions continued. On the 19th of January, the great Christian Holiday of Epiphany, during a regular Popular Assembly, despite calls by politicians to remain calm and wait, the protester’s patience ended. The people stormed the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers.

Detachments of Internal Troops that were stationed on Hrushevskoho Street, started to throw stun grenades, fire rubber bullets, use special ammunition to disable car engines, and shoot hunting ammunition, also began to beat the demonstrators with batons, and despite the freezing cold, water cannon was used to wet down the demonstrators. The people returned fire with Molotov cocktails and paving stones. “Berkut” Busses and other heavy machinery were burnt and became the base for the Barricades on Hrushevskoho Street.

As a result of several days of opposition between the forces, the first heroes of the ‘Heavenly Hundred’, namely Sergei Nihoyan, Michael Zhyznyevskyy and Roman Senik were killed. In a forest near Kyiv, the body of Maidan Activist Yuri Verbitsky was found.

He was kidnapped from the hospital by unknown persons, tortured and killed. Many people have disappeared, and hundreds were seriously injured. Thus started the kidnapping of Maidan Activists, some of whom were later found dead.

From this moment on, the events in Ukraine started to develop dramatically, and despite attempts at peace talks between Yanukovych and the Opposition, both the President, and the Opposition, lost control of the situation. After the Opposition and Yanukovich signed an agreement, granting release of hostages held by the Government, and un-barricading Hrushevskoho Street and leaving the City Administration Building, by the Demonstrators, on the 18th of February, “Maidan” called for a peaceful demonstration at the offices of Parliament.

This day Parliament was to have an unscheduled session to find a peaceful solution to the hostilities, and to repeal the “Dictatorial Laws”, passed on the 16th of January by the Party of Regions and the Communist Party by a show of hands, in violation of the Ukrainian Constitution and Parliamentary Regulations. In essence, these Laws allowed NO show of public rights or human rights, and legitemized any and all acts of the Government against its Citizens.

When the Maidan Peaceful Demonstrators, and several Self Defense Units, entered the Government Area, they were met by Berkut, Interior Military Units, and so called “titushky” (provocateurs and thugs hired by government), armed with guns and rifles,

surrounded the Peaceful Demonstrators, and started a Bloodbath. The number of dead and wounded escalated dramatically, and taking advantage of the confusion among the demonstrators, and their own superior numbers, Berkut and Interior Military Units took control of a segment of the Maidan Area and, continuing their onslaught, turned the central area of the city, in the vicinity of the Monument of Independence, into a pile of ashes.

Despite all this, the Maidan Activists did not surrender and their ranks were reinforced by new self-organized groups of patriots from every part of Ukraine. Many of them immediately went into action and died from the bullets of snipers and military stun granades during the three day long standoff. During the last attempt to storm the Maidan, “Berkut” burned down the Trade Unions Building, which housed the headquarters of the National Resistance. The fire killed approximately 50 people, including seriously wounded Activists who could not escape the premises.

The crowning tragic points of these events were the deaths of hundreds of unarmed people by snipers bullets on the 18th, 19th and 20th of February, thousands of seriously wounded, hundreds of unidentified corpses, and the cowardly escape of President Yanukovych and ‘Berkut’ from the battlefield.

The Maidan Activists named the victims of these battles, the ‘Heavenly Hundred.’ Active participants of these events during these frightening times were Ukrainian artists, musicians, filmmakers and cinema operators, writers and poets, photographers and journalists. It is their individual visions, documentary evidence and unique view we present in this project we simply call: Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom.

Serhiy Fomenko, curator

МАЙДАН. УКРАЇНА. ШЛЯХ ДО СВОБОДИ “ МАЙДАН. УКРАЇНА. ШЛЯХ ДО СВОБОДИ “. Українські події у документальному кіно, живопису, фотографіях, музиці, та у протестному плакаті. ( За участі українських митців -активних учасників реальних подій). автор ідеї та куратор Сергій Фоменко. Українські події 2013-2014 років, відомі як “ Євромайдан”, або Революція Гідності сколихнули і змінили не лише Україну та українське суспільство, але і весь світ. Мирне (в рамках діючого законодавства і права) зібрання громадських активістів, журналістів, студентів, митців та небайдужих громадян під стелою Незалежності на Майдані у Києві на знак протесту проти непослідовної і незрозумілої політики вищого керівництва держави у питанні Євроінтеграції, та різкий поворот у бік Росії та Митного союзу, перереросло у потужні народні протести проти корупції, узурпації влади та нехтування прав людини в Україні. На вулиці Києва та інших міст країни вийшли мільйони людей. Два з половиною місяці президент Янукович і керівництво держави в повній мірі ігнорували будь які звернення та вимоги до діалогу, як з боку опозиційних політиків, так і з боку громадян України які вийшли на Майдан. Попри мирний характер акцій протесту, повну підтримку народу України світовою спільнотою та українською діаспорою з усього світу, влада розгорнула широкомаштабну війну проти громадян країни, використовуючи загони спецпризначенців “беркут”, корумповані суди та міліцію. Результатом цієї війни стали жорстокі побиття, каліцтва та арешти студентів, журналістів та просто небайдужих громадян та відкриття кримінальних справ на заарештованих без урахування віку і статі, та при відсутності будь якої небезпеки з боку протестуючих під час розгону мирних акцій протесту. Також важливим фактором ескалації конфлікту стали невдала спроба влади зачистити Майдан значними силами “беркуту”, внутрішніх військ та міліції в ніч на 11 грудня, інші брутальні події та важкі погодні умови- адже протестуючі стояли на вулиці два з половиною місяці вдень і вночі у 20 градусний мороз під снігом, вітром і дощем! Політичні та дипломатичні спроби тиску на владу не діяли, репресії продовжувались і вже 19 січня , у велике християнське свято Водохреща,під час проведення чергового народного Віче, не зважаючи на заклики політиків зберігати спокій і чекати- терпіння у людей обірвалося.. Народ пішов штурмом на Верховну раду та Кабінет міністрів.

Загони спецпризначенців які стояли на вулиці Грушевського почали кидати світлошумові гранати, стріляти гумовими кулями, спеціальними набоями для знешкодження двигунів автомототехніки та мисливськими набоями, забивати людей кийками, та поливати демонстрантів з водометів, незважаючи на мороз. Коктейлі Молотова та каміння полетіли у відповідь! Були спалені та стали основою Барикади на Грушевського автобуси “беркуту” та інша важка техніка. В результаті кількаденного протистояння загинули перші герої “Небесної Сотні” Сергій Нігоян, Михайло Жизнєвський та Роман Сеник. В лісі під Києвом було знайдено тіло викраденого з лікарні невідомими особами та закатованого активіста Майдану Юрія Вербицького. Багато людей зникло, сотні було важко поранено. Почалися викрадення активістів Майдану, деяких з них було знайдено мертвими. З цього моменту події в Україні почали розгортатися все більш драматично, і попри розпочаті перемовини Януковича з опозицією, ситуація вийшла з під контролю як з одної, так і з іншої сторони. Після підписання опозицією та Януковичем договору про перемир’я, звільнення владою заручників, розблокування протестуючими частини вулиці Грушевського та звільнення адміністративної будівлі КМДА, 18 лютого Майдан оголосив мирну акцію протесту під стінами Верховної Ради. В цей день мала відбутись позачергова сесія для термінового врегулювання ситуації в країні та скасування так званих “диктаторських законів 16 січня” проголосованих руками членами Партії регіонів та комуністами з абсолютно зухвалим порушенням Конституції та регламенту. І які по суті забороняли будь які прояви громадянських прав та прав людини, та легітимізували будь які дії влади проти народу. Коли мирні протестуючі та деякі загони самооборони зайшли в урядовий квартал, величезні сили “беркуту”, внутрішніх військ та так звані “тітушки” озброєні вогнепальною зброєю розпочали справжню бойню, захопивши протестувальників в щільне кільце. Кількість вбитих і пораненених під час цих подій зросла в рази, и користуючись чисельною перевагою та деякою розгубленістю протестувальників, сили “беркуту” та внутрішніх військ взяли під свій контроль частину території Майдану, продовжуючи бої з повстанцями та перетворивши центральну частину міста в районі стели Незалежності у справжнє попелище.

Попри все це майданівці не здавалися, з усієї України на допомогу підтягувалися нові самоорганізовані загони патріотів, багато з них одразу заходили в бій і гинули від куль снайперів та розриву бойових гранат.Три доби тривало протистояння. Під час останньої спроби штурмувати Майдан, руками спецпризначенців було спалено Будинок профспілок, де містився Штаб Національного Спротиву, під час пожежі загинуло близько 50 осіб, в тому числі важко поранені які не могли рухатись, і які лишилися заблокованими на одному з поверхів. Трагічною крапкою цих подій стала загибель сотень беззбройних людей від куль снайперів 18, 19 та 20 лютого, тисячі важко поранених, сотні пропалих безвісти та неіндентифіковані трупи, втеча Януковича з України, а “беркуту” з поля бою. Загиблих на Майдані назвали “ Небесною Сотнею”. Весь цей важкий і страшний час на Майдані були разом і боролися проти диктатури представники абсолютно різних професій, національностей, соціальних прошарків, з усіх без виключення областей України. Активними учасниками цих подій також були українські художники, музиканти, режисери та оператори кіно, письменники, фотографи і журналісти. Саме їх індивідуальне бачення, документальні свідчення та точка зору представлені в проекті “ МАЙДАН. УКРАЇНА. ШЛЯХ ДО СВОБОДИ”. Сергій Фоменко, куратор

ARTIFACTS Original objects used by protesters

Original artifacts from Maidan

Sticks

Medis helmet, burned coat and gas mask

Metal shield

Metal shields

Wooden shield

Cobble stones from Hrushevsky Street

Molotov cocktails

Molotov cocktail

Molotov cocktail

Molotov cocktails

Molotov cocktail bottles

MATVIY VAISBERG

Matviy Vaisberg (also Matvey Vaisberg) was born in Kyiv in 1958. He graduated from Taras Shevchenko Republican Art School (1970-1977) and Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute specializing in book design (1977-1985). Matviy Vaisberg is a founder of “Ariergard” movement that developed its intellectual-aesthetics in the 1980s within the late-Soviet and early post-Soviet time. His works are part of the following permanent collections: Museum of Russian Art in Kyiv, Vilno Gaon Jewish Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania, K. Weidlich and Eberkhardt Collection, Munich-Leipzig, Germany.

The artist lives and works in Kyiv.

‘The Wall’ series presents 28 paintings depicting the most dramatic days of hostilities, which the artist witnessed in person at the very center of Ukraine’s capital. As Vaisberg himself recalls, having spent almost every day and every night on Maidan for over two months, he got an opportunity (and urge) to work during that shaky, sad and bizzare truce that somehow lasted from the end of January up until the dreadful day of February 18, 2014. This impression, this seed of creative emotion needed to be poured from the artist’s mind on canvas as soon as posible, it needed to be captured in art work before it cooled down. This kicked off the series, which was later named ‘The Wall’ – just as the earlier Vaisberg’s cycle of biblical allusions to Holbein.

Artist’s studio in Kyiv with 28 oil on canvas paintings from The Wall series, 2013 - 2014 Each painting is 45 x 60 cm

Hommage to Francisco Goya’s painting ‘Disasters of War,’ 2014 Oil on canvas, 110 x 150 cm

Untitled from The Wall series, 2014 Oil on canvas, 110 x 150 cm

Untitled from The Wall series, 2014 Oil on canvas, 110 x 150 cm

Untitled from The Wall series, 2014 Oil on canvas, 110 x 150 cm

MAXIM DONDYUK Euromaidan: Culture of the Confrontation

November 21, 2013 was the starting point of Euromaidan origin. By the evening, after the announcement of the President of Ukraine to suspend the signing of an association agreement between Ukraine and the Europe Union, about thousands of opponents of this decision came to Maidan Nezalezhnosti. It was a completely peaceful protest of the Ukrainian citizens in the support of European Union, which apparently would have gone down for a couple of weeks. But a number of consecutive errors by the Government changed the course of the events. Bloody crackdown of the protesters, trying to clean Euromaidan, provocateurs actions led to the fact that millions of Ukrainians gathered in the main square of the country to defend their human rights and overthrow the existing power elite.

Euromaidan turned into a real performance, where the battle of opposites started.

Good and evil, light and shadow, thick black smoke and whiteness of the February snow. On the revolutionary canvas creepy bloody scenes interwove with incredibly beautiful once. Euromaidan became one of the most beautiful revolutions, like scenes from Hollywood movie!

In my photos I tried to show the scale of all that happened in the centre of the country. Very often I lost the line between reality and fiction. In one moment the battle scenes were reminiscent of terrible days of past wars. In another - frosty, fiery battle turned Maidan Nezalezhnosty into a phantasmagoric place. Carefree, obstreperous Kyiv completely lost its familiar features.

Maxim Dondyuk (born in Ukraine in 1983) is a documentary photographer.

His photographic way starts in 2007, when he worked as a photojournalist in Ukrainian media. Since 2010 he, being a freelancer, works on creating and promoting his own documentary projects.

The list of his grants and awards is long but among them are: Grand Prix of the Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award, Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan, Magnum Photos competition ‘30 under 30’ for emerging documentary photographers, Finalist of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, Finalist for the FotoEvidence Book Award, Grand Prix ‘Best Global Health Story’ of the BD’s Hope for a Healthy World Photo Competition, Grand Prix of the ‘Best Photo of the Year’ at the contest ‘Photographer of the Year’, shortlist in the portraiture category of Sony World Photography Awards etc.

Maxim has 3 big projects: ’Uman, Rosh Hashana’ (2008-2012), ‘The Сrimea Sich’ (2010-2013), ‘TB epidemic in Ukraine’ (2010-2012). From the beginning of December 2013 Maxim documented Ukrainian revolution, known as Euromaidan. His photos from Kyiv is know all over the world.

Today Maxim continues photographing historical events that happens in the East of his country.

Maxim collaborates with many international editions and online media.

His photos were published in TIME, Der Spiegel, Paris Match, Rolling Stone, PDN, Bloomberg Businessweek, Russian Reporter, Libération, Polka, 6Mois, Esquire etc. Also some of his works are in galleries and private collections.

Maxim Dondyuk presents 22 color photographs each 60 x 90 cm.

December 8, 2013

December 12, 2013 Serhiy Nigoyan was an Armenian-Ukrainian Euromaidan activist who was shot and soon died from gunshot wounds during the 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots where he was acting as security.

December 19, 2013

December 19, 2013

January 23, 2014

January 23, 2014

January 23, 2014

January 23, 2014

January 23, 2014

January 25, 2014

January 25, 2014

January 26, 2014

February 18, 2014

February 18, 2014

February 18, 2014

February 18, 2014

February 20, 2014

February 23, 2014

February 20, 2014

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OLEXANDER GLYADYELOV

“I have been on Euromaydan from the very beginning, from the first night. Nobody knew what would happen next. I was among the protesters and just followed the events. Courage of usual, ordinary people changes the world, when they do not stop in the face of death. If you witnessed this, it changes you also.�

Olexander Glyadyelov The artist presents 21 black and white digital print photographs, each 60 x 90 cm.

Olexander Glyadyelov was born in Legnitz, Poland in 1956 into the family of a Soviet Army officer. He graduated at the Kiev Polytechnical Institute. Later he studied photography independently through the mid 80’s, till he began working as a professional freelance photojournalist in 1989. Glyadyelov has traveled extensively throughout the former Soviet Union taking photographs in Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Kyrgyztan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Lithuania. He has also photographed in Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Switzerland, United States, Somalia, South Sudan and Kenia. Glyadyelov covered the armed conflicts in Moldova (where he was wounded), Nagornij Karabakh, and Chechnya. Since 1996-1997, Glyadyelov has concentrated on long-term photographic documentary projects including: socially abused children, the HIV/ AIDS epidemic among intravenous drug users and post soviet prisons. Glyadyelov’s photography has been used by international organizations including MSF, WHO, UNAIDS, and UNICEF. He is an author of 30 personal photo exhibitions.

Awards Grand-Prix of Ukrpressphoto-97, Hasselblad Prize at the European Photography contest in Vevey (Switzerland) in 1998, Mother-Jones 2001 Medal of Excellence, “Moving Walls 2002” OSI, NYC. Books “Неre and Now”, Blank-Press edition, Kiev, 2001, “Pandemic: Facing AIDS”, Umbrage Editions, NYC, USA, 2003 (group project),“Interview With а Hope”, Blank-Press edition, Kiev, 2006 Documentary on Olexander Glyadyelov Derriere la page series: ENFANTS DES RUES d’UKRAINE, Coup d’oeil/Arte, Metropolis, 7min, Paris, 2000

Striking students move to Euromaidan. Kyiv, November 2013

Striking students at night on Euromaidan. Kyiv, November 2013

“Christmas Tree” on the Maidan. Kyiv, December 2013

Protesters warm their feet on decorative lamps. Kyiv, Maidan, December 2013

Kyiv residents collect snow and ice on the Maidan to build new barricades after an overnight assault by riot police. Kyiv, December 11, 2013

Barricade on the Instytutska Street. Kyiv, December 2013

Burning barricade on Hrushevskoho Street. Kyiv, January 2014

At the barricades on Hrushevskoho Street. Kyiv, January 2014

Night protests, Kyiv. February 2014

Activists rest at night in the boardroom of the Kyiv City Hall. Kyiv, January 2014

Anti-government protester and the priest. Kyiv, February 2014

Self-defense of the Maidan move to protect protesters near Ukraine’s house of Parliament. Kiev, February 18, 2014

Night at a fiery barricades on the Maidan. Kyiv, February 19, 2014

At the barricades on the Maidan during a break in the clashes. Kyiv, February 19, 2014

Anti-government protesters at the line of fire barricades on the Maidan. Kyiv, February 19, 2014

Carrying victims of snipers. Kyiv, Maidan, February 20, 2014

Woman rolls on the tire to the barricade on Hrushevskoho Street, after the retreat of the police.

Kyiv, February 20, 2014

Protesters carry bags with stones to the barricades, after the retreat of the riot police from the Maidan. Kyiv, February 20, 2014

Bodies of anti-government protesters shot dead by snipers are seen in front of barricade on Maidan.

Kiev, Khreschatyk, February 20, 2014

Stretcher with blood of the victims. Kyiv, Maidan, February 2014

IGOR GAIDAI

Igor Gaidai was born in Kharkiv in 1961. He is a photographer and a an owner of the art gallery spacializing in photography. Gaidai is the author of three photo books – ‘The Ukrainians. Beginning of the Third Millenium’ (1996-2003), ‘9 months + 3 days’ (20062008), ‘Razom UA’ (2004-2011).

Igor Gaidai graduated from The Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television in Kyiv in 1985, department of cameraman. He was a founding member of the Union of Photo Artists of Ukraine. In 1984-1986 Gaidai taught photography lighting and composition at his Alma Mater. In 1987-1991 the photographer worked for the Dovzhenko National Film Studio in Kyiv. He worked as a freelance photographer with leading advertising agencies for 15 years until 2002. In 1991 Gaidai founded his own private photo studio, which was the first private photo studio in Ukraine. From 1995 to present he has been the art director and co-owner of ‘Gaidai Studio.’ Since that time Gaidai established himself as a photo artist and has dedicated his full time working as a photo artist. He focuses on creating and producing social-oriented photo-objects as well as promoting world photography in Ukraine and Ukrainian photography in the West. The photographer lives and works in Kyiv.

During Euromaidan Igor Gaidai photographed a number of individuals setting the barricades of Maidan as a background. Each photograph is 75 x 100 cm in size. 25 color photographs will be on exhibit.

козак Мажа / Kozak Mazha

Тарас Сеник, Генерал Хорунжий Українського Козачества, Прикарпатська Січ, Львів Taras Senyk, General of Ukrainian Kozaks, Lviv

Анатолій Козак, анастезіолог / Anatoliy Kozak, doctor anesthesiologist

Анастасія Шевченко, ангел-охоронець 4-ї сотні та Сашко Anastasia Shevchenko, guarding angel of the 4th Hundred and Sashko

Микола, Косів, Ів.-Франківська обл. / Mykola, Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Михайло Гаврилюк / Mychajlo Havryluk

Леся Оробець, політик / Lesia Orobets, politician

Пані Зоя, Київ / Mrs. Zoya, Kyiv

Едуард Абрамов, письменник, Феодосія, Крим, / Eduard Abramov, writer, Feodosiya, Crimea

Міша, Ігор. Ів.-Франківськ / Misha and Ihor, Ivano-Frankivsk

отець Іван, Іван Сидор, дзвонар Міхайлівського собору Father Ivan, Ivan Sydor, bell-ringer at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv

Ярема Йосипенко. Ів.-Франківськ / Yarema Yosypenko, Ivano-Frankivsk

Юрій Андрухович, письменник / Yuriy Andruchovych, writer

Іван Гайдар та Михайло Бандурак / Ivan Gaidar and Mykhailo Bandurak

Анатолій Безручко. Отаман. Спілка козаків Донбасу “Вільність” Війська Запорізького. Маріуполь Anatoliy Bezruchnko, Otaman. Union of Donbas’ Kozaks “Freedom”, Mariupol

Дімка-танкіст/ Dimka tank operator

Єгор Соболєв, політик / Egor Sobolev, politician

Отець Георгій / Father Heorhiy

Міша, Георгій та Руслан. Київ / Misha, Georgiy and Ruslan, Kyiv

Влад. Київ / Vlad, Kyiv

Сергій Коба, Автомайдан / Serhiy Koba, Avtomaidan

Художниця Марія Діордічук. “Кольори волі”. Київ.

Artist Maria Diordichuk “Colors of Freedom”, Kyiv

Медики Тарас, Крістіан та Ігор / Doctors Taras, Christian and Ihor

Ігор, охорона. Київ / Ihor, security, Kyiv

Олег Покальчук, соціальний психолог, філософ, письменник, політтехнолог Oleh Pokalchuk, Writer, Phylosopher, Social Phychologist, Political Technologist

ANTON TROFYMOV Anton Trofymov – Romanticism and the Ukrainian Revolution Anton went to Kyiv in November of 2013 and was taking photographs at the very beginning of Maidan events. These photographs are juxtaposed with film stills dating back to 1920s from various documentaries of Central State Film, Photo and Sound archive in Kyiv. The film stills depict romantic post-October-revolutionary scenes on the streets of Kyiv as well as various genre scenes of that time.

Ukraine’s Revolution of 2013 (often referred to as ‘Revolution of Dignity’) is similar to every other revolution because it takes its roots in romanticism. It was initially started by such romantics as students, artists, musicians, poets and later was joined by all members of Ukrainian society.

Through his photographs Anton Trofymov exposes a strong connection between what happened in Ukraine in 2013 and what had been taking place there three generations before. The old photographs from the 1920s are symbolic to transformation of the society and how it romanticizes with it. In the post October revolution time Ukraine for the first time became independent in 1917 with establishing the Ukrainian National Republic. It was a very romantic but short lived moment in the history of Ukraine as an independent country. This period was abruptly stopped, first by Lenin and then by Stalin’s totalitarian regime when millions of people were executed and later died from famine (Holodomor). In Trofymov’s artistic interpretation he visualizes continuity in events on Maidan of 2013 to the events of the early 1920s in Kyiv. This romanticism has to be lived on in full before a civil society is formed. Ukrainians only now had an opportunity to finish what was started three generations before.

Anton Trofymov exhibits 10 silver gelatin print black and white photographs each16” x 40”.

Anton Trofymov was born in Kyiv in 1967. He studied at the Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film and Television and worked as Music Video Director and Assistant Director at The National Cinematheque of Ukraine. In 1999, Anton moved to the United States and his creative interests shifted toward photography. He shoots on film, using Hasselblad and Linhof cameras and prints silver gelatin photographs in his own darkroom. Anton Trofymov lives and works in New York.

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STRIKE POSTERS “I AM A DROP IN THE OCEAN”

Strike posters was an idea of the Facebook community Strike-Plakat (online at https://www.facebook.com/strikeposter) of a group of professional designers and painters to create, post online and have available for everyone to download and print posters and stickers. From the beginning the artists decided to not to reveal their identities for personal security reason. New designs for posters and stickers would be uploaded every day and started becoming very popular among protesters. One poster from such series by Pavel Klubnikin entitled ‘I am a drop in the Ocean’ was reproduced in thousands and became the visual symbol of the peaceful protests. Oleksiy Say, Mykola Honcharov, Egor Petrov, Pavlo Klubnikin were very active members of the group.

On exhibit 11 color posters.

I am a Drop in the Ocean poster

All you need is Love poster

I Breath Freely poster

I am a Drop in the Ocean poster

Lustration poster

Vegetable poster

Obey? poster

All you need is Love poster

I am a Drop in the Ocean poster

All you need is Love poster

Ukrainian Spring poster

OLEH DENYSENKO A commemorative coin dedicated to “The Heavenly Hundred”

This coin is made out of Nickel Silver which is a copper-nickel-zinc alloy with high corrosion resistance. It was made at the Lviv Mint in a limited edition of 250 and will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

MANIFESTO It is a notable fact, that the driving power of the civil protest is the generation formed within the timeframe of independence. The generation that may be called the one of immediate action, and which deems basic European values as determinant and hence is ready to protect them.

The new civil society generates meaningful ideas. But at the moment there are too little of those, who are ready to fulfil these ideas. This circle has to grow and then we’ll get a chance to persuade the whole Ukraine, that time has come to begin vast social reforms. And, strictly speaking, a documentary is a tool that is able to change people’s perception of reality. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrJIIeADD45RsffK2yYgmSw

Film still Manifesto / кадр з фільму Маніфест / кадр из фильма Манифест

Exposition at the Checkpoint Charlie Musem, Berlin

Art performance by Matviy Vaisberg at the Checkpoint Charlie Musem, Berlin

Exposition at the Checkpoint Charlie Musem, Berlin

Organizers and participants of the exhibition in Berlin in front of the Checkpoint Charlie Musem

Maxim Dondyuk and Ukrainian diplomat Yuri Nykytiuk, Ukrainian Cultural Center, London

Singing Ukrainian national anthem, Ukrainian Cultural Center, London

Folk-Rock Band ‘MANDRY’ “In the Country of Dreams”

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HEAVENLY HUNDRED / НЕБЕСНА СОТНЯ АВЕРС Зображений козацький хрест з давньоруським орнаментом на променях, переплетений стилізованим лавровим вінком - символом слави. У центрі хреста розташований тризуб, що уособлює державність. Круговий напис: «Слава Україні - Героям Слава»,- виконаний шрифтом, що має національний характер, на основі розробок Г.Нарбута, і розділений зірками вічності. РЕВЕРС Зображений Архистратиг Михаїл - воєвода сил небесних, патрон Українського Воїнства, який перемагає дракона символізуючого темні сили зла. В правій руці у нього переможно піднятий вогняний меч, у лівій - щит з тризубом. Архангел одягнений у стилізовані обладунки періоду Давньої Руси. Меморіальний напис по колу: «Пам’яті Небесної Сотні - Герої не вмирають». Дата 2014 рік.

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MAIDAN. UKRAINE. ROAD TO FREEDOM Foreword Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom by Serhiy Fomenko Copyright Š 2014 by artists whose works are illustrated in this catalog (works of art) Copyright Š 2014 Serhiy Fomenko (text) Design by Alexander Demko Printed in Kyiv by Sofia A www.sofia-a.com.ua Text in English and Ukrainian. 144 pages, edition of 250.

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