Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool's call to action: keeping a spotlight on contemporary Ukrainian culture
Please help us keep a spotlight on contemporary Ukrainian culture…
Open Eye Gallery is honoured to be supporting the National Pavilion of Ukraine at the 60th Venice Biennale, curated by the gallery’s curator, Max Gorbatskyi and the curator of Our Home: Ukrainian Photography, UK Words exhibition tour, Viktoria Bavykina.
Please read and share this insightful piece written by Charlotte Higgins from The Guardian as she witnessed Andrii Dostliev and Lia Dostliev’s powerful piece, Comfort Work in production in Open Eye Gallery last month.
More on Ukraine at the Venice Biennale here.
ON TOUR
The HOME developed with Ukrainian Photographies will be showing in public spaces across Rochdale from June – July 2024, at Stills, Centre for Photography, Edinburgh from August – October 2024, at The Turnpike Gallery, Wigan & Leigh from November 2024 – January 2025, and finally at Portcullis House, UK Parliament in February 2025.
The exhibition highlights contemporary Ukrainian photography by reflecting the vibrancy, diversity and creativity of modern Ukrainian culture, with community input at each site.
For more information, please visit openeye.org.uk/whatson/home-ukrainian-photography-uk-words-tour/
We intend to continue this work and would like to partner others or highlight any work championing Ukrainian culture – we’re in this for as long as needed.