Currently, Ukraine and the rest of Europe are living as if in two parallel realities. For the Western world, the war mostly remains on the surface of the news screens. The scale of Russian crimes in Ukraine is so terrible that one’s mind refuses to perceive them as a domain of human existence, and tries to throw them all beyond vigilance, towards the vague realm of dreamland. However, in the rationality of the daylight, diplomatic and commercial relations with a state that commits all these crimes like a perverted butcher still seem to be quite acceptable.
Currently, Ukraine and the rest of Europe are living as if in two parallel realities. For the Western world, the war mostly remains on the surface of the news screens. The scale of Russian crimes in Ukraine is so terrible that one’s mind refuses to perceive them as a domain of human existence, and tries to throw them all beyond vigilance, towards the vague realm of dreamland.
Vlada Ralko - From nowhere again (2022 – work in progress)
A frightened death, 2023, 240x112, acrylic on canvas
Calibre, 2023, 150x500, acrylic on canvas
Dove and Cros, 2023, 240x112, acrylic on canvas
Mum-pit, 2023, 224x112, acrylic on canvas
None, 2023, 160x295, acrylic, graphite, oil stick on canvas
Sunrise, 2023, 224x112, acrylic on canvas
Sleep!, 2023, 220х138, acrylic on canvas
Step, Calibre and crosses, 2023, 220х138, acrylic on canvas
Nowhere, 2023, 160x295, acrylic, graphite, oil stick on canvas
Upside-down, 2023, 220х138, acrylic on canvas
Calibre and crosses, 2023, 220х138, acrylic on canvas
Gaze, 2023, 150x500, acrylic on canvas
From nowhere again, 2023, 150x500, acrylic on canvas
However, in the rationality of the daylight, diplomatic and commercial relations with a state that commits all these crimes like a perverted butcher still seem to be quite acceptable.
Vlada Ralko - From nowhere again (2022 – work in progress)