Invasion

The works from the Invasion series, which was launched before the full-scale war in Ukraine, have received their sensual continuation in a symbolic combination of patriotic blue and yellow colors and the artist's characteristic technique.

Independence refers to the symbols of the nation, which are encoded in ornamental colors. The author presented a complex code of spiritual identification in a clear, concise and balanced manner. What is the price of freedom? The war in Ukraine is a litmus test for the entire democratic world. The much-desired victory is perceived as a light in the midst of pitch darkness, but its other side is bloody. In turn, the shape of a regularsquare acquires a symbolic meaning.

At the same time, it is worth paying attention to the Repletion diptych, which does not guide the viewer in a terminological labyrinth, but is a holistic perceptual expression of the analyzed experience.

The exposition of the creative Invasion series by Nazar Symotiuk is a vivid conceptualization of the problems of our time. We are presented with a visual anthem of Ukrainian identity, history, and indestructibility.

Lyudmyla Smakova
art manager, curator