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Lost Europe:
On the Edge of Memories
Karel Cudlin, Photographer
Jan Dobrovsk媒, Photographer
Martin W谩gner, Photographer
Milena Kalinovska, Curator
June 17鈥揂ugust 13, 2023
September 9鈥揇ecember 10, 2023
鈥淭hrough these photographs, you鈥檒l step into a country with a dramatic history 鈥 a place reminiscent of the poetics of a life that is disappearing forever.鈥
Jan Dobrovsk媒, Villager, Svalovychi - Volyn Province, 2017. Pigment print on archival cotton paper, 19 戮 x 15 戮 inches.
Events
- 9/16: Special Presentation: 鈥淎 Day in Kyiv鈥
- 10/21:听Reading Performance: Ukrainian Poetry
Exhibition Overview
Take an intimate walk across rural Ukraine through the lens of three Czech photographers: Karel听Cudl铆n, Jan Dobrovsk媒, and Martin W谩gner. This is the first exhibition of these black and white photographs in the United States. The current situation of Putin's invasion of Ukraine is, of course, central to the show.
All three photographers spent their adulthood in the devastated societal, political, and economic scene of Eastern European countries under Soviet-led communism and witnessed their rehabilitation after democratization, first of Eastern Europe in 1989, and then of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The exhibition features over 75 photographs documenting the day-to-day life of Ukrainians from 1991 to 2018. Through these photographs, you鈥檒l step into a country with a dramatic history鈥 a place reminiscent of the poetics of a life that is disappearing forever.
Karel Cudlin, Odessa, 2012. Pigment print on archival cotton paper, 19 戮 x 15 戮 inches.
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Martin W谩gner, In front of school, Slavske, Carpathian Mountains - Lviv province, 1998. Pigment print on archival cotton paper, 31 陆 x 23 陆 inches.