Independent Art Gallery ANTIN’S COLLECTIONS and Independent Artists Union “Freedom or Death” presented “The Death Match” project in Ivano-Frankivsk “Marginesy” Gallery (4, Pylyp Orlyk St.) on February, 11 2010. Antin Muharsky and Anatoly Zvizhynsky opened the exhibition.
Scandalously known Ukrainian artist Roman Minin will open his personal exhibition “Symbol of Faith” in Kyiv Museum of Russian Art on February, 2, 2010.
Roman Minin became famous in Ukraine and Russia after his exhibition “V Zaboi ili v Zapoi” (To work or to drink) in Donetsk-city, which was forbidden by local officials. Now his works are presented by “Volga” gallery (Moscow) and Independent Art Gallery of Antin Muharsky ANTIN’S COLLECTIONS (Kyiv).
Scandalously known Ukrainian artist Roman Minin will open his personal exhibition “Symbol of Faith” in Kyiv Museum of Russian Art on February, 2, 2010.
Roman Minin became famous in Ukraine and Russia after his exhibition “V Zaboi ili v Zapoi” (To work or to drink) in Donetsk-city, which was forbidden by local officials. Now his works are presented by “Volga” gallery (Moscow) and Independent Art Gallery of Antin Muharsky ANTIN’S COLLECTIONS (Kyiv).
The painting “Freedom or fuck’em all!” (“Portrait of Nestor Mahno”) by Ivan Semesyuk was forbidden with the scandal on the exhibition “From Trypillya till Today” which passes under patronage of Victor Yushchenko in National House of Artist (State National Artists Union).
Independent Art Gallery ANTIN’S COLLECTIONS and Independent Artists Union “Freedom or Death” took part in “Trypillya” Christmas Festival, which runs on December 25-30 2009 and on January 04-09 2010 and is part of Gagarin Fest in Kharkiv- city.
We presented two special projects- “Village Glam” (private collection of the Ukrainian handicraft paintings, which is collected by Antin Muharsky during more than ten years and collection of designer fashion clothes “Village Glam”, the authors of which is Antin Muharsky and Snizhana Egorova) and the project of Ivan Semesyuk “Zhlob- Art. Biomass”. Also we presented the works of Serhiy Hohol form his ART FAT project.
According to the organizers of the festival, guests of the exhibition and journalists of Kharkiv mass-media, both projects became really something special of the festival.
Independent Art Gallery ANTIN’S COLLECTIONS and Independent Artists Union “Freedom or Death” are very grateful to the organizers of the festival and especially to Gagarin Fest’s Director Anatoliy Saenko.
(October 29 – November 7, 2009)
Our gallery presented the special art- project “The Death Match”
The artists who took part in our project are anarchy minded and are the members of “Independent Artists Union”:
Ivan Semesyuk
Serhiy Kolyada
Roman Minin
Igor Pereklita
Nina Murashkina
Serhiy Hohol