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SUMMARY:Holodomor: A Remembrance | A Virtual Visual Art Presentation
DESCRIPTION:\nArt at the Institute \npresents\n\nHolodomor: A Remembrance\nA Virtual Visual Art Presentation\nIn Commemoration of the 87th Anniversary\nof the Holodomor Genocide in Ukraine\n\nFeaturing Artworks by Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak of Houston\, Texas\n\nNovember 2020\n\n\nThe virtual exhibition Holodomor: A Remembrance commemorates the 87-year anniversary of the Holodomor Famine-Genocide\, which occurred in Ukraine in 1932-33. It is a visual arts presentation featuring the works of Ukrainian-American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak. \nIn 1991\, the artist traveled to Ukraine for the first time. She states: “My eyes and soul were opened to a land that was beautiful but ravaged by the Soviet regime. The people were long-suffering yet hopeful – the culture was rich but sabotaged. Years of Soviet oppression had left their mark and were visible everywhere. Mass graves were being uncovered\, revealing horrific historical events long denied by the Soviet government.” \nThis new knowledge of so many innocent victims did not pull her down into despair but rather created an urgent need to tell their stories – which was also her story. \nDeveloped by Roksolana Karmazyn (Dallas)\, Chrystia Bryndzia (Houston)\, Ksenia Rychtycka (Detroit)\, Anizia Karmazyn (Pittsburgh)\, and Olya Czerkas (St. Petersburg)\, the virtual exhibition team worked in collaboration with the artist\, who graciously shared her 26 works of mixed-media art to be presented in the exhibition. The visual arts afford a powerful and palpable lens through which to experience history and the human experience. The artworks featured in the exhibition are striking\, compelling and filled with an anguish. \n“We must look in order to honor the victims and to acknowledge the past so that we can move on\,” the artist maintains. \nLydia Bodnar-Balahutrak is on the Studio School Faculty of the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. Her works can be found in museums and private collections in the USA and Europe. \nThe exhibition is being hosted virtually during November 2020\, the month designated to commemorate the Famine-Genocide. Holodomor means murder by starvation and is the word used to describe the horror inflicted by Stalin and his government officials on men\, women and children in a deliberate political policy of extermination by starvation. The 1932-33 Holodomor claimed millions of lives in Ukraine. \nHolodomor: A Remembrance | A Virtual Visual Art Presentation
URL:https://ukrainianinstitute.org/event/holodomor-a-remembrance-a-virtual-visual-art-presentation/
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