At Venice Biennale, Ukrainian artists defy Russia’s invasion
Al JazeeraRussia’s war in Ukraine has left its mark on the world’s most prestigious art event. “At that moment, I thought that art was nothing in this situation,” she said, speaking at her exhibition on the sidelines of this year’s Venice Biennale art festival, which opens to the public on Saturday. The war in Ukraine has left its mark on the 59th edition of the world’s most prestigious art event, with Ukrainian artists using it as a showcase of resistance to Russia’s aggression against their people and their culture. This year’s Ukrainian national pavilion features the work of Pavlo Markov, whose Fountain of Exhaustion sculpture consists of 78 bronze funnels arranged in a triangle, through which water drips steadily down, before being recycled. Before this, unfortunately, it’s impossible.” ‘Cultural resistance’ The pavilion’s curatorial team have also produced the Piazza Ucraina, an open-air exhibition which stands at the centre of Venice’s Giardini della Biennale.
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