Before/After | Pop-Up Exhibition and Auction of Ukrainian Contemporary Art at Glovebox
Before/After – Pop-Up Exhibition and Auction of Ukrainian Contemporary Art
26.07 12:00 – 23:00 (18:00 – start of the event) / Location: Glovebox / TICKETS
The Ukrainian creative collaborative “Untold Ukraine” announced today that they will be hosting a pop-up exhibition and auction of Ukrainian contemporary art at the Glovebox gallery. For one day only, Dubliners will be able to see a curated selection of artworks, bid for them during the auction and experience the live-performance. this event will close a successful art event series hosted in multiple locations around Dublin and is expected to attract art lovers and Dubliners keen to support Ukraine.
All funds will be directed to funds, aiming to help Ukraine: Kolo Ukraine and Voices of Children.
“Before/After” is a group exhibition of young Ukrainian contemporary art, which captures the zeitgeist in the country before and after the Russian invasion of the artists’ native homeland. Visitors are invited to observe and compare how artistic perception and reflection of reality changed. The curated selection of artworks – performance art, painting, and mixed media- convey feelings of uncertainty but also fragile hope for a safe future. Highlights include pieces by internationally-renowned artists Ona Telos, the collective SOCIA collective, Danik Manzhos, Orest Hirnyi, ONA TELOS., as well as a display of drawings by children in bomb shelters.
The exhibition will be held in a format of one day pop-up event which will include
- Reflections from the curator – Anastasia Lebega is a Ukrainian curator and art advisor based London.
- Live performance by SOCIA collective. In the gallery space artists will transform music into large scale painting.
- Live auction of exhibited works (silent auction + live auction on the top lots)
- Display of children’s drawings (collected by Maryna Volokhova) sent from the bomb shelters. Visitors will be invited to write/draw a response and send it to young creators
- Immersive video experience
- Poster sale
Exhibition is open the whole day on 26th from 12:00 – 23:00. Event with a live performance, auction and wine starts at 18:00.