Ukraine: art, society and power. Talk with Nikita Kadan
Date and time:
Monday 27 January, 2020
19:00 - 20:30
Location:
The Ukrainian Institute
79 Holland Park
London
W11 3SW
Nikita Kadan is one of Ukraine’s boldest contemporary artists. He is a member of the artistic collective “Revolutionary Experimental Space”, which leads artistic interventions exploring social issues, promotes civic activism in the spheres of arts and education, and has taken a critical stance against policies of "de-communisation" and state censorship of the arts.
Nikita will reflect on how Ukraine’s arts scene has evolved between the two Maidan Uprisings in 2004 and 2013-14 and beyond. He will also present his own distinctive work, much of which explores the experience of present-day Ukrainians and their relationship with their Soviet past.
In 2011, he was awarded the top prize of Pinchuk Art Centre. In 2014, he received the Future Generation Art Prize.
This event will be held in English.
£10 standard / £7 concessions
Speaker
Nikita Kadan
Nikita Kadan is a contemporary artist. He graduated from the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv, and has been a member of the R.E.P. (Revolutionary Experimental Space) collective since 2004. R.E.P. stage interventionist performances and paint murals on public buildings as ways to question ideological rhetoric. Kadan’s work with the group offers a critique of collective memory as mediated by political context, stressing the importance of genuine community.
