Aliona Kuznetsova

"Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine took away the spring of 2022 from all the Ukrainians. We didn't feel it, didn't rejoice, didn't celebrate the birth of new life, the first flowers and warming. It was only when summer came and I noticed my favourite peonies blooming that I felt reborn and wanted to continue creating art further, in between the feeling of life and death.
The flower, as a sign, reminds me of the explosions I was very close to at the end of February 2022 and the sounds which accompanied me throughout 2022 while creating the works of this series. From one point to the periphery, like an extension. 
These explosions are still happening all over Ukraine, as Russian missiles bomb our civilian objects, we are still fighting and defending our lives, our land and our homes. And the flowers continue to bloom, no matter what." 
Aliona Kuznetsova, artist, and participant of the Concentration of the Will project, presented at the M17 CAC
You are welcome to visit the exhibition "Concentration of the Will" at M17.
Organized by the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Modern Art Research Institute and M17 Contemporary Art Center.The Art Support Fund provided essential support for the opening of the second stage of the Concentration of the Will project at the M17 CAC.
Curators: Andriy Sydorenko, Iryna Yatsyk
Project management from the institutions: Andriy Puchkov (NAAU), Igor Abramovych (MARI), Natalia Shpytkovska (M17 CAC)
M17 Contemporary Art Center102-104, V. Antonovycha St., Kyiv cityTue-Sun: 11 am to 8 pmMonday: closedFree admission