Shadow of Russia
2015 FEED Space
Solo show
Shown with Freefall
22x17in transfer mono prints on archival photo paper
For generations to my family lived in Kalinova, a small village in Ukraine. They lived a secluded life — farming, working in coal mines — as a community. Kalinova was a beautiful place. I went there 10 years ago o meet my father’s family, where their grew up. I met all my aunts and uncles, their children and their children.
My dad used to say “One twist of fate and we would live here.”
It was war at brought us to the states, changing the Lytvinenko family forever. And now it’s war that’s changing the family again.
Small village will never be what I fell in love with in 2005. The conflict disrupted normal life, forcing the kids out of school, and the jobs to Russia along with the people. As Russia pushes west, it’s shadow brings a permanent darkness to Kalinova.
install photo: Shadow of Russia, 2015
By making multiple transfers on top of one another, the monoprint becomes dense with pigment showing the photo as much darker visually and emotionally than the original
Fire, 22x17in, 2015
Dima, 22x17in, 2015
Dima 2, 22x17in, 2015
Wedding, 22x17in, 2015
Sunflowers, 22x17in, 2015
Kalinova, 22x17in, 2015
Red Car, 22x17in, 2015
Lida, 22x17in, 2015
Afternoon blue, 22x17in, 2015
The places we went to changed between 2007 and 2015. Some places were lost or showed the losses. Bringing a dark shadow into these happier memories
Uncle, 22x17in, 2015
Dandelions, 22x17in, 2015
Duck, 22x17in, 2015
Feast, 22x17in, 2015
Orthodox, 22x17in, 2015
Wedding with drink, 22x17in, 2015
Portrait, 22x17in, 2015
Kolya, 22x17in, 2015
Sunset, 22x17in, 2015
You Can Never Leave You, 2023
Ghost, 22x17in, 2015
Fade, 22x17in, 2015
Sascha, 22x17in, 2015
Great Grand Mother, 22x17in, 2015
Cat, 22x17in, 2015