From the Concentration of the Will at M17Bread wars125x80 cm, print on aluminum composite, 2022Price on request
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"BREAD WARS", Land Art, Denmark. The second work from the "Peaceful Sky" project.
The shadow of the Russian SU-27 fighter jet is depicted on the rye field in real size (more than twenty meters). It seems to attack another target, diving over the fields. Art, with the help of images, can transfer consciousness to another reality: either the one that does not exist, or the one that once was, or the one that exists somewhere, but not here and not now.
Looking at this project, you are transported mentally to the places of active hostilities in the east and south of Ukraine. To the place where enemy fighters fly over our wheat fields with black shadows, bringing death and destruction, where the wheat is burning, and the farmers are trying to save at least something from the fire... And then you return to the "here and now" again, and all around is a peaceful life where bread is harvested not on mined fields and not under the sights of missiles.
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Nikita Zigura's Bread wars
"The project mentally transports viewers to the places of active hostilities in the east and south of Ukraine. Where enemy fighters fly over Ukrainian fields with black shadows, bringing death and destruction, burning wheat fields while farmers try to save at least something from the fire...
And then you return to the moment of 'here and now', and all around you is a peaceful life, where bread is not harvested on mined fields or under missiles." - Nikita Zigura
About the artist
Nikita Zigura is a sculptor and contemporary artist, who works with other mediums. He was born 1984 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. The main topic of his art are raises topical issues of ecology in relationships between humans and nature, between people themselves, using the aesthetics of color and shape he philosophically reveals the theme of contemplation and awareness — of people, "who lift their head up". In 2003 he graduated from Shevchenko State Art School in Kyiv (Ukraine), later graduated from the Sculpture faculty and the post-graduate course of National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv (2009-2012). Now Mykyta Zigura is a member of the National Union of Artist of Ukraine (since 2012), and since 2013 he has taught drawing and sculpture at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”.
List of the exhibitions
2016 — exhibited by s.com.ua — postModern ArtGallery at International Art Fair Warsaw 2016.
2016 — Charity Auction of Lozhkin Foundation (Kyiv, Mystetskyi Arsenal), the sculpture "Day" by Nikita Zigura was acquired by Feldman Family Museum.
2016 — "CORPUSCULUM" exhibition at Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts (Kyiv, Ukraine).
2016 — "ART-TWINS Message" exhibition (Taras Shevchenko Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine).
2015 — Festival of Contemporary Art of Young Authors (Feldman Art Park, Kharkiv, Ukraine).
2015 — VII Great Sculpture Salon (Kyiv, Mystetskyi Arsenal).
2014 — All-Ukrainian Triennial Sculpture 2014 exhibition (Kyiv, Central House of Artist), “Love Fire” exhibition (Kyiv, Contemporary art centre M17).
2013 — IV Fine Art Ukraine (Kyiv, Mystetskyi Arsenal), "Contemporary Ceramics in the urban space" Festival (Kyiv, factory “Yunist”).
2012 — Contemporary art festival «GOGOLFEST» (Kyiv, The hardware factory), Grand Sculpture Salon 2012, the project “Observers”(Kyiv, Mystetskyi Arsenal).
2011 — “Green wave” exhibition (Kyiv, Art gallery “Mystets”), All-Ukrainian Triennial “Sculpture 2011” exhibition (Kyiv, Central House of Artist).
2010 — “Lamp” exhibition (Kyiv, Art gallery “Part.com”), Grand Sculpture Salon 2010 (Kyiv, The International Convention center “Ukrainian House”).
2009 — “Custom tailoring” exhibition (Kyiv, Art gallery “Mystets”), “Always, Never and Forever” ”exhibition (Kyiv, Art gallery “Berva”).
2008 — All-Ukrainian Triennial “Sculpture 2008” exhibition (Kyiv, Central House of Artist), Contemporary art festival «GOGOLFEST» (Kyiv, Mystetskyi Arsenal).
2007 — Land-Art Festival "Spring Wind” (Kyiv), Contemporary art festival «GOGOLFEST» (Kyiv, Mystetskyi Arsenal).
Solo exhibitions: 2015 — Project "The Welkin", Triptych Art Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine). Video-tour with an incredible atmosphere through the exposition.
2011 — Project “Double measurement” together with Egor Zigura at Hetman Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Plein-airs and symposiums: 2007- 2011 — 6 All-Ukrainian symposiums of stone and wooden sculpture, incl. «The Forest Song», «Livestone» , at Bucha, Cherkasy, Tustan; received prize.
Mounted sculptures: 2015 — Eco-sculptures “Dialog” (Kharkiv), “Biosphere”(Kyiv); Garden sculpture “Plexus” (Kyiv).
2002-2014 — Monument to aircraft designer Kalinin, “New Prometheus” , “Stair of knowledge”, (Kyiv).
2009-2012 — “Malusha and Volodymyr”, Lubech ( received the President of Ukraine grant); “Sunrise” (Cherkasy); “First step”(Vita Pochtova), “Phoenix” (Dnipropetrovsk); Monument to Andrey and Illiya Lyzogub (Sednev, memorial estate of Lyzogub family);“Guest from Zaporizhia”(Cherkasy).