From the Concentration of the Will at M17Disintegration under the Beam14x14 cm, paper, fragments from magazines, foamiran 2022-2023Price on request
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The presented album became a certain tool, and at the same time embodied in artistic means the need for expression, reflection, internal discussion and analysis of the events experienced after the full-scale invasion. The material for this analysis was viewed photos, video reports, news, and finally sensory perception of events.
The elements that make up the album are both individual works and conceptual sequences that intertwine and interact, forming a single coherent narrative. The open space that represents the album elsewhere expands and splits into separate macro/micro parts. Certain events layer and create reliefs and folds. Work on the album began in July 2022.
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Natalia Okhman's "Disintegration under the Beam"
"The album 'Disintegration under the Beam' emerged as a tool, and at the same time as a need for expression, reflection, internal discussion and analysis of the events following the full-scale invasion, embodied through artistic means. The material for this analysis included photos, videos, reports, news, and, finally, the sensory perception of events.
The elements that make up the album are both individual works and conceptual sequences that intertwine and interact internally to form a single coherent narrative.
The open space, that is the album, is expanded and split into separate macro/micro parts in other places. Certain events stratify and create reliefs and bends. Work on the album commenced in July 2022."
Natalia Okhman, artist, participant of the Concentration of the Will project.
About the artist
Natalia Okhman (Kyiv, 1996) is an analog collage artist.
"The main topics I research are personality in social culture, man in the environment and environmental issues. It is important for me to analyze the environment in which we live and how we influence it. When I create a collage, it is as if I conduct a dialogue with myself in which I analyze what is happening around me".
From February 24, 2022, she actively began working on the series "Blackout", "Flowers from metal" and the album "Decomposition under the beam", which are a reflection on the war in Ukraine.
2014-2019 – National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanova - Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences - master's degree, education qualification "Clothing designer, teacher of a higher education institution" (Kyiv, Ukraine)
List of the exhibitions
2023 - "I AND WAR" - group exhibition of collages, Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2023 – Presentation of the collage album "Falling under the beam", workshop CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2023 - "PARALLELS" - an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, TUFA, Trier, Germany.
2023 - "Planet Love 3.0" - group exhibition of collages, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, IMAGURU CLUB, Madrid, Spain.
2022 - "PARALLELS" - an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, Ukrainian Culture Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2022 - "PARALLELS" - an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, National Museum of the Holodomor-genocide, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2022 - "OTOÑO EN MADRID" - group exhibition of collages, IMAGURU Cultural Space, Madrid, Spain.
2022 - "CUTOUT AGAIN!" – an exhibition of collages from the CUTOUT collection, Knyzhkovy Lev bookstore, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2022 - Group exhibition "Walking Home" from the Sorry No Rooms residence, Hotel Zakarpattia, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
2022 – Project "SUPERNOVA. ART OF UKRAINE, Basel Art center, Basel, Switzerland.
2022 - "Genesis of Creation" - charity exhibition of CUTOUT posters, Beyond Limits gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2022 – IV International Collage Festival "KAOS", Mergenthaler Street Gallery, Kranj, Slovenia.
2022 – Collective collage exhibition "Cutouts of Life", CUTOUT LOVERS, Art Gallery of the Konschu "Artist", Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 – Monthly exhibition of residents of the CUTOUT workshop.
2021 – One-day exhibition in collaboration with photographer Petr Chekal “On the territory of rhythm” supported by Cutout Collage
Festival, in Khvylovy bar, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 - Art for Climate Change international group exhibition at the online gallery Platforme Planet Earth.
2021 – Exhibition within the framework of the Festival of New Ukrainian Culture "SPALAK", Art Factory Platform, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 – Art party BOHEMIAN ART CORNER: LUWR EDITION, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 - Group exhibition "Art is not eternal" of the first Ukrainian festival of contemporary collage "CUTOUT" in the Gallery
"RA", Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 – Mykolaiv Art Week festival of current art in exhibition space 8 PRYCHAL, MyArt platform, "CONNECT!" Mykolaiv, Ukraine.