Sujet is an exhibition for immersion in the inner world of both the viewer and the artists, with the help of art. Their goal is to achieve a state of astonishment, or as Federico Nembrini says – astonishment that leads to enlightenment. Otherworldly, imaginary or real? Everyone is looking for a story that is close to them.
Can a tree dictate to an artist what and how to do? The exhibition "From the Roots" by Volodymyr Semkiv demonstrates this to some extent. The artist follows the tree and its shape and features in order to reveal them and add them to the theme of the work. It is the rough, as if unfinished preparatory gesture that becomes a feature of technical performance, and the chainsaw is almost the only tool of the artist.
"Almost all the works here were created in 2022–2023. Whether consciously or unconsciously, they are about this time:
A time of loss, and therefore, of hope,
A time of weariness, and therefore, of strength,
A time of trials, and therefore, of faith,
A time of fear and, therefore, of courage,
A time of extra effort and, therefore, of victory.
It's impossible to do it differently because of such a time..." - says the sculptor
