Алла Горська
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This publication features over a hundred original works by Alla Horska, showcased at the “Alla Horska: The Kestrel” exhibition on display at the Ukrainian House from March 15 to April 28, 2024. The artworks have been loaned from museums and private collections. This artist’s monograph continues the exploration initiated by Horska’s exhibition.
The book includes essays on Alla Horska, a distinguished figure among the Ukrainian Sixtiers, delving into her diverse interests and the turbulent context of her era and environment, written by historian Radomyr Mokryk, art critic Liza Yelyzaveta German, theater researcher Hanna Veselovska, art historian and essayist Diana Klochko, and journalist and art historian Oksana Semenik. Olena Grozovska, an art historian, provided an introduction on behalf of the curatorial group. Olena Zaretska, Horska’s granddaughter and founder of the Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretskyi Foundation, contributed the artist’s biography. The compilation of the publication is credited to Anastasia Yatskovska, with design by Dasha Podoltseva.
“Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has brought the experiences of the Sixtiers to the forefront, with the figure of Alla Horska serving as a symbol of this historical connection. Horska’s tumultuous biography painfully echoes the present day. Throughout her life, her works were censored and dismantled, and she was expelled from the Artists’ Union, persecuted by the KGB, and ultimately brutally murdered. At present, the mosaic panels she created in Mariupol have been destroyed by Russian occupiers. The evil that caused Horska’s death went unpunished after the collapse of the USSR, and now, emboldened and resurgent, it has sparked yet another war in Europe,” writes Olena Grozovska, the exhibition curator, in her introduction.
