Photo exhibition

“Obabich“ at Lem Station in Lviv

25/09/2019
Obabich, Lem Station Lwiw. Daryna Tiahnybok
Obabich, Lem Station Lwiw. Christina Fedorak
The exhibition "Obabich", Lem Station Lviv. Christina Fedorak
The exhibition "Obabich", Lem Station Lviv. Christina Fedorak
Visitors of the exhibition. Christina Fedorak
Curator Jerzy Onuch. Christina Fedorak
The exhibition "Obabich", Lem Station Lviv. Christina Fedorak
Visitors of the exhibition. Christina Fedorak
The exhibition "Obabich", Lem Station Lviv. Christina Fedorak
Visitors of the exhibition. Christina Fedorak
Obabich, Lem Station Lwiw. Christina Fedorak
Obabich, Lem Station Lwiw. Christina Fedorak
The exhibition "Obabich", Lem Station Lviv. Christina Fedorak
Photographer Mark Neville during his lecture as part of the exhibition Obabich at Lem Station in Lviv Daryna Tiahnybok
Photographers Mark Neville and Viktor Marushchenko with curator Jerzy Onuch Christina Fedorak
Photographer Viktor Marushchenko gives a talk about the exhibition Obabich at Lem Station in Lviv Daryna Tiahnybok
Curator Jerzy Onuch guides visitors through the exhibition Obabich © Daryna Tianhybok Daryna Tiahnybok
ZOiS Director Gwendolyn Sasse during a panel discussion accompanying the exhibition Obabich at Lem Station Roman Hurskiy
Panel discussion with ZOiS Director Gwendolyn Roman Hurskiy

In cooperation with ZOiS

From 22 September to 13 October 2019, the old tram depot and today’s creative centre Lem Station in Lviv shows the photo exhibition “Obabich” (which means “on/at/from both sides”). It was organised in cooperation with ZOiS.

Photographers Viktor Marushchenko and Mark Neville have at different times created images of people in their everyday environment: Marushchenko fifteen years ago in the Donbas and Neville in the year 2017, portraying those displaced by the war as well as ordinary life in Ukraine. Curated by Jerzy Onuch, the exhibition offers us to look at borders of the imaginary or physical neighbourship between people. Ukrainian artist Sasha Kurmaz contributed a graffiti marking the steel wall of the gallery.

"As he travelled in Ukraine, Neville could not fail to notice that, despite the war in the east and all of its effects, life carried on, and the country‘s people, similar to those in Marushchenko’s works, are seen continuing to seek happiness and immersion in beauty."

Jerzy Onuch, curator

The exhibition was first presented at the Mystetskyi Arsenal Gallery in Kyiv and was part of the IX International Book Arsenal Festival. For an exhibition trailer please click here.

 INTERVIEW WITH CURATOR JERZY ONUCH