Eyewitness the Russian War in Ukraine: The Matter of Loss and Arts
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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/15272Keywords:
War, Contemporary Art, Materiality of Art, Memory, War TestimoniesAbstract
Describing the first months of the full-scale Russian war in Ukraine, this article considers the materiality of art during the war: the destruction and appropriation of cultural heritage and infrastructure, the risk of being violent, and losing a life. Furthermore, this essay problematizes the value and symbolism of objects and art and speaks of artworks as a strategy of intellectual and historical resistance.
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