Sasha is passionate about collecting the most emblematic pieces of the different periods of Ukrainian history: amulets, ornaments, badges, etc.... Read More
Sasha is passionate about collecting the most emblematic pieces of the different periods of Ukrainian history: amulets, ornaments, badges, etc. She accumulates the multiple semantics of these objects and puts them together in an oval «face-like» shape. From there appears the figure of the mask in her work.
By fusing those traditional objects with contemporary emblems of consumption (plastique toys, loyalty cards, party items, etc) she emphasizes the fundamental conflict between individuality and the community forming its identity.
The Confrontation mask explores the political side of Ukrainian culture today. Stuck between East and West, between the communist past and the capitalist future, Ukraine is at the point of forming its identity. The war, political changes, cultural evolving, globalization every aspect of Sasha's country reality is to be found in this mask.
