Slava Ukraine: committed and freely signed exhibition C215 at the National Assembly
By Caroline J., My B. Photo by Caroline J. Posted Jan 31, 2023 15:42
Works produced by street artist C215 in Ukraine were exhibited in Paris this winter. Come to the National Assembly from February 1 to 25, 2023 to find a very beautiful free exhibition entitled “Slava Ukraine”. In the program? Monumental photo prints and original work signed C215 to admire in a highly symbolic place in the capital city.
This winter, come and admire the urban masterpiece and signed commitment C215 at a French institution in Paris. From February 1 to 25, 2023I’National Assembly welcomed the urban artist from Ile-de-France, known in particular for his extraordinary stencils, during an unprecedented exhibition, titled ” Ukrainian Slavs ” (“Glory to Ukraine” in Ukrainian). For free viewing (reservation required on the website of the National Assembly), this installation invites connoisseurs street art to discover the amazing work done by C215 in Ukraine in March and April 2022.
Shortly after the start of the Russian invasion, several street artists decided to create in Paris, but also elsewhere, urban jobs to support Ukraine. Among them there are Christian Guemy, better known by the pseudonym C215. The urban artist chose, for example, to volunteer to create a large fresco on a building located in the capital’s 13th arrondissement. During this production, the street artist met with representatives of the Ukrainian Embassy and one of the spokespersons for the association “I Stand for Ukraine“. C215 then invited to go further in his approach. Either one or two, urban artists then decide to go to Ukraine, and specifically to Kyiv, Zhytomyr or even Lviv, to create works there in support of the country that was invaded by Russia since February 24, 2022. .
” My project was to go and paint portraits of children in the ruins because I discovered that the juxtaposition of the innocence of children to the material horrors of war and the destruction around them can, on an artistic level, speak for much more than a particular speech or photojournalism. “. Explain C215 in a press release.
Exhibition ” Ukrainian Slavs », to see inside National Assembly holiday gallery – usually closed to the public – is a unique opportunity to discover works C215 made on site. Visitors can admire some fifteen monumental photo prints. The photo, taken by C215 himself as well as by an AFP photographer, testifies to the violence of the bombing in Ukraine.
In this shot, we find cities in ruins, with each time in the foreground the faces of children and women in Ukrainian colors. There is also very beautiful work done by this Christian Guemy to support a Ukrainian couple separated by war and exile.
Exhibition ” Ukrainian Slavs » also reveals some of the artist’s original works, such as the beautiful frescoes reproducing the famous painting by Eugène Delacroix, «Independence Leads the People“. For this signed reinterpretation C215the people’s woman waved the Ukrainian flag.
Committed, these photos and original works are also very poignant. That mural C215 is a way of restoring civilizational rights and responding to barbarism through art. That committed art Yael Braun-PivetThe President of the National Assembly, therefore wishes to hold the exhibition at a very symbolic place in the capital city from February 1 to 25, 2023.
Through this unique installation, Christian Guemy want to continue to help Ukraine. A country to which he has decided to commit himself by placing art in the foreground. And C215 have no intention of stopping there. Among his dreams, in particular, is returning to Ukraine to create murals in the liberated cities, in the east of the country.
Come to the National Assembly from February 1 to 25, 2023 for the amazing work done by C215 in Ukraine in spring 2022. Note that street performers will also be present at the site every Friday (3, 10, 17 and 24 February). Exhibition is Freebut don’t forget you to write upstream if you want to take advantage of this wonderful facility.
