What. Artist in Residence
When. January - March 2023
Where.  Luleå
Organizers. KKV Luleå, Resurscentrum för konst, 
Who. Alexandra Ravskaya & Alexander Ravskyi (Odessa, Ukraine)
Instagram. Alexandra Ravskaya / Alexander Ravskyi

“We are an artistic duet, a married couple, who live and work in the south of Ukraine, in Odessa. In our artistic practice, we combine contemporary and classical imagery. A fundamental role in our work was played by education and the creative environment we grew up in. The art of past centuries is presented to us in such grandeur and perfection that it naturally becomes an impulse for the formation of our artistic tone. Although our joint art style has not yet fully formed, in our works, we set the task of finding such plasticity and imagery that can express the essence of modernity. To reduce tradition to a precise and concise formula in the context of modernity. Being in a constant creative search, we are always experimenting, not limiting ourselves in the plot, technique, and material. We use oil, tempera, watercolor, and various types of graphics, moving from figurative to abstract and back.”
 
Exhibition  “ Days Years of War”

"From the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine we were at our home, in Odesa, along with everyone who stayed there.  
Being the witnesses of these terrible events, we had a desire to create a series of paintings about the war, about what we know, what we feel and what we think.
“(Days) Years of War” is our first joint exhibition. First of all, it is about the war, about people in the war, and also about us.”

Galleri Syster
Sandviksgatan 18 a, Luleå, Sweden
 
Exhibition opening
24 February 2023, 18:00