We open the exhibition Endless Shine of Human Violence on 17 November at 18.00 at Kogo Gallery.
Since February 2022, Alina Kleytman has documented the ongoing crimes against humanity in the Russian war against Ukraine through the project Endless Shine of Human Violence.
This evolving project comprises several series of artworks in different media.
Alina’s videos are filmed at flashpoints across Ukraine and explore both bloody historical events and current military developments. Her large-scale sculptures use artifacts from battle sites as memory capsules, offering evidence to future generations and shedding light on pressing issues. In her Bioinstallation series, she contends with visions of mutilated human bodies by creating prostheses from materials similar to those used for building robots.
The name of the project references the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and is given with the aim of reversing the idea of forgetting trauma. The project’s mission is to record historical facts through artistic images and create multi-layered works that generate understanding of the real consequences of limitless human cruelty.
BIO
Alina Kleytman (b 1991 Kharkiv, Ukraine) is an artist, curator and conceptual consultant. Her artistic practice encompasses sculpting, video art and curatorial projects aimed at supporting young artists.
Kleytman’s artistic approach can be identified as “hysterical realism” and employs provocation to spark dialogue. Her investigations subjectively embody today’s political and social realities through exploration of a diverse range of issues, from the boundaries of the psyche and physical body to themes of black magic, abusive relationships and depersonalisation through self-aggrandisement.
Read more about the exhibition: https://www.kogogallery.ee/exhibitions/endless-shine-of-human-violence/
The exhibition is funded by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the City of Tartu, Estonian Ministry of Culture
Special thanks to Tartu Art Museum
