As part of its education programme, the PinchukArtCentre held its final Saturday Talk on 4 September, 2010, dedicated to the works by Ukrainian artist Illya Chichkan. PAC’s exhibition manager Evgeny Solonin and director of “RA” gallery Andriy Trylissky joined the discussion.
At PAC, Chichkan shows the work group “Defenders” - photographs he took of soldiers imitating (without knowing) images Chichkan found in commercials for luxury products. The formal language of the ads based on seduction, desire and sexiness is transformed and twisted in the confrontation with the staged reality.
