Lecture by Yevheniia Butsikina “Painting and Politics: Visual Strategies of Power and Resistance”
On Thursday, September 11, at 18:30, we invite you to a lecture by Yevheniia Butsikina “Painting and Politics: Visual Strategies of Power and Resistance” as part of the public program for Lesia Khomenko’s solo exhibition “Imaginary Distance.”
The lecture will explore the relationship between painting and politics from the early modern period to the present.
• We will discuss how art reflects, legitimizes, or critiques political power and ideology.
• We will analyze examples of painting used as a tool of propaganda, the formation of national identity, and the visualization of political protest.
• Special attention will be given to the European and Ukrainian contexts — art of the Soviet era, the post-Maidan period, and the time of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
About the lecturer:
Yevheniia Butsykina is a cultural studies scholar, art critic, and Associate Professor at the Department of Ethics, Aesthetics, and Cultural Studies at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She is also a member of the PinchukArtCentre Research Platform.
