Mask for New Year Pantomime, Village of Voloka Series, 2024
Lithography, Process color, Edition of 10 unique prints, 20"x15" each
In this body of work, I engage with a reproduction of a Ukrainian folk artwork, scanning and enlarging it before printing the image using photo plate lithography and the CMYK process color technique. These methods emphasize a layered transformation, each step further abstracting the original object and distancing it from its tangible, historical reality. Through this process, the work becomes a meditation on the loss of direct access to cultural heritage and the role of reproductions in preserving memory. The act of reproducing and altering the artifact echoes the shifting dynamics of history, where meaning is shaped not only by what is preserved but by how it is experienced—or, in this case, obscured. By deliberately removing the object further from the viewer with each step, the series underscores the tension between preservation and alienation, inviting contemplation on how cultural identity is preserved and understood in times of crisis.