Artist talk by Andrii Dostliev

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Artist talk by Andrii Dostliev

Wednesday 21 February, 4-5pm. 

Seminar Room 1, Gillian Howie House, University in Liverpool, Back Bedford St, Liverpool L7 7EE

Join us for an artist talk by Andrii Dostliev, at the occasion of the launch of the AHRC-IAA funded project "Contemporary Art and Political Change for Ukrainian Displaced Persons".

Andrii Dostliev (b. 1984) is an artist, curator, and photography researcher from Ukraine, based in Poland. His primary areas of interest are memory, trauma, decolonial practices in Eastern Europe, gay history of Ukraine, and the limits of photography as a medium. His art practice works across photography, video, drawing, performance, and installation. His work (together with Lia Dostlieva) will be part of the Ukrainian Pavillion exhibition at Venice Biennale 2024.

"Contemporary Art and Political Change for Ukrainian Displaced Persons". is a collaboration between the Ukrainian Pavillion, Vid Simoniti (Philosophy Department, University of Liverpool), and Open Eye Gallery, investigating political self-expression of displaced persons through art. Event hosted in collaboration with Centre for Culture & Everyday Life.

No registration necessary; coffee and refreshments provided. Image: Andrii and Lia Dostliev, 'Comfort Work', work in progress.