Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal is opening a new project

Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal” is opening a new exhibition — “One with the other. Spatial dialogues. Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun”

Please note!

Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal works according to the schedule of stabilization power cuts in Kyiv.

Working hours of the exhibition* “One with the other. Spatial dialogues. Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun”:

Tuesday, 16:00 – 19:00
Wednesday, 11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, 13:00 – 18:00
Friday, 16:00 – 19:00
Saturday, 12:00 – 16:00
Sunday, 13:00 – 19:00

In case of emergency power outages, we will additionally announce the work schedule on our social networks.

*Please note! We care about everyone’s safety, so in the event of an air alert, the exhibition will be closed. At this time, you can go to the nearest shelter. The exhibition will start working after the all clear signal.

Thank you for your understanding and see you at the Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal!

“One with the other. Spatial dialogues. Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun” is the first exhibition in a series of dialogues between the artists within the project “One with the other. Spatial dialogues”.

Before the full-scale aggression of Russia, Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun were planning a small and quiet exposition about the Holosiivskyi district in the residential area of Darnytsia. In winter, in their self-organised artistic space depot12_59, the project “District Ghostology” was supposed to take place. It was meant to tell about urban landscapes and the silent ghosts hiding beneath them. Among the displayed works, a neon pharmacy cross, a unified symbol of the residential areas, was to be. within this project, there was noticeable anxiety and anticipation of what stunned everyone on February 24.

The current expression in the Mala Gallery took shape around the idea of this unmade exhibition, i.e. the fragments of that future that never came. At the same time, it tries to build artistic continuity due to echoing the content that was in the gallery as of the evening of February 23. Shifting doubt, fear, and uncertainty have turned reality into one that is constantly disappearing, but even under the conditions of impossibility, different forms of compassion and new connections are possible.

As Inga Levi says:

“Back then it was hard for me to say what these landscapes with sports grounds in the courtyards of high-rise buildings were about. I observed a certain mystical dimension in the space. It seemed to seep through everything. My colleague coined a perfect word for this phenomenon, this feeling — hauntology. Now, it seems, all the neighbourhoods are awake, and the ghosts are being chased away by the sound of sirens. Air alarm filled everything with itself and took the ghosts’ place. Maybe that’s why I’m fascinated by its sound. Everything that was hidden became evident, and halftones went away.”

Montage of the exhibition. Photos — Oleksandr Popenko

The exhibition “One with each other. Spatial dialogues. Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun” reveals the commonality of artistic practices of two artists who are also friends. In particular, their togetherness is revealed through their shared experience of making mosaics. It also becomes an extension of their conversation about how to keep making art in spite of everything, how to regain what seems lost, and how to affirm life above unrest, turmoil, and death.

The first project of the new exhibition cycle focuses on the authors’ efforts to speak about their intimate experiences, to reconnect with the past, which now seems infinitely distant, and to overcome the ghosts that encroach on our inner security.

The exhibition “One with each other. Spatial dialogues. Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun” will last from November 3 to 24, 2022 at the Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal” (Kyiv, Lavrska St., 10). Free entrance.

Exhibition participants: Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun.

Curators of the exhibition: Natasha Chychasova, Andrii Myroshnychenko, and Nadiia Chervinska.

“One with the other. Spatial Dialogues” is a processual project of the Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal”. It is the result of discussions between the members of the artistic community. Read more about the project’s concept by the link.