Sound of Silence: Art During Dictatorship
Oleg Yushko, from the series "Implications," 2002-07
January 27 – March 10, 2012
Opening Reception January 27, 6-8 pm
January 29: Panel Discussion organized by the Polish Cultural Institute
Curator: Olga Kopenkina
Artists: Project Antibrainwash, Nikita Kadan, Alexander Komarov, Denis Limonov (and group Lime Blossom), Marina Naprushkina, Ales Pushkin, Sergey Shabohin, Yauheni Shadko, Lena Soulkovskaia, Oleg Yushko and group “Fau.”
Please join EFA Project Space and curator Olga Kopenkina for the opening of Sound of Silence: Art During Dictatorship, the first exhibition in New York City to survey the powerful activities coming from a generation of Belarusian artists who have endured seventeen years of autocratic rule.
Sound of Silence presents videos, posters, installations and paintings by nine of the most active artists and collectives from Belarus. These artists create work in solidarity with recent popular protest in Belarus, using their practice to challenge the status quo and contribute to the democratic movement, which expands far beyond their native land.
RELATED EVENTS:
January 29, 2012
Sound of Silence Panel Discussion, Organized by the Polish Cultural Institute
Austrian Cultural Forum, 5th Ave at 52nd Street
4 PM
March 1, 2012
Belarusian Dream, a documentary by Ekaterina Kibalchich
EFA Project Space, 323 W. 39th Street, 2nd floor
6:30 PM
Beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery
