Children of WAR
(2017)
Arcylic resin
Photo: Igor Haloszka
The sculptural installation Children of war is my personal and emotional reflection on the fate of children who become defenseless victims of armed conflicts. The starting point for the work were dramatic reports from war-torn Aleppo in Syria — images of bombed hospitals, schools, and places that should have been safe havens, yet turned into epicenters of tragedy.
In this piece, I juxtapose seemingly contradictory worlds: colors and forms associated with childhood — light, pastel — with imagery evoking destruction, chaos, and death. The installation operates in the tension between innocence and brutality.
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From a distance, the composition may draw the viewer in with its vivid colors, evoking childlike imagination, playfulness, and lightness. Yet the closer one gets, the more visible the cracks, fractures, and traces of violence become — as if the form itself is telling a story of trauma.
I wanted the viewer to experience a moment of hesitation — where color does not mask the horror, but intensifies it, and childlike motifs are not simple illustrations, but questions about what has been lost.
EXHIBITIONS
Art vs War oryginal
oryginal tittle: “Sztuka vs Wojna”
Okno na Kulturę, Warsaw, 2024
Organiser: Mieroszewski Centre, the Association of Contemporary Art Researchers, Biruchiy Contemporary Art Project, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
Curators: Hennadij Kozub, Bartłomiej Kiełbowicz