Item Summary

This work is part of "Isolation" series (2019-2021).

The description provided by artist: A magpie on a fence in Kyiv ("Isolation-8") - Homage to Pieter Bruegel. "The Magpie on the Gallows".

As you know, the picture of the Flemish artist, painted in the 16th century, is built on the contrast of a beautiful landscape and a terrible awareness of the mass destruction of supporters of the new faith. The magpie symbolized talkativeness, tendency to lie, slander and denunciations, attributes of the dark times. Homage to Pieter Bruegel demonstrates the repetition of the atmosphere of terrible events in the 21st century with numerous victims of bloody Russian terror.

Digital print on paper, mixed technique

Descriptive Information

Title
A magpie on a fence in Kyiv ("Isolation-8")
Sort Title
magpie on a fence in kyiv ("isolation-8")
Creator of work
Golub (Holub), Olena
Language
English
Date Created
2021
Format
Paintings
Series
Isolation
Rights Statement
In Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Artists
Arts
Politics and government
War
Geographic Subject
Ukraine
Geographic Origin
Ukraine

Physical Characteristics

Height
55
Width
67
Page Count
1
File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Ukrainian Art in Times of War: 2014-
Princeton Slavic Collections
Box number
Digital Box 01
Folder number
Golub_23
Barcode
000000000000000000
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/95cb0323-b3e1-409d-a364-6b10ae8b66ec/manifest