Exhibits created from the media artifacts, documents, and original video works from the archive of artist Ales Pushkin will be presented in Warsaw as part of the exhibition "Ales Pushkin. AFTERLIFE." The exhibition will open at the Museum of Free Belarus — a project of the National Anti-Crisis Management — on the artist’s birthday, August 6.
Ales Pushkin (1965-2023) was a political prisoner, artist, and activist who declared his art as political. He died in the dungeons of Lukashenko's regime, having been tortured in a prison in Grodno.
Ales Pushkin believed that art changes the world. He remains with us despite death, as an artist has the great privilege of having his thoughts and ideas live on in his works. The concept of the exhibition is based on Pushkin's actions and performances, which he carried out since 1989, and whose themes remain relevant in the current historical moment: "Freedom Day," "Gift to the President," "Celebration and Saints," "Belarusian Resistance," and "Resistance to War."
The exhibition, most of which consists of exhibits created based on media artifacts, documents, and original video works from the artist's archive, also integrates original works by his friends, colleagues, and associates—those whose creativity is conceptually linked to his ideas. The exhibition features works by Rufina Bazlova (Stitchit), Alexander Vasyukovich, Andrei Dureyka, Ialanta Kilyan, Yanak Kouzel, Maxim Tyminko, Antos Tialezhnikov, Yana Shostak, and Roman Shell.
The musical part of the opening will be presented by the Free Choir. The curator of the exhibition is Andrei Dureyka.
* Date and Time of Opening: August 6, 19:00
* Location: Museum of Free Belarus, Foksal 11, Warsaw (GoogleMaps)
* Exhibition Duration: August 6 to August 31
The project is organized within the framework of the ArtPower Belarus program of the Belarusian Culture Council and the Danish Institute of Culture, with financial support from the European Union and the MOST+ program. Exhibition partners include Human Constanta, the TV channel Belsat, the Belarusian Association of Political Prisoners "Da Voli," and the Old Town Cultural Center (Warsaw).
For more details about the exhibition and related events, visit the museum’s social media channels.
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