Did Ukrainian artists predict the the crisis before it happened? This painting by Maxim Mamsikov, which was made in 2012 and is entitled "Beach," shows a military paratrooper landing on the seashore as sunbathers look on in bewilderment.
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Did Ukrainian artists predict the the crisis before it happened? This painting by Maxim Mamsikov, which was made in 2012 and is entitled "Beach," shows a military paratrooper landing on the seashore as sunbathers look on in bewilderment.
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Victor Sydorenko's 1996 painting is entitled "Invasion," and shows a group of people watching an explosion just over the horizon.
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Victor Sydorenko's 1996 painting is entitled "Invasion," and shows a group of people watching an explosion just over the horizon.
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10 years before the revolution in Ukraine and the subsequent unrest, Mykola Matsenko, a Ukrainian artist, created this arresting image: "Armoured Car". Did it reflect a prophetic concern about the direction in which the country was heading?
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10 years before the revolution in Ukraine and the subsequent unrest, Mykola Matsenko, a Ukrainian artist, created this arresting image: "Armoured Car". Did it reflect a prophetic concern about the direction in which the country was heading?
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This painting, "Kids Fighting Friend," was created by Pavlo Kerestey in 2007. It depicts the sort of internecine violence that was to erupt in the country seven years later.
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This painting, "Kids Fighting Friend," was created by Pavlo Kerestey in 2007. It depicts the sort of internecine violence that was to erupt in the country seven years later.
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Sergey Bratkov's photograph "Ukraine" was taken in 2013, a year before the conflict. It shows an ominous, black cloud creeping slowly across the sky, casting the country into darkness -- a perennial metaphor of foreboding.
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Sergey Bratkov's photograph "Ukraine" was taken in 2013, a year before the conflict. It shows an ominous, black cloud creeping slowly across the sky, casting the country into darkness -- a perennial metaphor of foreboding.
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This 2012 painting by Vasily Tsagolov, which depicts a crowd of people holding pitchforks and accompanied by skeletons, is called "Ghost of Revolution."
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This 2012 painting by Vasily Tsagolov, which depicts a crowd of people holding pitchforks and accompanied by skeletons, is called "Ghost of Revolution."
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Mariia Kulikovska's installation "Untitled", made in 2012, consists of a section of fractured road with smoke seeping ominously through the cracks. A warning of unrest to come?
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Mariia Kulikovska's installation "Untitled", made in 2012, consists of a section of fractured road with smoke seeping ominously through the cracks. A warning of unrest to come?
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But despite the macabre prognostication that underpins so much of the exhibition, many find that the overall tone is one of optimism. Mykola Matsenko's 2008 painting "APK," for instance, shows a brightness and subtle humor that is characteristic of much of the exhibition.
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But despite the macabre prognostication that underpins so much of the exhibition, many find that the overall tone is one of optimism. Mykola Matsenko's 2008 painting "APK," for instance, shows a brightness and subtle humor that is characteristic of much of the exhibition.
Courtesy the Saatchi Gallery, London