Artwork information
- Author
- Bella Logachova
- Project
- Art NUO — New Ukrainian Ornament
- Name
- Blackout
- Year
- 2022
- Medium
- archival pigment print
- Dimensions
- 80x80 cm
- Provenance
- The photographer's private archive
- Catalog number
- LOGB-03
- Inscription
-
inscriptions are absent
- Key words
- russian invasion, war in Ukraine, Derzhprom
About the artist
Blackout
Bella Logachova (born 1973, Mariupol) is a Ukrainian artist who works in the field of media art, using, among other mediums, video and photography. She graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts and completed an internship at the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts. She participated in masterclasses by Boris Mikhailov and Sergiy Bratkov in 1997 and 2004.
She is the author of the name and co-founder of the group SOSka in 2005*. She participated in the exhibition activities of the contemporary art gallery-laboratory SOSka from 2005 to 2007. She co-founded the video community EXcess in 2009 and took part in the “Apartment Exhibitions Movement” from 2010 to 2014.
Logachova is a laureate of the V Non Stop Media Festival (2010) and the IX International Eco-Poster Triennial “4th Block” (2015). She developed a media art course at the Institute of Contemporary Art Problems of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2016–2017). Since 2017, she has been teaching photography and video art at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. In 2024, she defended her PhD thesis titled “Regional Identities of Ukrainian Video Art in Contemporary Art (late 20th – early 21st century).”
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*According to the information provided by the artist. According to the official website of the group, “SOSka” consisted of three members: Hanna Kryventsova, Serhii Popov, and Mykola Ridnyi. However, another composition of the group is noted in Viktor Sydorenko’s monograph—Mykola Ridnyi, Hanna Kryventsova, and Bella Logachova: see Sydorenko, Viktor. “Visual Art from Avant-Garde Shifts to New Directions: The Development of Visual Art in Ukraine in the 20th–21st Centuries.” Kyiv: Institute of Contemporary Art Problems of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, 2008. The same composition of the group is mentioned in Hlib Vysheslavskyi’s text: see Vysheslavskyi, Hlib. “Video Art.” Contemporary Art: A Scientific Collection. Issue VI. Kyiv: Institute of Contemporary Art Problems of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, 2009. Viktoriya Bavikina, in her thesis, includes Bella Logachova as a group member: see Bavikina, Viktoriya. “Political Actionism in the Context of Social Action Theory.” PhD thesis Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 2020.
Solo Exhibitions:
2003 — street performances “Шафа / Wardrobe”, “Диван / Sofa” (together with Marharyta Yurchenko) in the city space as part of the Non Stop Media Festival, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2004 — “Любимцы / Favourites” (together with Mykola Ridnyi), Palitra Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator — Boris Mikhailov)
2004 — action “Побілка / Whitewashing” (together with Mykola Ridnyi), Kharkiv Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2018 — special project as part of the Non Stop Media Festival, the basement of the Kharkiv City Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2018 — “Спостереження. Белла Логачова / Observations. Bella Logachova”, Artsvit Gallery, Dnipro, Ukraine (curator — Olena Kasperovych)
2018 — “Контраверсія / Controversy” (together with Oleksandr Prysiazhnenko), Kharkiv Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2019 — “Спостереження. Белла Логачова / Observations. Bella Logachova”, Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Korsakiv, Lutsk, Ukraine (curator — Olena Kasperovych)
2019 — “Radopole”, hoast gallery, Vienna, Austria
2022 — “Living Through War: Works from Kharkiv by Bella Logachova”, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, Lewiston, USA (curator — Sabine Kutt)
2022 — installation as part of the project “Windows on Latimer”, The Print Center, Philadelphia, USA
Group Exhibitions:
2002 — “Новый сезон / New Season”, Kharkiv Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2005 — “Нові спрямування 2005 / New Directions 2005”, Central House of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator — Viktoriia Burlaka)
2007 — “GENERATIONS.UsA”, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
2008 — “Другая столица — новая харьковская фотография / The Other Capital — New Kharkiv Photography”, Museum and Exhibition Centre ROS FOTO, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2010 — NonStopMedia Festival, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2011 — “Без темы / Without a Theme”, U Rozy Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2013 — “Тимчасова виставка / Temporary Exhibition”, Korydor Gallery, Uzhhorod, Ukraine (curator — Petro Riaska)
2013 — “Союз хижин / Union of Huts”, parallel project to the Ukrainian national pavilion within the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (curators — Hudrada Collective)
2014 — Artdocfest Documentary Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
2014 — Art Festival “Еволюція / Evolution”, ILKO Gallery, Uzhhorod, Ukraine (curator — Petro Riaska)
2014 — “Война / ОНА / War / SHE”, Magelan Mall, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator — Daria Prydybailo)
2014 — “Золотой дождь над нами / Golden Rain Above Us”, as part of the Art Picnic Festival, Closed Cluster#10, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator — Nina Murashkina)
2015 — “Лінія милосердя / The Line of Mercy”, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2015 — “Ridicule”, Dymchuk Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 — “Коефіцієнт Незалежності / Independence Coefficient”, America House, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators — Nataliia Shpytkovska, Andrii Sydorenko, Iryna Yatsyk)
2015 — “А4, кулькова ручка / A4, Ballpoint Pen”, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 — “Ноль без палочки / Zero Without a Stick”, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator — Tetiana Malinovska)
2015 — IX International Triennial of Eco-Poster “4-й блок / 4th Block”, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2015 — “TEXT/ BILD II SYMBIOSE”, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
2015 — “Межа довіри / The Boundary of Trust”, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator — Anna Kravchenko)
2016 — “Stopień zależności, Praktyki zbiorowe młodych ukraińskich artystów 2000–2016 / Ступінь залежності, Колективні практики молодих українських митців 2000–2016 / Degree of Dependency, Collective Practices of Young Ukrainian Artists 2000–2016”, Awangarda BWA Gallery, Wrocław, Poland (curators — Open Group Collective)
2016 — “Карта желаний / The Map of Desires”, Institute of Contemporary Art AMU, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator — Viktoriia Burlaka)
2018 — “USA-UA Identification”, America House, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators — Alina Komisar, Olha Selishcheva, Yuliia Nuzhyna)
2018 — “еx.пленер: Віддалений доступ / ex.plenair: Remote Access”, Palace of Arts, Drohobych, Ukraine
2018 — “Marry me!”, Museum of the History of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators — Yuliia Nuzhyna, Tetiana Malinovska)
2019 — “Intro”, Museum of Contemporary Art Korsakiv, Lutsk, Ukraine
2020 — International Online Art Exhibition “Unlocked”, organised with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in China and the educational company UNI EDUCATION
2020 — “Sztuczny ból. Współczesna sztuka Ukrainy / Artificial Pain: Contemporary Art of Ukraine”, Centre of Contemporary Art “Znaki Czasu”, Toruń, Poland (curators — Krzysztof Białowicz, Nataliia Ivanova)
2021 — “Констеляція / Constellation” as part of the cultural and artistic project “Diffusion”, Museum of Contemporary Art Korsakiv, Lutsk, Ukraine
2022 — Underground online video art screening “Ми сюди прийшли, бо тут живемо / We Came Here Because We Live Here” (2013–2021), Art Workshops on Pushkinsky Descent 6, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2022 — “Wystawa: (…) Така весняна ніч | Taka wiosenna noc | Such a Spring Night | הליל יביבא הזכ”, FestivAlt Foundation, Krakow, Poland (curators — Hanna Shumska, Kamila Chosnik)
2022 — “Мистецтво у торбі / Kunsttasche / Umetnost v torbi”, University Cultural Centre UNIKUM, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria (curator — Anastasiia Khlyestova)
2022 — “Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today”, Southern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City, USA (curator — Joanna Matusiak)
2022 — student art project “В темряві / In the Dark”, Hudpromloft Research and Creative Laboratory, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine (project curator)
2023 — “Особовий склад / Personnel Composition”, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator — Nataliia Ivanova)
2022 — “Załoga. Sztuka Ukrainy w czasie wojny / Crew: Ukrainian Art During Wartime”, Centre of Contemporary Art “Znaki Czasu”, Toruń, Poland (curators — Krzysztof Białowicz, Nataliia Ivanova)
2023 — video project “Лютий / February”, Hudpromloft Research and Creative Laboratory, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine (project curator)
2023 — “Les facettes de la liberté / The Facets of Freedom”, Centre Culturel d’Ukraine en France, Paris, France (curator — Maryna Koneva)
2023 — “Ukrainian Dreamers: Kharkiv School of Photography”, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (curator — Sergiy Lebedynskyy)
2024 — “Ukrainian Dreamers: Kharkiv School of Photography”, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany (curator — Sergiy Lebedynskyy)
Books, Academic Research:
Hirsch, Robert, Edward James Bateman, and Greg Erf. Light and Lens: Thinking about Photography in the Digital Age. London: Routledge, 2022.
Lozhkina, Alisa. Permanent Revolution: Art in Ukraine, the 20th to the Early 21st Century. Київ [Kyiv]: ArtHuss, 2020.
Usenko, Natalia. “Political Issues in Contemporary Art of Ukraine.” Journal of Education and Society, no. 2 (2014): 180–192.
Афоніна, Олена [Afonina, Olena]. “Прийом ‘Подвійного кодування’ в малярстві постмодернізму”. Актуальні проблеми історії, теорії та практики художньої культури, Iss. XXXVII (2016): 112–121.
Буланова-Дувалко, Людмила [Bulanova-Duvalko, Lyudmyla]. “Феномен фемінності у сучасній культурі”. PhD diss., National Pedagogical Drahomanov University, 2017.
Варлигіна, Марія [Varlyhina, Mariia]. “Українська виставка-стан ‘Штучний біль’ відкрилася у Польщі”. Арт-курсив, no. 3 (2020): 33–35.
Герус, Людмила [Herus, Lyudmyla]. “Роль народодного декоративно-прикладного мистецтва у культурній консолідації українців у періоди кризи”. Народознавчі зошити, no. 1 (2019): 4–12.
Логачова, Белла [Logachova, Bella]. “Акціонізм у фотографії Харківської школи та нові медіа мистецтва 2000-х: галерея-лабораторія ‘SOSka’”. In Kharkiv Photo Forum (Kharkiv, 2020): 68–73.
Логачова, Белла [Logachova, Bella]. “Відео інсталяція у харківській мистецькій школі: нова візуальність на початку нульових років”. Актуальні питання гуманітарних наук: межвузівський збірн. наук. праць молодих вчених Дрогобицького державного педагогічного університету ім. Івана Франка, no. 70 (2023): 55–65.
Логачова, Белла [Logachova, Bella]. “Засоби візуальної активності відео арту: харківські проєкти ‘В темряві’ і ‘Лютий’”. ХУДПРОМ: Український журнал з мистецтва і дизайну, no. 2 (2023): 115–129.
Логачова, Белла [Logachova, Bella]. “Регіональні ідентичності українського відеоарту в сучасному мистецтві (кін. ХХ – поч. ХХІ ст.)”. PhD diss., Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, 2024.
Логачова, Белла [Logachova, Bella]. “Харківські відеопрактики: паралельні мистецькі програми 2022–2023 років”. Fine Art and Culture Studies, no. 06 (2023): 54–64.
Мудаліге, Олена [Mudalihe, Olena]. “Історія створення музею екологічного плакату в Харківській державній академії дизайну і мистецтв”. ХУДПРОМ: Український журнал з мистецтва і дизайну, no. 1 (2023): 27–50.
Periodicals and Online Publications:
Sabine, Kutt. “Only Women Can Do That – The Feminine Element in Photography.” Journal on Images and Culture, April 2022. https://vjic.org/vjic2/?page_id=6828.
“Від ‘Домашніх вправ’ до Північної Салтівки та групи SOSka”. МІТЄЦ: сучасне мистецтво України, March 16, 2023. https://mitec.ua/vid-domashnih-vprav-z-kolekcziyi-grynovyh-do-saltivky-ta-grupy-soska/
Кисельова, Катерина [Kyselova, Kateryna]. “Дельфін стрибає через вирваний Крим”. Gazeta.ua, January 6, 2015. https://gazeta.ua/articles/culture-newspaper/_delfin-stribaye-cherez-virvanij-krim/602254.
Пивонос, Станіслав [Pyvonos, Stanislav]. “‘Спостереження’: мистецтво дивиться на тебе в галереї ‘Арт світ’”. 9 канал, January 22, 2018. https://9-channel.com/2018/01/22/sposterezhennya-galereya-artsvit-vidkrivaye-novij-poglyad-na-mistetstvo-video/.
Холбан, Аліна [Kholban, Alina]. “‘Ми існуємо в умовах тотального спостереження’, – харківська художниця Белла Логачова про проект у Музеї Корсаків. Таблоїд Волині, September 13, 2019. https://volyn.tabloyid.com/art/mi-isnuemo-v-umovah-totalnogo-sposterezhennia-harkivska-hudozhnitsia-bella-logachova-pro-proekt-u-muzeyi-korsakiv.
Яновська, Людмила [Yanovska, Liudmyla]. “Як сприймаємо чиюсь біду”. Урядовий курʼєр, February 15, 2012. https://ukurier.gov.ua/uk/articles/yak-sprijmayemo-chiyus-bidu/
Catalogues:
Generations.UsA. Kyiv, 2007. Published on the occasion of the exhibition “GENERATIONS.UsA,” PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Marry me! Zenko Foundation, 2018. Published on the occasion of the exhibition “Marry me!” at the Museum of Kyiv History, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Matuszak, Joanna. Reclaiming Agency. Cedar City: Southern Utah Museum Art, 2022. Published on the occasion of the exhibition “Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today” at the Southern Utah University Art Museum, Cedar City, USA.
Белла Логачова. Спостереження. Lutsk: Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art of Korsaks, 2019. Published on the occasion of the exhibition “Observation” at the Korsaks Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk, Ukraine.
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