«The Face of War», Rayburn Foyer (United States Сongressional office) and Capitol Hill Club, Washington

An exhibition of the world famous painting The Face of War of the outstanding Ukrainian artist Daria Marchenko was held in the US Congress in Washington, on September 28, 2015. Work was presented at one of the best venues – the capital’s Capitol Hill Club. On September 30, 2015, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, another exhibition was arranged for this painting in Washington, D.C., in the Reyburn House Office Building of the Congress. Tremendous interest in the artwork was demonstrated by congressmen, the representatives of the political elite of the United States and other countries...

«Five Elements of War or the Evolution of Diсtatorship», Theorizing Сonference, Museum of the Moving Image, New York

Doctor in interdisciplinary social science from Syracuse University Olga Boichak: «My principal interest lies in the various roles digital media play in constructing social reality. In my research, I fuse ethnographic and computational methods to understand how human and nonhuman actors use digital media to advance political goals. In my opinion, the art of Daria Marchenko and Daniel Green very subtly conveys the essence of hybrid warfare»...

 

Exhibition «Five Elements of War», Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA), New York

СNN: A giant 7-foot tall portrait of Putin made from 5,000 bullets shells used in the Ukraine war is the signature piece of an exhibition called the "Five Elements of War" making its New York debut at the Ukraine Institute of America.

BROADWAY WORLD: The exhibit is the brainchild of acclaimed Ukrainian artist-activists Daria Marchenko and Daniel Green. The installation delivers a multi-sensory, visceral viewing experience by incorporating physical objects gathered from the war's front lines, including shrapnel and documents. Combined with oil and acrylic paints, these elements imbue the work with a tactile quality that makes the war concrete rather than abstract, bridging the divide between American viewers and the embattled citizens of eastern Ukraine.

 

Lecture «Five Elements of War or the Evolution of Dictatorship», University of Washington, Seattle

Wars represent an integral part of social life beginning with fights with stone axes in the Paleolitic to massive of today . With the development of civilization, nations - learning from their mistakes - came to an understanding of rights and the basic concepts of justice: Laws, both internal and international. They created practice of treaties and international conventions under the influence of the bitter consequences of war. However, dictatorship had been evolving as well as the law, but with much more sophisticated methods of suppression ensured by the modern intellectual level.  The topic of the global evolution of dictatorship is represented in our art – in conceptual philosophical symbolism, in pictures with the power of signification, historical power and the force of epic dramatism...

 

 

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