Let Earth Become the Sky is an anticipation of a landscape that may be recovered from invasive and colonial forces. Yet, how realistic is such a possibility when entire human history has been shaped by survival, and more often by taking than by giving? With an abundance of metaphors drawn from the artist’s hometown, Donetsk, we encounter a warring of duality: invasiveness and fragility, nature and human control, resilience and surrender. These tensions unfold through the strong persistence of the landscape and the generational perseverance of the lives that have long been marked by a tragic and seemingly perpetual fate.

Through the concepts of home and memory, artists invite us to enter the soft fields of childhood nostalgia, hoping that someone might catch us at the edge of the abyss, surrounded by guard reeds. The dialogue between personal and collective reminiscence is embodied in Mykhailovena’s day-to-day photography, full of optical illusion, geometric forms, and the ordinariness of life. This composition enters into an instinctive visual conversation with Taras` piece Body without Organs, cultivating a sharp tension between the past and the future.

Ultimately, the mind emerges as a singular field of infinite creative force. Whether that force is experienced as positive or negative can only be determined by each viewer personally as one moves along this path. Either way, the eternity of the cosmos leaves us with a sense of terrifying hope.

The exhibition also includes an antique piece of Kozma Lajos, whose experiences of exile and shifting identity resonate with broader questions of belonging.

An exhibition by vegyeskereskedés.
Artists: Taras Tolstikov, Mykhailovena
Curator: Sasha Hubarieva 

Opening July 2nd, at 19:00, Ráday u. 47
July 2 – 11, 2026.

Event link: https://fb.me/e/ak9CqjK9W