CYCLE OF HISTORY. ET CETERA._____ 17.08.2023 - 27.08.2023

Palais Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein/Sa., DE

Sofiia Yesakova and Polina Shcherbyna are an artist duo, which works in painting as an object.
Their artistic practice is related to various aspects of the visual language of the iconographic tradition. The two artists use symbols and images that
borrow forms from the past through layers of history. Through this system, they want to establish a dialogue with the future, signifying the cyclical
nature of events in world history. Through the layers of history they both use symbols and images that are borrowed of the past forms. With this system, they want one establishing a dialogue with the future that means standing the cyclical nature of events in world history.
This project reflects on the tragedy of timelessness that humanity receives not for the first time. Both artists in their works explore traces of suffocation of the socio-political machine that make us adapt to any pain. Perhaps in the awareness of cyclicity lies the way out of the circle of eternal repetitions in history.