It’s Only Achilles’ Heel That’s Left Alive

It’s Only Achilles’ Heel That’s Left Alive – referring to the greatest of all Greek warriors whose legend states him to be invulnerable in all his body except for his heel and based on the title of a recent painting by Kateryna Lysovenko – intertwines five young female Ukrainian artists working in a variety of media, ranging from painting and drawing to sculpture and video. Deconstruction, shifts and errors in perception (Katya Buchatska); the relationship between the narrative, colour, and personal experience (Lucy Ivanova); vulnerability and bodily taboo’s (Katya Libkind); philosophical and empathetic commentaries on the prevailing situation and the resulting human fates (Kateryna Lysovenko); uncertainty, fragility and the ephemeral (Olga Sabko): The show invites the viewers to get to know a generation of artists all born in the late 1980s and early 1990s, reflecting a current state of mind by way of an intense examination and journey.