The exhibition’s opening event, which presented 16 artworks, has coincided with the showing of the topical play Glory to the Heroes. This joint project of three Ukrainian theaters was made by director Stas Zhyrkov (artistic director of the theater “Golden Gate”), who staged the play of the same name by a popular contemporary playwright Pavlo Arie. The play’s story tells of UPA and Soviet Army veterans who find themselves in the same hospital ward; irreconcilable enemies at first, they begin to look at each other and the events of World War Two differently... The actors are Oleksii Hnatkovsky (Ivano-Frankivsk-based Ivan Franko Theatre) and Dmytro Rybalevsky (Ivan Franko National Theatre). This project will not leave anyone indifferent, because it raises important questions at the time when Ukraine is trying to overcome the past and reconcile the present day...
According to Mykyta Titov, his first posters, which formed the basis of the exhibition, were created in 2013, at the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity, when young people first came to Maidan in Kyiv. Then came the occupation of Crimea, the bloody events in the east, the heroic deeds of ATO fighters – all these became the impetus for the creation of the poster series (because in a difficult time for our country, art has an important mission to react on the acute social problems).
Mykyta Titov graduated from Art and Graphic department at Kharkiv State Pedagogical University. For a long time he was engaged in painting, being a member of the youth branch at the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He has also been working in advertising for 12 years. In 2015, one of Titov’s posters entered the exhibition and the catalog of the best patriotic posters “Ukrainian Patriotic Poster 2015.” Now the artist is working as a book designer and illustrator, and has his artwork sold to private collections across Ukraine, Estonia, Italy, the US, and Germany.
