Ala Savashevich, 1917-2017, 2017

silkscreen, paper, 70 x 50 cm

The work "1917-2017" is an appendix to the work "Spirit"
"To notice something, you have to change it - then what is not there and what was is made visible. The city becomes the background, and monuments become part of its landscape. Monuments of the past become such "urban ghosts," figures that are resurrected once in a while, usually to serve various political purposes. Dismantling, restoring or relocating them all awaken other forces. But only changing the material, giving it new or original characteristics, can tell us something else. Bronze and stone become fabric again, and the body disappears, leaving behind a void clothed in shape. The essence is not the dismantling of the old, or talking to ghosts, but rather talking about the silence of the void. And for me, this silence seems very loud." Ala Savashevich

BIOGRAM:
Ala Savashevich (1989) was born in the city of Stolin, Belarus. Graduate of the E. Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. Since 2021 she has been a doctoral student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In 2021 she received a scholarship from the Mayor of Wroclaw. In her artistic practice, she often refers to her own past, history, trauma and corporeality. She uses monumental forms as well as video or performative actions, often exploring the limits of her own body. The artist's works have been shown in exhibitions in Belarus and Ukraine, as well as in Poland, Germany and Austria. She is the winner of the ING Polish Art Foundation Award, the Worth 2021 Award in the Visual Arts category. She currently lives and works in Wroclaw.