30 May 2026
(PHOTO: Intent/Natalia Dovbysh)
Andrii Sahaidakovskyi 's first solo exhibition in Odesa, Between Objects, opened on May 29 at the Odesa National Art Museum.
As the curator of the exhibition, Pavlo Hudymov, told Intent, the author demonstrated a new project especially for the Odesa Art Museum.
The essence of this project was that different objects of the exhibition were packaged. In this way, the artist seemed to pause the existence between the objects. The second line of the project was the painting that Andrii Sahaidakovskyi created on old rugs as a contrast between the "poor" material, packaged objects, and the luxurious hall of the palace.
Andriy Sahaidakovsky is a Ukrainian artist who has participated in many art exhibitions. He works in the field of painting and practices an unusual technique, embodying painting ideas on rugs, supplementing them with his own statements. Andriy is one of the most ironic contemporary Ukrainian artists who finds unusual angles of everyday topics. He is a representative of the New Wave.
It is worth noting that despite the war, various art exhibitions are increasingly taking place in Odesa. For example, an exhibition of paintings "Windows of the Old City," which includes real window frames, some of which were torn out of buildings during Russian shelling, opened at the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art on May 16.
On April 11, artist and fashion designer Volodymyr Umanenko pasted new posters on the wall where he launched the "Freedom is not Death" project in Odesa in March 2022, effectively resuming the project. Before the New Year, the wall was hung with a festive banner, but it was removed, so the artist decided to resume the exhibition. The posters on the wall are not by Umanenko himself, but they are directed at the Russian aggression and the war in general.
Кирило Бойко