In Odessa, metal sculptures of Reva—made from metal pierced by shrapnel—were displayed in front of City Hall

An exhibition by Mykhailo Reva titled "My Home" has opened in front of City Hall in Odesa. It features three metal sculptures, scarred by explosions, that were previously exhibited in Berlin and Paris.

An Intenta photojournalist has already visited the exhibition.

According to the Odessa City Council, the “My Home” exhibition is part of a series of works that Mykhailo Reva has been creating since 2022. Previously, sculptures from this collection were exhibited in Berlin and Paris, and now they are on display in the artist’s hometown.

Metal—battered by explosions and pierced by hundreds of shards—served as the primary material for the compositions. The sculptor used these traces of destruction as physical evidence of the war and Russian attacks on civilians and their homes.

Doors became the central motif of the works. For the artist, they symbolize the boundary between the outside world and home—a place associated with safety, comfort, and loved ones.

These works preserve the image of the door—the threshold through which a person returns home. Now, the mangled metal frames a void. “It is important to me that, through the deformed form, the viewer senses the person against whom this destructive force was directed,” noted sculptor Mykhailo Reva.

The title of the exhibition, “My Home,” is phrased in the first person. According to the artist’s concept, every visitor, by uttering these words, becomes part of an artistic narrative about the right to a home, return, and a safe life—a right shared by all Ukrainians.

Ірина Глухова