In Chernivtsi, the SBU interrogated an artist for his work with the Russian tricolor
A scandalous exhibition of local artist Ivan Salevich entitled “Khokhly” opened in Chernivtsi.
The exhibits in it are plywood men kneeling and painted to look like embroidered shirts. Instead of eyes, they have the flags of Ukraine and Russia pasted on them. As the artist himself stated, he wanted to show the uncertainty of the national identity of the country’s population, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
At the same time, not everyone liked Salevich’s idea - they complained about his work to the SBU, which interrogated the artist for more than two hours.
“I, as an author, seem to be calling for you to finally decide on your national identity, to get up off your knees. We discussed for two and a half hours and they explained why I used the Russian flag, that citizens would allegedly perceive it incorrectly. The SBU officers agreed, and this exhibition is on display,” Salevich said.
The author’s works are exhibited in the Vernissage communal gallery, whose director, Igor Sorokoumov, wrote a complaint to the SBU and also demanded that the exhibition be closed:
“We should not hold any political actions against the background of the holiday that could be perceived in two ways by people. Members of the selection committee simply pointed out to me what it was, I took a photograph and sent it for examination to see if it could really be exhibited. As director of the Vernissage cultural center, I will insist that it not be exhibited.”
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