Ukrainian Woman
Embassy of Russia
opposite of 51-2
near the Embassy of Iran
Right after the beginning of the Russian-Ukraine war.
The curator of the festival @beskamazo while he was inviting me, said, "We have a special wall for you, opposite the Russian embassy's building." (correctly speaking, it was the Russian Federation Interests Section at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tbilisi). Yes, yes, and I made a mural there 🙃
I portrayed a Ukrainian woman in a traditional embroidered shirt holding a huge bouquet of wildflowers with ears of wheat. She is proud and full of light. She looks straight ahead, with a barely noticeable smile, to all the obstacles and fears in the eyes. It symbolizes our strength, inner energy, freedom and will. Despite the terrible and cruel war, we, as a nation, will endure, become even stronger, and we will live!
There were several situations when people from the opposite building tried to stop me from working on the mural just because the Ukrainian was drawing there 🥵
I'm grateful to @beskamazo and @maziashvilibeka for the warm welcome and organization, and that they stood their ground to the end and believed that we could accomplish everything we intended to do in the first place 🙏
Sasha Korban
