A Mosaic of Collective Memory: The Legacy of Alla Horska Beyond Censorship, Erasure and Remembrance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In July 2022 the Ukrainian media was inundated with photographs of two monumental artworks that had been severely damaged in the Russian bombing of Mariupol. The photos depicted The Tree of Life and The Kestrel –two mosaics created in 1967 by the artist Alla Horska (1929-1970) and her team for the restaurant "Ukraine" in Zhdaniv (today’s Mariupol)– lying demolished in the rubble. This was probably the first time many Ukranians had encountered these works. Hidden away in rooms inaccessible to...
Source: Critique d’art
DOI: 10.4000/147kv
Author: Anastasiya Sagaydak
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411629655