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Embroidery Practices
Lesia Pcholka
Pcholka's embroidery project Maiden Names' (2018) was exhibited at the Krylia kholopa [Wings of a Serf] gallery in Brest as a part of the collective…
Maiden Name
Lesia Pcholka
Pcholka's embroidery project Maiden Names' (2018) was exhibited at the Krylia kholopa [Wings of a Serf] gallery in Brest as a part of the collective…
For the Darkness of the Night my Eyes are Bright
Nasta Vasiuchenka
Kupalki, embroidered kerchiefs from Nasta Vasiuchenka, are literally song-kerchiefs, a unique artistic fusion of dress and music folklore carried out…
The Ear of Rye Under Thy Sickle
Nasta Vasiuchenka
The Ear of Rye Under Thy Sickle is a Kanva label series featuring quotes from Uladzimir Karatkevich, the preeminent Belarusian prose writer. The Ear…
Flower Power
Nasta Vasiuchenka
A hand-beaded shirt, inspired by the nonviolent protest actions of Belarusian women, references a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as…
Of course, this is naive
Varvara Sudnik
The embroidered message on a synthetic ribbon — Of course, this is naive — connotes several meanings, most obviously sifted from the anthropology of…
 Horned Goat
Varvara Sudnik
This duvet is cross-stitched with the words from a children’s tale about a goat who attacks misbehaving children. The text reads: “There is a horned…
2/2 Work Shifts
Varvara Sudnik
Work Shifts 2/2 (2021) series is dedicated to labor rights and the precarity of workers in Belarus. The artist describes her embroidered synthetic…
Zero Percent
Anna Bundeleva
On Nov. 12, 2020, 31-year-old artist and teacher Raman Bandarenka was beaten and arrested in the courtyard of his home. He appeared in a hospital…
Zero Percent
Anna Bundeleva
On Nov. 12, 2020, 31-year-old artist and teacher Raman Bandarenka was beaten and arrested in the courtyard of his home. He appeared in a hospital…
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