PAVLO KOVACH
The cracked and welded bell first rang 170 years ago. It was cast to announce the beginning and the end.
Nearby is a plaster cast of the crater left by an explosion. The imprint of absence, of emptiness. The explosion as the beginning and the end.
Both leave behind silence.
Pavlo Kovach is an artist, curator, co-founder of the Detenpyla and Efremova 26 galleries, co-founder and member of the Open Group. He was a co-curator of the Ukrainian pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale. He has participated in many international exhibitions, performance festivals and biennales.