COMING SOON. ZHEKA

13 жовтня 2016 - 18 листопада 2016

The Artist Marsel Onisko presents 50 ironic stories about the timeless hero Zheka. The exhibition lasts untill November 12.

Marsel’s Coming soon. Zheka reminds the Soviet agitation posters and in the same time magazine caricatures and comics. However, Zheka is not a classical hero, he stands aside from any events, from the changing world and just comments them on his own immobile position, rather – poses. Character Zheka exists out of time: he lived in the Soviet Union, in the 90's, today, changing only a briefcase for a purse.

This abandoned hero is particularly relevant in the debate surrounding the changes and reforms expected by society. Are they possible if we recognize Zheka in the majority of citizens and in ourselves? How to eradicate the "Zheka gene"? These 50 cases tell us about how a person misses his path towards the present, terribly and squeamishly distinguishes himself from the "punished" initiative.

"Zheka is a constructor-man, a collective image. Sometimes I felt goosebumps when I created these stories. Do I think in some cases the way he does? We try to hide our internal Zheka as much as possible and that's good. But it is not always possible, because we have grown with him with a common background. I would like to bring a light smile to the viewer, it's not an evil satire. I think that radical methods can only cause aggression, although changes within people should happen gradually, "- the artist commented on his work.

 

ARTIST

Marsel Onisko was born in Uzhgorod. Since 2001 he is the founder and art director of the international art edition "PUNIC BUTTON". He works in the genre of art graphic and easel painting, participates in exhibitions since 1996. Marsel's works were presented in personal and group projects in Netherlands, Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, France.

 

Personal projects:

2008 - Lost But Found, Marsel Onisko, painting, Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.

2008 – Carpathian album, together with R.Saller, KARAS GALLERY, Kyiv, Ukraine.

 

Group projects:

2010-2016 – Korridor Gallery, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.

2011 - NO MAPS FOR THESE TERRITORIES, MX7 Gallery, Antwerp., Belgium.

2010 - New Man, international symposium of contemporary art "Biruchiy 0010", Zaporizhya, Ukraine

2009 - Filatelia Beisbolera, The Museum of Philately, Oaxaca, Mexico. International symposium of contemporary art "Biruchiy 009", Zaporizhya, Ukraine.

2008 - Who are you?, international Symposium of contemporary art "Biruchiy 008", Zaporizhya, Ukraine.

2007 - Happy L'end, KARAS GALLERY, Kyiv, Ukraine. The Evening by FLY UNITED, Stanica Centre, Zilina, Slovakia.

2006 - West CARE, Berlin, Germany. Message in a Bottle, Zilina, Slovakia, Paris, France.

2004 - Ex Libris d'Un Peintre, K-Petrys haz, Budapest, Hungary. Nagykanizsa, international plain air, Hungary.

2011 - «Eye to Eye», painting, Karas gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2011 - «Eye to Eye», painting Dzyga gallery, Lviv, Ukraine. «POPTRANS», painting, Gary Bowman gallery, Lviv, Ukraine.

2008 - «Panic Button presentation», painting, Brandeis University, Boston, USA. «P-311008», painting, Korridor Gallery, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.

2007 - «Happy L'end». Poptrans, painting, Karas gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2006 - «Message in a Bottle», painting, Stanica Centre, Zilina, Slovakia. «Message in a Bottle», painting, Galerie Nuit d'Encre, Paris, France

2005 - «West CARE», живопис, Zentrum KREUZBERG, Berlin, Germany.

1996 - «POPTRANS-Forever», DAR Gallery, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.

 

Sometimes Zheka didn’t hurry to rush things.

See, everything is much more complicated, Zheka.

It's time to let my beast out too, Zheka realized.

 

Poster