Blakytna Trojanda exhibition at Hos Gallery explores LGBTQ+ identity and decolonial struggle in wartime Ukraine

The "Blakytna Trojanda" exhibition at Hos Gallery in Warsaw showcases LGBTQ+ experiences in Ukraine, featuring five artists and collectives from June 15 to July 15. This event draws inspiration from Lesya Ukrainka's 1896 play "The Blue Rose," curated by Taras Gembik and Vlad(a). Rebel Queers presents a recreation of Kyiv graffiti alongside video testimonies titled "Ukrainian Queers Fighters for Freedom" (2022). The exhibition also includes Maksym Eristavi's writings in the anthology "Queer Ukraine" and a letter from Oleksii Kuchanskii. Reproduction pages from AtelierNormalno’s erotic calendar represent missing works. Jan Bačynsjkyj crafts masks from vintage furs, while Oksana Kazmina’s video "Mutation" (2020) highlights dialogues from the pandemic, focusing on regional queer narratives.