Natalia Krivda on the mission of the Museum of Avant-Garde in Ukraine: "Reflections on the past shape our visions for the future."

She spoke about this on the "UKRAINE THE BEST" channel.

As the guest of the program notes, to change anything, particularly public opinion, it is necessary to institutionalize these changes. It’s not enough to just talk about values; they must be embedded within institutions. From this perspective, the very fact of establishing the Museum of Avant-Garde in Ukraine is significant. Yes, she acknowledges, the collection and its timeframe can be debated, which will involve discussions among art historians, cultural historians, artists, collectors, and gallery owners, but finally, there will be a platform for this.

“A museum is not about the past; a museum is about the future. The Museum of Avant-Garde should become a venue, a space, a structure where the exploration of history is nurtured, and where the ways of functioning of future Ukrainian art are cultivated. Projections of the past shape visions of the future, and through understanding ourselves as we were, we form ourselves as we will be. This, it seems to me, is the most powerful mission of a museum,” – explains Natalia Krivda.

As Valentina Merkade wrote in one of her articles, she recounts, the vast majority of artists we associate with the avant-garde, who are labeled as Russian avant-gardists, actually originate from Ukraine or Belarus.

“This led me to the idea that sometimes brilliant solutions are born at borders, at intersections. When Christ came to Jerusalem, people said: What good can come out of Galilee? It’s a province, a borderland, while all meanings, ideas, and people seem to be in the center. No. Very often, it is precisely in this borderland, this frontier (and throughout the ages, Ukrainian and Belarusian lands have been a frontier) that something new and fresh is born. And this is a sign of struggle, a search for one’s own voice,” – reflects Natalia Krivda.

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