17th November 2024 – 16th March 2025

Вічна подорож. Колір і слово у творчості українського художника Андрія Шарана

Wieczna podróż. Kolor i słowo w twórczości ukraińskiego artysty Andrzeja Sharana

“Let us cherish dreams – the only reality in this illusory world.”

Those words seem to be a bridge to the artistic and literary work of Ukrainian writer and painter Andrii Sharan. He creatively processes his – partly traumatic – experiences of different identities, the exile and life in a foreign country, the war that ravaged his home country and his family and the associated conflicts. By doing that, he achieved a symbolism that is universal for European culture. Sharans poetic language combines literature and painting. Through this, the experience of an individual becomes the tale of a collective European fate. Yet Sharan always remains an artist of Ukrianian origin. That is one of many reasons, why the Sorbian museum decided to show his work and by doing so, sustain the traditional relations between Sorbian and other Slavic cultures.