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Denys Pankratov, Waldemar Tatarczuk
Roses from Dobropillia. Roses from Lublin.
2 objects: glass, roses
8 photographs: pigment print on Dibond
2025

At the center of the collaborative work by Denys Pankratov and Waldemar Tatarczuk is the image of roses — a symbol often associated with Donbas, where Pankratov is currently serving. From there, he sent Tatarczuk photographs, most of which depicted roses: taken in Dobropillia and Bilozerske shortly before these towns became inaccessible due to intensified shelling. In return, Pankratov received photos of roses from Lublin, the city where Tatarczuk lives, a place that also falls into the category of inaccessible landscapes due to the duty and necessity of being elsewhere. Thus, in this work, roses become a very different symbol — one of connection, memory, distance, male friendship, and human vulnerability and fragility.

Denys Pankratov born 1988, Khmelnytskyi (Ukraine). Graduated from the Course of Art by Lada Nakonechna and Kateryna Badianova (2012). Co-founder of the educational project Method Fond in Kyiv (2015), as well as its co-curator and participant in seminars and courses. In 2019, he moved to Lviv, where, together with artist VictoriaDorr he founded the semi-public exhibition space Mizhkimnatnyi Prostir. Denys is both a curator and artist, with a practice focused on researching archives, history, and the functioning of the museum as a public institution. His central interests include the history of women’s, workers’, and national movements, as well as the artistic avant-garde in Western Ukraine during the interwar period. He is also involved in activist initiatives. Since March 2022, he has taken part in the volunteer initiative Kitchen, which prepared meals for refugees in Lviv. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, including Nedo (thoughts, poetry, letters) (Tymutopiapress Gallery, Lviv, 2023) and This Is Just an Exhibition (Kyiv Biennial 2023, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, 2023). He lives and works in Lviv. Since 2023, he has served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.