Odessa artist Denis Nedoluzhenko, currently serving as a junior sergeant in the State Special Transport Service, participated in the exhibition "FRONTMEN: Art of Resistance," held in Kyiv from April 24 to 27.

This exhibition is part of the "Book Country" festival and brings together artists whose works reflect their experiences of war.

Nedoluzhenko's series "Motorola 1917" exemplifies the artistic deconstruction of Soviet and contemporary Russian imperial myths.

"Before mobilization, I was engaged in painting and ceramics for my livelihood, but military service gave a new impetus to my creativity. During my service, I stumbled upon Soviet propaganda materials in old textbooks. This sparked the idea: I imagined myself as a student forced to learn about the 'heroes' of the empire, and as a small act of resistance, I began to paint over these portraits, deconstructing the myth. Each work became a form of protest and a reflection of our struggle," the artist explained.

Born in 1987 in the village of Chyzheve in the Berezivka district of Odessa region, he graduated from Odessa National University with a degree in microbiology and general virology. He has been participating in art exhibitions since 2018 and currently lives and works in Odessa, focusing on painting, sculpture, and decorative ceramics, with a focus on expressionism and neo-expressionism.

Meanwhile, a posthumous exhibition of photographs titled "Lines of Fracture" by the award-winning French photographer Matthieu Chazal opened in Odessa. Chazal spent nearly two decades traveling around the Black and Mediterranean seas, documenting war.