Anton Shebetko, It’s not your problem, Neon, 38x87cm, 2022
Visibility of a community – Anton Shebetko’s photographs of a queer Ukraine
Included in the Graduation 2022 Show at Melkweg Expo and the fifteenth jubilee edition of Galerie Ron Mandos’ Best of Graduates 2022 exhibition where he received the RM Residency Award 2022, photographer Anton Shebetko talks to Joris van den Einden about his research surrounding the forgotten queer history of Ukraine. Dealing with topics of memory, identity, and plurality, Shebetko’s practice is rooted in making visible those things that may otherwise go unnoticed.
Anton Shebetko, Installation shot of "Common People" in Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
‘Aiding others in establishing their own visibility is important to me’
Anton Shebetko, To Know Us Better, installation shot from Foam Amsterdam
‘You cannot put a very non-homogeneous group of people in a certain box and decide that “this is who they are”. Everyone’s opinions, stories and memories are different!’
Anton Shebetko, Vlad (left) and Sofia (right) from We Were Here, C-print on dibond, 80x120cm, 2018
Anton Shebetko, "House of Culture", installation shots from Graduation show at Rietveld Academie
‘I don’t want to decide what type of artist I am. It’s all fluid and developing, all the time’
Anton Shebetko, from "Simeiz"
Anton Shebetko, from "Simeiz"
Anton Shebetko, installation shots from "Best of Graduates" at Ron Mandos Gallery
‘I felt that there was no artistic representation from this historical, archival perspective that dealt with the queer community in Ukraine’
Anton Shebetko, installation shots from "Best of Graduates" at Ron Mandos Gallery
On the right: Anton Shebetko, installation shots from "Best of Graduates" at Ron Mandos Gallery
Anton Shebetko, It's not your problem, Neon, 38x87cm, 2022
Graduation Show ’22, Melkweg Expo, t/m 9.10.2022
Best of Graduates 2022 is on view until September 17th at Galerie Ron Mandos
Joris van den Einden
is fotograaf, filmmaker en onderzoeker
