Sand artist Kseniya Simonova moved the audience to tears as she won this year's Ukraine's Got Talent. Soon after, her name was all over the news and she became an international sensation with over 2 million online hits! The video above pictures the 24-year-old native drawing a series of images created on an illuminated sand table, showing the scenes from the unforgettable World War II. The astonishing performance art depicts the lives of ordinary people who were affected by the German invasion. The Great Patriotic War, as called in Ukraine, resulted in the death of one in four million people--killing roughly 8-11 million deaths of the entire 42 million population. Read more here.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Items
-
* Roxy Paine , Façade/Billboard , 2010 * WANÅS 2010 May 16 – October 31, 2010 OPENING TODAY Sunday, May 16 at 2 pm During 2010 the Wanås... -
Brilliant commentary on civilization, urbanism and yes, architecture of humanity. You know the saying, "what goes up must come down?&q... -
Bringing it back old school. Came across a huge selection of J C Leyendecker's work on a Pinterest board that I follow. ... -
Artist: Francois-Marie Banier Represented by: Gagosian Gallery | Galerie Hussenot -
The drooping nature of Onishi Yasuaki's installation somehow reminds me of the weeping willow tree. The heaviness and power of gravit... -
Artist Chiharu Shiota teams up with Gego in a current exhibition up at Goff + Rosenthal New York. The complex web of thought, the interw... -
*Lee Zhuoquan, Two Headed Snake * *Lee Sook Kyung, Translated Vase - The Moon * *Philip Beesley, Sybil * *... -
The title says it all. The art of John Grade is what one may call irrevocable and celebratory of natural decay. Combining natural materi...
start
No comments:
Post a Comment