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- Red lines that cannot be crossed
Pidlisnyi Andriy
The concept of the “red line” in politics represents an abstraction that serves not only to denote the boundaries of tolerance but also as a metaphor for uncertainty and unpredictability in international relations. It can function both as a tool for legitimizing actions and as a source of confusion.
Political leaders use “red lines” as a way to declare their intentions, but this process often gives rise to absurdity: lines can be crossed without consequences, or their enforcement may lead to conflict escalation. Thus, “red lines” reflect not only boundaries but also domestic politics, where abstract ideas influence the real destinies of nations.
Andriy Pidlisnyi was born in 1975 in Kyiv.
Works mainly with found objects, video, installation and graphics. He uses modern digital technologies, analogue classical techniques and various materials.
Lives and works in Kyiv.
Selected projects
2024 – group exhibition “Tryst” at the TAM Torrance Art Museum. Los Angeles.
2024 – group exhibition “Open Book”. “Institute of Automation”, art space. Kyiv.
2024 – personal exhibition “Place on Earth”. Dzyga Gallery. Lviv.
2024 – group exhibition “Ukrainian Pastoral”. Gallery “Imagine Point”. Kyiv.
2024 – group exhibition “Territory of Freedom: Maidan”. National Museum of Taras Shevchenko. Kyiv.
2023 – group exhibition “Assembly Scheme”. Center for Contemporary Art M17. Kyiv.
2023 – group exhibition “Cosmogony of Senses”. Korsaks Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art. Lutsk.
2023 – group exhibition “Biased Testimonies”. Kyiv satellite of the 7th International Biennale of Non-objective Art. Kyiv.
2023 – group exhibition “93m2”. “Institute of Automation”, art space. Kyiv.
2023 – group exhibition “Common Space”. “Institute of Automation”, art space. Kyiv.
2022 – group exhibition “Relocation”. PM Gallery. Lviv.
2022 – group exhibition “Institutionalisation”. Imagine Point Gallery. Kyiv.
2021 – group exhibition “I never wanted to do this”. “Institute of Automation”, art space. Kyiv.
2021 – group exhibition “Beast Gods”. Imagine Point Gallery. Kyiv.
2020 – group exhibition “One day after…”. Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv. Kyiv.
2020 – personal exhibition “Zoom”. “Institute of Automation”, art space. Kyiv.
2020 – group exhibition “Time Zero”. Institute of Contemporary Art Problems. Kyiv.
2020 – group exhibition “Observation”. White World Gallery. Kyiv.
2020 – group exhibition “Habitat. Manifesto 2020”. Lavra Gallery. Kyiv.
2020 – personal exhibition “Exhibition on the Stairs” at IZONE (platform of cultural initiatives). Kyiv.
2020 – group exhibition “Psychopomp & Gyroscopes”. Art Workshops of the Kyiv Institute of Automation.
2019 – group exhibition “Chaos Theory”. Art Workshops of the Kyiv Institute of Automation.
2019 – personal exhibition “The Game of Chance”. Gallery “Mayak”. Kyiv.
2019 – group exhibition “Art – To Live”. Gallery “Mayak”. Kyiv.
2019 – Kyiv Art Week, Mayak Gallery. Group exhibition.
2019 – Kyiv Art Week, curatorial project “Your Portrait” by O. Sosnov. Group exhibition. 2019 – group exhibition “Graphics”. Mayak Gallery. Kyiv.
2018 – personal exhibition “Around the Emptiness”. Gallery “Material Evidence” (Ducat, Edukatorium). Kyiv.
