Ales Pushkin: Is It Year Of Culture? Will Censorship Be Abolished?

Ales Pushkin

A famous Belarusian artist Ales Pushkin has been to the field of fighting in Ukraine and has painted his vision of the situation.

However, these works, as it has turned out, are not so easy to show to the public now.
For the artist Ales Pushkin the coming year will primarily become a test if the culture would become free from censorship, if he would be allowed to open an exhibition dedicated to the events in Donbas, Radio Racyja reports.
“From the 3rd to the 9th of November this year, I was part of an international Belarusian-Ukrainian plein air in places of antiterrorist combat operations. And I have come up with some works. The first work I showed at the jubilee exhibition of the association “Pahonia”, which was held in the Palace of Arts on November 24. Censorship has banned it. I think that in 2016 we will try to demonstrate this exhibition on a full scale in Belarus, and it is about 50 works.“
“The best proof of Lukashenka’s slogans of the year 2016 as the year of culture would be getting rid of censorship just in the sphere of culture,“ – Ales Pushkin said.

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