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Sakha Aesthesis: A Solo Exhibition by Yulia Pinkusevich
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Sakha Aesthesis
At MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture
Opening reception: Friday, July 23, 2021 at 5pm-8pm
MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture is pleased to present Sakha Aesthesis, a solo exhibition by Yulia Pinkusevich.
Oakland-based artist, Yulia Pinkusevich’s research-based and deeply personal presentation of the Sakha Earth, Mother, and Air spirit worlds pays homage to the Sakha peoples’ ecoharmonious relationship between nature and humanity. When Stalin's regime systematically purged shamanism in the 1920s, multigenerational amnesia around native heritage and sacred practices afflicted the region of Siberia. For Pinkusevich’s own family, this amnesia left the remnants of what seemed like strange, forgotten superstitions. In five large pastel paintings paired with a sculpture of a snake suspended from the gallery ceiling, Pinkusevich transforms the gallery into a rich sensory experience emblematic of Sakha decolonial aesthesis. Together, Pinkusevich’s works suture the folds and undo the divides between ancient and contemporary, material and spiritual, and feeling and knowing through a glimpse into the continuing practices of the arctic Sakha peoples.
Yulia Pinkusevich is an artist and educator born in Kharkov, Ukraine (USSR) with Siberian heritage. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, her family fled the eastern bloc as refugees, immigrating to New York City. Since childhood, Pinkusevich’s worldview has been rooted in change.
This event is sponsored in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.