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(4 min read)<\/strong> Art has always been at the forefront of the social and political situation of every country, and mosaic art is not an exception. Just like every other widely admired art form, mosaic art was often used as means of propaganda and advertising. However, unlike with many other art forms, the messages sent with mosaic art tended to stick around much longer, if not for an eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blacksmiths of the Present mosaic artwork on one of the walls at the Institute of Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine, created in 1974 by artists Grygoryi Pryshedko and Galina Zubchenko; the blacksmith\u2019s forging hammer was one of the symbols on the communist party flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/br>
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Mosaic artworks were created between 1968 and 1980 decorating facades at Paramohnmy Avenue in Kyiv.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Once upon a time, my favorite non-mosaic artist said: \u201cModern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.\u201d Those versed in artistic activism will recognize this Banksy\u2019s quote. And just like everything Banksy does, this quote has many points of interpretation too. Is it always good to use art to speak and when does that use become abuse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Space Conquerors mosaic art in Lysychansk, Ukraine, created with colored smalto by artist Vartan Arakelov in 1968; Soviet-era was also the era of the space race and this vibrant mosaic is just one of the ways art commemorated Yuri Gagarin\u2019s journey into outer space in 1961.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/br>
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Another testament to the communist-era space race, this bright mosaic artwork from 1980 adorns the front wall of an administrative building of Ukraine\u2019s Nuclear Power plant in Yuzhnoukrainsk. Source: Wired.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Just in case you are living in outer space or some parallel fairy realm, this article is \u201cinspired\u201d by the current events in Ukraine. As someone who has family roots in Eastern Europe, I could also say that this article may be colored with my personal standpoints here and there, but if you\u2019ve been reading this blog for a while, you already expected that from yours truly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mosaic artwork created in 1967 by artists Iakiv Skrypkov and Denys Merpert, for Friendship Square in Gurzuf, Ukraine \u2026 because communism was all about friendship #sarcasm. Source: Wired.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/br>

No one knows how many of the Ukrainian mosaic artworks will survive this war, so this is a unique chance to capture some of them and their history. Many of our fellow bloggers took a different approach and talked widely about the history and the background of Ukrainian mosaic art going all the way back to ancient times. In order to make this article closer to you, I\u2019ve decided to take a short stroll back into the near past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The famous \u201cLenin and Science\u201d mosaic was created during the 1960s by mosaicist Serhii Svitlorusov for the Ukrainian Institute for low-temperature Physics and Engineering.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/br>
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Mosaic artwork by Ernest Kotkov, Ivan Lytovchenko, and Valeryi Lamakh on a wall at the River Station in Kyiv; the hostility of the Communist party towards religion was widely documented and this mosaic is just another testament to that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Vibrant mosaic, yet symbolic, mosaic artwork on a bus stop in Machukhu, Ukraine, created by an unknown artist; communists optimistically depicted China\u2019s leader Mao Zedong as the sun and Chinese people as the sunflowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Mosaic art has always played a significant and meaningful role in Ukrainian culture and as such, it was also used by the Communist Party during the dark times of Soviet communism. In 2014 many mosaic artworks were subject to the decommunization process as a result of the Revolution of Dignity. Numerous mosaic artworks of the Soviet era were dismantled and destroyed. However, the artistic community of Ukraine became divided at the time, because while some thought that the era of communism should be wiped out completely, others thought that preserving monumental art in terms of its undeniable artistic value was a marker of civilized society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ukrainian Madonna mosaic panel from 1960 on the left was created by mosaicist Vasyl Ovchynnikov; Labor Symphony on the right was created on the fa\u00e7ade of a house in Kyiv by the artists Ernest Kotkov and Valeryi Lamakh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/br>
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\u201cSteelmakers\u201d mosaic was created in 1975 by Lel Kuzminkov and Valentyn Konstantinov for a train station in Mariupol, Ukraine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ironically, the issue of these colorful mosaic artworks remains unsolved to this day and war has never been kind to art or monuments of past times. Used for national manipulation and communist propaganda, these remarkable pieces of artistry and skill hide encrypted stories of collective spirit and deceit, of trust and trickery. Huge, bold, and bright, they proudly told the story of a significant part of Ukrainian history during the cold war era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA Method for Building Life\u201d by unknown artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The beauty of some of the Ukrainian mosaics is undoubtedly lost forever. However, some of Ukraine\u2019s modern-day mosaicists will resurface after all this is over with mosaic masterpieces that will mark the time of recovery. We will talk more about them in one of our future articles. Stay tuned and #supportukrainenow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Intricate and bold mosaic artwork as a propaganda tool in Ukraine\u2019s past.
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Intricate and bold mosaic artwork as a propaganda tool in Ukraine\u2019s past.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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