VYTOKY - Ukrainian word evoking the origins of existence, of the world, of art. Exhibition dedicated to the Ukrainian photographer Pavlo Mazai (upstairs you will also discover the photographs of Justin Dingwall, David Blumenkrantz, Yang Wang and Pedro Correa ) Pavlo MAZAI (1980 -) Pavlo Mazai was born, lives and works in Kyiv. In his life, as in his universe, everything is fluid and everything changes. Formerly he was a customs official. But after 13 years of a flawless “customs” career, Pavlo chose the path of creation. His passion for photography has become his vocation. Crossing borders was in his nature. Neither doubts nor uncertainty stopped him…
The walls, the noise, the chaos of the metropolis have no influence on Pavlo. The search for a "bare" truth often leads him into the unfiltered spaces of the modern world. The sincerity of his photographs testifies to an absence of superfluity. His poetic, sensitive pictures, rich in symbols, give rise to feelings. “Imagine: you are a poppy seed in an infinity. Its call is just to be, not to influence, just to see, not to change, just to appreciate. The dictate of reality is not the law".
His thirst for impulses, horizons and ideas constantly torments him. This is how his recent series were born: " Faces "Asia 2016," Faces "France 2016," Faces "Ukraine 2017," Vakas ”2017,“ Metric ”2018,“ The Epistle of Pavlo ”2019,“ The Suspension Point ”2019,“ Call of the Without Words ”2020,“ The Bran of Wheat ”2021. In the life of Pavlo Mazai, each moment is an eternity.
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