What Time Cannot Break, 2025

Halyna Kirichenko  

Artwork " What Time Cannot Break" from series " Between Generations"

Inspired by a photograph from a family album, this painting reflects on friendship as an enduring bond that begins in childhood and quietly supports individuals throughout their lives. The figures are united by shared memory and emotional closeness, forming a connection that deepens rather than fades with time.

Within the Between Generations series, the work speaks of friendships that become part of one's inner family — relationships shaped by trust, care, and lived experience. These bonds offer stability during life's transitions, carrying personal histories forward across different stages of life.

What Time Cannot Break invites the viewer to reflect on the invisible ties that sustain us, reminding us that some connections remain intact despite change, distance, and the passing of years.

Series " Between Generations"

In the series Between Generations, Ukrainian figurative artist Halyna Kirichenko explores family life as a space where personal histories, values, and life choices are quietly formed and passed on. Family is portrayed not only as a social unit, but as an intimate emotional territory shaped by care, responsibility, vulnerability, and love.
Through symbolic figurative scenes, the artist reflects on relationships between parents and children, the continuity of generations, and the invisible threads that connect individual destinies. These works consider how major life decisions, inner transformations, and historical realities are experienced within the family and carried forward across time.
Between Generations invites the viewer into a contemplative dialogue about belonging, memory, and the silent influence of those who came before us.