SONIASHNYK (1,000 sunflowers dipped in plaster)
A land whose soil once fed the world now lies barren, field upon field churned and corrupted by the grind and spasm of war. The flowers too, are gone. The people too, are gone. The children too, are gone.
Buried just below the surface though, is the promise of new life, of old life, the fallow truth of the soil, praying for its reanimation.The once vibrant sunflowers, a symbol of identity and peace now lie covered in plaster, their bleaching a signifier of its scorched land, its lost lives.
Each stem a thousand dead and yet a glimpse of yellow beneath the cracks peeps through - a symbol of resistance, unity and hope, a nod to the resilience and bravery of the Ukrainian peoples.