Avatars For Ukraine: Volodymyr Bondar

A testimony. A struggle cry. A call for assistance. For Ukrainian principle artist Volodymyr Bondar, art can necessarily mean so quite a few issues. Lately, he joined the Avatars for Ukraine job and collectively with other Ukrainian artists and designers contributed his expertise to aid folks afflicted by the ongoing war.

Now, Volodymyr’s artwork is a person of the 20 new entries in our special Stand With Ukraine Assortment. We talked to him about his solution to producing art in these turbulent situations. 

What did the method of creating this artwork appear like?

I drew it shortly following the war started, at a time when Russian troops have been promptly advancing across our lands, shelling our metropolitan areas, and killing our men and women. I engaged in volunteer operate and assisted go folks from Kharkov to Poltava and the Dnieper. All that even though I watched my city becoming turned to ruins.

I wanted my artwork to mirror the agony Ukrainians encounter as nicely as the power that they exhibit. And when I didn’t want to picture Ukraine weak or defeated, I chose to clearly show the sacrifices we are earning. The Russians may well imagine their shellings scare us, but we only get angrier and additional established to win.

How do you feel about generating artwork and connecting with other artists in these kinds of rough moments?

I come to feel like nowadays many persons are experiencing robust feelings. They have one thing to say, and they want to say it working with words that appear not from logic, but from the heart. They’re the most honest and most trustworthy. I keep in contact with my colleagues. Absolutely everyone is nervous about our country, every person attempts to take part in volunteer work, and every person shares a prevalent want for victory and peace.

It was challenging for me to begin drawing, in simple fact. All that I could believe about was the war and the persons who desired enable. But finally my motivator and inspirator Dmitry Tarabanov confident me that artistic get the job done is also critical and can aid draw extra interest to our circumstance.

I want to express my gratitude to the total group who took portion in this initiative, held a charity auction, and transferred cash to help the Ukrainian army. I also want to say ‘thank you’ to all these caring men and women who support Ukraine. When this war is about, I dream of getting a large excursion across Europe, North America, and other areas of the world to individually thank all the pals, acquaintances, and strangers who are encouraging us now. 

At the time all over again, thank you so a lot for your enable. It’s extremely critical to us!

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