Estetyka rewolucyjna czy nowa forma nacjonalizmu? Sztuka ulicy w Kijowie w latach 2013–2016

Abstract

From the very beginning the revolution in Maydan in Ukraine was marked by artistic activities, which were slowly changing into an aesthetic, political, social and personal message. Art became an individual way to express resistance against Russia, an attempt to find identity and a way to fight against pessimism and hopelessness. It was also wisely used to build the certain image of the revolution and the protesters. Street art created during the revolution in 2013 and 2014 came out with the specific iconography. The article is research on that iconography, and the latter phenomenon in Kiev – the continuation of the revolutionary street art in form of big scale murals.