July 05, 2015 (CENZOR.NET) As reported by Censor.NETciting Radio Liberty, authors of the icons, a couple of
painters Sofia Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko, presented about 30 icons
painted in Byzantine style. According to Oleksandr Klymenko, all icons have
been painted on wooden ammunition boxes’ covers which were delivered from the
anti-terrorist area by Dnipropetrovsk volunteers and Dnipro-1 regiment
soldiers, as well as on pieces of camouflage fabric.
The painters called their creations
“art objects” and added that all wooden covers delivered from hot spots
like Pisky, Debaltseve, Ilovaisk will be returned to peaceful life with images
of the saints, Jesus, and Holy Mother. The icons are available for purchasing
at the exhibition. Collected money will be transferred by the painters to
military medics who save Ukrainian soldiers’ lives in the combat area. One icon
costs from 700 to several thousands dollars.
As told by Klymenko, the exhibition
has been presented in European cities, including Lublin, Berlin, Munich,
Leipzig, Prague, Hanover, and The Hague where proceeds from sales of icons
amounted to USD 31,800.
All money has been donated to the Mykola Pyrohov First volunteer
hospital in the Donbas region. Soon the exhibition will be shown in other
cities of Ukraine.
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