Comments by "AstroGremlinAmerican" (@AstroGremlinAmerican) on "Відомий художник замалював свої пейзажі в прапор України" video.

  1. "The famous artist Volodymyr Kozyuk from Vinnytsia, whose works are exhibited in many countries of the world, did not leave the country at the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion, although he had many invitations, and he was unfit for military service due to his health. He stayed in Vinnytsia with his family and helped countless refugees who were traveling from east to west, housing them in his house and workshop. It was then that his new works appeared - his own landscape paintings drawn in blue and yellow colors, as well as handprints of refugee children. "When the war broke out, he (Volodymyr Kozyuk - editor) was overwhelmed with emotions. And that's how these flags came about - under them are landscapes that he had created before. On top, he painted the Ukrainian flag to show that Ukraine is higher than art and money, because it's worthless while the war is going on...When he accepted refugees, he also took them to his workshop so that they would forget about this tragedy. And here the children who were refugees put their palms," he said during the opening of the exhibition. Stand with Ukraine" in Vienna project curator Yuriy Kotyk. For his part, V. Kozyuk emphasized that Ukrainians cannot surrender, as many urge them, to the mercy of the Russian aggressor, because it is about their future survival. "They tell us to give up. But if we give up, our children will never be able to put such palms on paintings, because they simply will not exist," he said."
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