HRYHORII ZGHUROVETS

"Butterflies" is a series of six large-scale figurative portraits bound by a shared visual grammar. Each canvas presents a single figure whose head is partially concealed by a symbolic object - bandages, barbed wire, internet cables, an ammunition belt, gold chains, or a mourning ribbon. Each holds something in their mouth and is accompanied by butterflies of a specific accent color against heavily textured, atmospheric backgrounds.Conceived in response to the war in Ukraine, the series reflects six distinct states of human presence exposed by conflict.

A child losing their childhood.
A prisoner of conscience.
An individual trapped within propaganda.
A soldier who has normalized violence.
A corrupt official profiteering from catastrophe.
A mother enduring the unendurable.The butterfly is the sole unifying element across all works. Rather than a conventional symbol of hope, it represents what remains of freedom when everything else is confiscated - the only element that remains kinetic.

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