When the Maidan protests started in December 2013, artist Mariya Diordichuk knew she had to be there to document what was happening. She set up her easel at the barricades and started painting, continuing even after she was wounded in one eye by shrapnel. She still paints the story of the protests with her series of prints remembering those who lost their lives.
“Women of Ukraine” series
Two years after the Maidan protests in Ukraine, women look back on the continuing struggle to fight for a free and democratic Ukraine.
Teaser: Artist Mariya Diordichuk was wounded in one eye while painting at the barricades during the 2013/2014 Maidan protests in Ukraine, but continued working to tell the story of the so-called Revolution of Dignity.
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