Volodymyr Yershykhin

In 1995, I had a fight in the centre of Kyiv. Frankly speaking, I was rather beaten up by street thugs. My nose was broken, I had a concussion and so on. I transformed this accident into a project. I ‘recorded’ my injuries with a camera and then painted photos with felt-tip pens. My almost criminal black and white pictures started looking joyful and cheerful, in a Warhol style. They were on display at the “Blood test” exhibition and published in the ‘Parta’ journal’s 1997 edition.