Malanka - Yelena Yemchuk public space the typographical world of ideas

the typographical world of ideas of the 1920s avant-garde is once again brought back to life

Additional works by contemporary artists and designers show that political awareness does not limit creativity

Honored with German Youth Prize 2018 Shortlisted for the Kassel Dummy Award read Review

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Malanka - Yelena Yemchuk public space the typographical world of ideasMalanka is Ukrainian American visual artist, Yelena Yemchuks sixth photobook. Like all bodies of work by Yemchuk, Malanka is personal, feminine, surrealist, and touched by a spell. The eponymous tradition is a pre christian, heavily incantatory folklore ritual that takes place on January 14, the Old New Year in the Julian calendar. It is celebrated by ethnic Romanians in western Ukraine, and its origins are largerly unknown. Yemchuk traveled to Crasna