Oberig (Guardian) (limited signed copy)

Dmytro Kryshovskyi’s work «Oberig» (2021) is part of the series of the same name, which the artist began to create in 2021, and consists of different types of hand weapons, each wrapped in a fabric with a Ukrainian folk ornament.

Obrig is a Ukrainian folk belief that a person has an object, like a talisman or amulet, that protects and guards against evil and enmity. According to the artist’s impressions, the AK-47 machine gun wrapped in a national ornament is the most important defender of the Ukrainian nation in modern times.

Kryshovsky’s artistic vision extends through the time of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. It is manifested in the prediction of the full-scale hot phase of the war, which began a year later after the execution of this graphic work.

«Oberig» is an exceptionally technically executed artwork in the author’s signature graphic style and is the first work of the new large cycle «Motanka,» aimed at revealing the profoundly sacred manifestations of the Ukrainian ethnos.