Rufina Bazlova
Grammar fix: "a local folklore" — "folklore" is an uncountable noun and cannot be preceded by "a"; changed to "a local folk tradition" which is both grammatically correct and more descriptive
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In August 2020, thousands of people joined the [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests|protests]] against [[Alexander Lukashenko|Alexander Lukashenko's]] election, including many artists. In response to the [[2020 Belarusian presidential election|Belarusian election campaign]], Bazlova designed her first protest embroideries and posted them on [[Instagram]]. Bazlova uses traditional Belarusian [[embroidery]] to create critical art. The figures, which look like [[pictogram]]s, are in the national colors of white and red of the [[Belarusian opposition]]. The technique of applying red thread to white fabric with cross stitching invokes the |
In August 2020, thousands of people joined the [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests|protests]] against [[Alexander Lukashenko|Alexander Lukashenko's]] election, including many artists. In response to the [[2020 Belarusian presidential election|Belarusian election campaign]], Bazlova designed her first protest embroideries and posted them on [[Instagram]]. Bazlova uses traditional Belarusian [[embroidery]] to create critical art. The figures, which look like [[pictogram]]s, are in the national colors of white and red of the [[Belarusian opposition]]. The technique of applying red thread to white fabric with cross stitching invokes the vyshyvanka technique, a local folk tradition.{{citation|author=Susanne Altmann|date=2020-09-25|editor=art – Das Kunstmagazin|pages=18|title=Kunst für eine bessere Welt}} The embroideries, which at first seem harmless, become digital narratives and thus a testimony to the Belarusian mass protests.{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-03|author=Philipp Fritz|date=2020-09-08|language=de|title=Weißrussland: Das politische Erwachen der Jugend - WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article215307480/Weissrussland-Das-politische-Erwachen-der-Jugend.html|website=www.welt.de|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203115802/https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article215307480/Weissrussland-Das-politische-Erwachen-der-Jugend.html|url-status=live}} |
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Since the early Middle Ages, vyshyvanka, the East Slavic patterns in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, have been embroidered on clothing. Motifs of that time were about love, the sun or protection against evil spirits. Bazlova's depictions include tanks, helicopters, fleeing people, swastikas, cockroaches, and dump trucks. Among protesters in Belarus, the cockroach symbol is code for President Alexander Lukashenko, who has brutally quelled mass protests since the allegedly rigged presidential election in August 2020. Bazlova's art provides insight into the female-driven democratic resistance in Belarus.{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-03|author=Leipziger Volkszeitung|date=2021-03-09|language=de|title=Widerstand als roter Faden: Leipziger Galerie zeigt Ausstellung über das Demonstrieren|url=https://www.lvz.de/kultur/regional/der-rote-faden-des-widerstands-leipziger-galerie-zeigt-ausstellung-ueber-das-demonstrieren-WWHML7WRIFVX3P6UFYGGIZMT6U.html|website=www.lvz.de|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203121108/https://www.lvz.de/kultur/regional/der-rote-faden-des-widerstands-leipziger-galerie-zeigt-ausstellung-ueber-das-demonstrieren-WWHML7WRIFVX3P6UFYGGIZMT6U.html|url-status=live}} |
Since the early Middle Ages, vyshyvanka, the East Slavic patterns in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, have been embroidered on clothing. Motifs of that time were about love, the sun or protection against evil spirits. Bazlova's depictions include tanks, helicopters, fleeing people, swastikas, cockroaches, and dump trucks. Among protesters in Belarus, the cockroach symbol is code for President Alexander Lukashenko, who has brutally quelled mass protests since the allegedly rigged presidential election in August 2020. Bazlova's art provides insight into the female-driven democratic resistance in Belarus.{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-03|author=Leipziger Volkszeitung|date=2021-03-09|language=de|title=Widerstand als roter Faden: Leipziger Galerie zeigt Ausstellung über das Demonstrieren|url=https://www.lvz.de/kultur/regional/der-rote-faden-des-widerstands-leipziger-galerie-zeigt-ausstellung-ueber-das-demonstrieren-WWHML7WRIFVX3P6UFYGGIZMT6U.html|website=www.lvz.de|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203121108/https://www.lvz.de/kultur/regional/der-rote-faden-des-widerstands-leipziger-galerie-zeigt-ausstellung-ueber-das-demonstrieren-WWHML7WRIFVX3P6UFYGGIZMT6U.html|url-status=live}} |
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