In August 2012 Oksana Mas won independent critics at the prestigious International Film Festival in Locarno. PHENOMENON OF EPIDERMISM. VIDEO

"Quantum Prayer" by Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas was chosen as main image of the exhibition White Lite/White Hit, the third edition of Glasstress at Venice Biennale!

As with all art, there is always 30 OR 40 percent chance that, in the end, the work  will not be as exactly as you plan. You have to rely on your ideas  and you experience to work with the medium. We had only three minutes to make the work. Everything on the work changed whit each ladle of molten glass, minute by minute right before our eyes, like a quantum prayer. It was like a miracle that became true.

The idea of my work and the title came from my current interest of studying the quantum physics. It became a sort of my hobby. Actually, everybody can see that today a lot of people  start to think differently.  And in this case, the Quantum Prayer, the word “prayer” does not refers to the religious meaning. Rather, it’s talks to an  all-pervading consciousness. This is why o thought the crystal pure glass would show the scheme of purification and penetration in everything that exists so I gave in the title “Quantum Prayer”. I think this work completely expressed my idea through these three materials: aluminum, silica and glass. Glass played the major role  because when we started to pour glass,  the glass began to fuse the engine  and then the engine dripped like  water.  The same happened  in life. When  person has  pure thoughts, when he is honest with himself and with others, when he really lives  in positive stream of consciousness there are no limits for him. I think this is the philosophy of the third millennium as it is. We all have to become better and think like there are no boundaries for us. In my work, the glass won over the metal which was my concept. It is a prayer, any prayer, true and honest, it penetrated  and melted  the metal.  Working with glass represented an overcoming of material  things. That’s why I called my work Quantum Prayer. It meant that I had to change myself to start to think in  the glass.

The main initiator and organizer of the project - Mironova International Art Group. First Ukrainian company established to create the concepts and complex project management in the field of art. With extensive contacts in the international cultural sector, Mironova International Art Group is ready to take on any project - from a protracted reorganization of urban history into modern art clusters, until the publication of catalogs of artists.

Partners of the project:

International Cultural Fund UART, which goal is to improve Ukrainian image abroad and to show its rich culture!

"We would like to give Oksana Mas the chance to once more worthily represent our country at Venice Biennale, as her project «Altar natsiy» (“Altar of the Nations”) created a furor among modern art connoisseurs two years ago" - UART

Fund UART is also involved in national events such as the exhibition of the works of John George Pinsel at the Louvre (Paris) and of the "French Spring".

Foundation projects demonstrate the potential of cultural artists of Ukraine, combine intellectual and creative efforts for the preservation and enhancement of the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people.

Fund held a grand  exhibitions and cultural events in Paris, Monaco, New York, Tel Aviv, while playing an important role in raising the profile of great cultural and artistic heritage of Ukraine.

http://www.uart.eu