Ciało i trauma w ukraińskiej sztuce współczesnej

In the text I want to show how images of the body in Ukrainian contemporary art refer to the traumatic events of the past. The experience of trauma has repercussions both on mental and bodily level and is reflected in many areas of culture. In art, trauma is manifested through deformed or diseased body. In this article I discuss the selected projects of Arsen Sawadov and Kharkiv, photographers, and of the representatives of the so called Kharkov’s School of Social Photog­raphy: Serhiy Bratkov and Boris Mychajłov.