"It shows absolutely nothing and this so-called 'art' has no place in a church!"

As the commentator on the Instagram post says.  There is indeed a nihilism at the heart of modernism

Dark forces

Alyosha, "Morphogenesis Bioism", 2026, installation of floating sculptures, photos from Ukraine. (with kind support from the Maximilian Vogt gallery, Lustenau)Born in 1974 in Losova, Ukrainian SSR as Olexiy Potupin, sculptor known for his spacious installations, makes strange forms of living things float in the Baroque Church of St. John. It's a texture of gliding elements – color alternating between a fluorescent yellow and a strict black tone. Is Aljosha thus preparing an aesthetics of the future, capable of defying stiff structures? What we see is, in any case, bound by nature and at the same time, completely resolved by her. Each element is understood by the artist as a hypothetical, non-suffering creature - as an expression of synthetic vitality and diversity. With his futuristic creations, Aljosha resists the paradigm of a new creation from the many eradications of life.

The perceptible vibrancy has nothing to do with aesthetic randomness. Ultimately, it's also about perception of what's in the air. The deadly attacks on Ukraine reach a new intensity in the fourth winter of the war. Unbearable aggression and consequently bitter suffering for all affected - cold, fear and despair. Some of the photos that can be seen on the side altars testify to this. These are not artifacts, but evidence of human compassion and compassion. And another reference: On the ceiling there is a late Baroque fresco by Joseph Schöpf. It depicts the corpse of St. John Nepomuk who was flooded by Moldova. Three fantastic angels in dance about it - tender, strong, real! The objects of Aljosha seem to be related to them.

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