Exhibits > 2012-2013: Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother
“Spoils of War” is a poem illustrated by a series of panels commemorating the artist’s mother’s 1988 immigration from the Soviet Union to Chicago. The poem, published originally in Tablet Magazine and then presented together with the panels at an exhibition at the National Arts Club, is now available as an illustrated monograph at local bookstores and on Amazon.
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Panel 1
"Spoils of War" invites its readers to join in celebrating feats like those of refuseniks and American activists in the name of individual pursuits of happiness.
This video, produced by A. Riesman of New York Magazine, incorporates the panels below along with Margarita's performance of the poem in its entirety.
A multimedia project dedicated to Margarita's refusenik family, especially her mother who escaped the Soviet Union as a lone refugee with her daughter in 88. With funding from COJECO's Blueprint Fellowship, partnered with UJA Federations, Spoils of War exhibited at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Square. The namesake poem Margarita wrote that was originally published in Tablet Magazine was published in book-form alongside the 17 illustrations, reproductions of the poster exhibit. Performed at NYC's literary venues KGB Bar in the East Village and Franklin Park Bar in Brooklyn. For the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her mother's immigration in 2013, Spoils of War was performed and exhibited in Manhattan as part of the city's Russian Heritage Month from the Russian American Foundation, Mayor Bloomberg, and the New York Post.
—June 2012 Poem published in Tablet Magazine and exhibited at New York's National Arts Club alongside a seventeen panel series.
—December 2012 Book released at KGB Bar in local bookstores in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, and on Amazon.
—2013 Multimedia live performance at Franklin Park Reading Series
—2013 Multimedia installation with 6 new propaganda painting portraits at Manhattan Brownstone Gallery
—Award of New York State Assembly Citation
—Coverage in NY Post
—Coverage on Russian Television International and Russian Television Network
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