Anton Varga

Ein Abend voller Emotionen und Begegnungen Am Freitag vor zwei Wochen haben wir im Flandernbunker die Ausstellung „Repeat After Me II“ eröffnet. In drei Sprachen – Ukrainisch, Englisch, Deutsch – sprachen wir über das, was bewegt. Die Gäste waren tief berührt. Einen herzlichen Dank an die Künstler Yuriy Biley und Anton Varga (und an Pavlo Kovach, der im Geiste dabei war) sowie ihre Kuratorin Marta Czyż. Vielen Dank auch an Dr. Jens Rönnau und sein Team für Technik, leckeres Essen, die Zusammenarbeit und herzliche Gastfreundschaft. Die Ausstellung ist noch bis zum 20. September 2026 im Flandernbunker zu sehen. 📍 Flandernbunker, Kiel @flandernbunker 🕕 täglich 10–17 Uhr _________________________________________ An evening of emotion and connection Two weeks ago last Friday, we opened the exhibition ‘Repeat After Me II’ at Flandernbunker. In three languages—Ukrainian, English, and German—we shared stories that moved everyone deeply. A heartfelt thank you to the artists Yuriy Biley and Anton Varga (and to Pavlo Kovach, who was with us in spirit), as well as their curator, Marta Czyż. We’re also deeply grateful to Dr. Jens Rönnau and his team for the sound, the delicious food, the collaboration, and their warm hospitality. The exhibition is on view until 20 September 2026 at the Flandernbunker. @flandernbunker #5 Pop-up Kunsthalle zu Kiel Open Group. Repeat After Me II 📍 Flandernbunker, Kiel 🕕 daily 10 am – 5 pm @open_group_ @yuriy.biley @martulious @anton.varga @murielanna #PopupKunsthalle #KunsthalleKiel #OpenGroup #RepeatAfterMe

a piece of ruin in the grass, 50x70 cm,(20"x27") oil, canvas, 2025

beer, water, 2025 100x70 cm (39"x27"), oil, spraypaint, paper

We are delighted to be a part of wide-scope exhibition “Wars and Us” at Landesmuseum Zurich @landesmuseumzurich that will open on the 17th of April and will last till January 17th, 2027.

Transfer, 2025, 50x70 cm (19x27 inch), oil, spray paint, canvas

Dust, 2024 120x50 cm (47"x19"), acrylic, canvas

Dear friends, we are starting a fundraiser to help with the drone components for the battalion where Sergiy Biley, brother of Open Group's member, @yuriy.biley is serving. Please donate or share if you can, we would appreciate it a lot! The link is in bio. Дорогі друзі, ми долучаємся до великого збору на дронові компоненти для 2-го батальйону 413 полку «Рейд», де зараз проходить службу Сергій Білей, брат учасника Відкритої групи, @yuriy.biley . Будемо вдячні за поширення і допомогу! Лінк в біо нашого профілю.

REPEAT AFTER ME II, 2022–2024 two-channel video installation, karaoke, 57’31’’ artist: Open Group (@yuriy.biley , #PavloKovach and @anton.varga curator: @martulious @nguyenwahedart , London 6 February - 3 March 2026 Opening reception: 6 February, 6-8pm Nguyen Wahed is pleased to present Repeat After Me II, a two-channel video installation presented previously in the Polish Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia in 2024. It features civilian refugees who recount their experiences of war through remembered weapon sounds – they imitate these sounds and invite the audience to do the same. Visitors are encouraged to join in this re-enactment within a space staged as a futuristic military karaoke bar. Here, the soundtrack is not composed of familiar hits, but of gunfire, cannonades, howls, and explosions, while the lyrics are descriptions of deadly weapons. This is the soundscape of war, recreated by its witnesses. By repeating after them, we begin to learn the language of their experience. This exhibition is supported by the Polish Cultural Institute London, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, and by Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

Nguyen Wahed presents ‘Repeat After Me II’, a two-channel video installation previously presented in the Polish Pavilion at the International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia in 2024. Featuring Ukrainian refugees who imitate weapon sounds, the work explores how survivors of war articulate their trauma through sound. Visitors are invited to participate in the futuristic military karaoke bar by repeating lyrics about deadly weapons atop gunfire, cannonades, howls, and explosions. ‘Repeat After Me II’ functions as both warning and manual to learn the war experience, a manifesto against all armed conflict delivered in peaceful form. This exhibition is supported by the Polish Cultural Institute London, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, and by Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. First image: Repeat After Me II, Open Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Anton Varga), installation view, Polish Pavilion, Biennale Arte 2024, curator — Marta Czyż, photo by Jacopo Salvi / Zachęta archive Third image: Opening of the exhibition Repeat After Me II, Open Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Anton Varga), Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, curator — Marta Czyż, photo by Zbigniew Szymańczyk / Zachęta archive ——— Repeat After Me II @open_group_ (Yuriy Biley @yuriy.biley , Pavlo Kovach, and Anton Varga @anton.varga ) Curator: Marta Czyż @martulious 6 February – 3 March 2026 Nguyen Wahed Gallery 116 Upper Street, London N1 1AB

Dear all, my friend and colleague artist @attilahazhlinsky is about to start serving in the 57th brigade, in the drone battalion on the Kharkiv direction. Now he is fundraising money for the proper equipment and gear. Please donate what you can, Atilla and his close ones would be very grateful for any help. PayPal: [email protected] For monobank (card transfers) link is in Atilla’s profile. Друзі з України хто ще не бачив це то будь ласка закиньте чи поширте, буду вдячний🙏

We greatly appreciate Joanna Warsza’s(@jowa_hkhk ) thorough and profound work on her text about our practice for @artforum . It's important that the piece is trying to tell the story from the very beginning of Open Group, from 2012 to present, while emphasizing and analyzing the early works and their influence on our later ideas such like Open situations. The link is in our bio.