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Oksana Shachko was born in Khmelnytsky, a sleepy regional capital 160 miles west of Kiev. Her parents had her studying religious iconography when she was eight years old. Two years later, she was painting murals in churches and monasteries.
At13,shedecidedtobecomea nun, but her parents talked her out of it. “From this moment on, I began to reflect on what religion and faith mean to a human being,” she said in 2016 in an interview with the 032c, a culture magazine published in Berlin. “I found an answer, and it was atheism.”
In Paris, Shachko worked on a documentary about Femen with French director Alain Margot. She also returned to creating icons, but this time for art galleries, not churches. One depicted the Orthodox trinity with angels wearing flower crowns and smoking cigarettes in front of empty bottles. In 2016, Shachko had a
2 Oksana Shachko believed in direct action to fight for feminist aims solo exhibition of her work at a Paris art gallery.
“In my icons, I replace men; I put women in the centre,” she said in an interview with the British magazine Crash in December. “My work is still very feminist.”
Survivors include her mother, Olga Shachko, and a brother, Aleksei.
IVAN NECHEPURENKO 26 JULY 2018 KENSINGTON PALACE
The Duke of Gloucester, Royal Bencher, and The Duchess of Gloucester this evening attended a Dinner at the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, 8 South Square, London WC1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Lord de Mauley to be Master of the Horse upon the retirement of the Lord Vestey. The appointment to take effect from 1st January, 2019.
By command of The Queen, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Branko Neskovic at 5-7 Lexham Gardens, London W8, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Court of St. James’s.
By command of Her Majesty, the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps called upon His Excellency Mr Jose Enrique Castillo Barrantes at 23 Woodstock Street, London W1, this afternoon in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Costa Rica to the Court of St. James’s.