Wembley Park unveils open air exhibition Visions of Home by Ukrainian-born artist Ira Lupu.

Wembley Park has unveiled a new public, open air exhibition curated by Ukrainian-born artist and photographer Ira Lupu.

Visions of Home launched on August 1 and will be on display until October 31, forming part of the summer Wembley Park Art Trail, and incorporates a variety of photographs, site-specific installations, and digital artworks – all conveying powerful messages to raise awareness of how, from the perspective of Ukrainian artists, a sense of home has been forever altered.

Visions of Home intends to convey how the perception of home has shifted catastrophically for much of the Ukrainian population – despite the war sliding out of the headlines.

By observing how the perception of home has shifted for millions of Ukrainians affected by the Russian war, Visions of Home’ gently celebrates this peaceful place of belonging as an inseparable concept that lives forever in the Ukrainian consciousness.

Ira Lupu said: “What is Home? How does the perception of home shift when it is taken away, temporarily, or forever?

“When your sense of place and existence is pierced, what is left? My dream is to develop something that opens up the real beauty of Ukraine and its people — a different take to the casual display of Ukrainian bodies we see in the global media.

“As highly important as such documentations are their abundance tends to make people even more desensitised and distant to the tragedy.”

Visions of Home Picture: Aron Klein