Park of Forged Figures as an Art Practice of Ukrainian Blacksmithing
Journal: Contemporary Art
Year: 2020

The Park of Forged Figures in Donetsk is a unique artistic, sociocultural, and political phenomenon. There is no other suchexhibition space for contemporary blacksmithing art neither in Ukraine nor abroad. This creative and subsequently museum space was setup by the blacksmithing community of Ukraine; its size and number of works on display makes it probably the largest in Ukraine up to date. During the period of 2001–2013, the Park of Forged Figures was a place for the annual gatherings for the