The Green Angels of

Ksenia Sova, The Green Angels of, 2023, sculpture © The artist 

The installation presents an abstract cityscape with green angelic figures perched atop rooftops. The composition is inspired by the unique story of a Wendt & Kühn Grünhainichen Angel from the Museum of Saxonian Folk Art in Dresden. 3D-printed angels replicate the original figure and its journey in the early 20th century to the World War I frontline, where it served as a Christmas present from Margarete Wendt to her brother. The black landscape reflects a striking contrast, representing the entirely different types of toys and models produced by Wendt & Kühn during the Second World War — training sets for military officers’ schools. These pieces of information meld within the internal museum database entry, which takes the form of this installation: “The Green Angels of”

Opening of the exhibition “We show what we (don’t) know” of the HGB Leipzig on 12.10.2023 at the Japanisches Palais of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Photo: Oliver Killig

Ksenia Sova works as a media artist at various social interfaces and is particularly interested in exploring the realms of alienation, isolation, and anxiety. They employ an expanded cinema approach to create time-based installations for solo and group exhibitions. Currently, Ksenia Sova is pursuing a degree in Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig in the class expanded cinema led by Clemens von Wedemeyer, and they are a recipient of a scholarship from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.