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Poisonous Berries
by Sasha Kurmaz
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32 pages
20 x 29 cm
Black & white risograph
Saddle stitch
Third edition of 500
2023
In Poisonous Berries, Sasha Kurmaz explores notions of individualization and sexuality caught between the ideological spectres of his native Ukraine. Cut and paste collage of Orthodox iconography is echoed by Soviet-era ruins and juxtaposed with provocative photography; all printed onto 60gsm Offenbach bible paper.

Read a review by C4 Journal here

20% of all online sales will be donated to Ukrainian support charities.

About

Undercurrents in international publishing, est. 2011 (London, UK)

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Press

The Face - Bronze Age: 10 Years of Riotous Independent Publishing [March 2021]

AnOther Mag - Party Like It's 1999: Eerie. Forgotten Photos From an End of the World Rave [July 2021]

It's Nice That - Acts of Natural Magik presents Pokémon landscape photography in the post-Giovanni era [November 2019]

C4 Journal - Sasha Kurmaz - Poisonous Berries [February 2022]



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ICA (London, UK)
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Orbital Comics (London, UK)
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Printed Matter (New York, USA)
Quimby's (Chicago, USA)
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Ti Pi Tin (London, UK)
Village (Leeds, UK)
Needles and Pens (San Francisco, USA)

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