An extract from an essay The Parallel Worlds of the City of Home, by Raoul Eshelman

"...The bare facts of Kisina’s biography and the title of the exhibit [City of Home] may at first give rise to the usual chain of associations. Eastern Europe. Emigration to the West. Sense of loss. Longing for home. Return and the impossibility of return. And, almost inevitably: the sense of being split apart, of being exiled from one’s own roots. Yet this tried-and-true story is a poor guide to understanding Kisina’s work...
...The casual viewer expecting a personal artistic tour through a typical Eastern European venue will be sorely disappointed..."