Contemporary Ukrainian artists

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Member of the Coordinating Council of the Association of Arts of Ukraine 1999 - 2002.
Coordinator of the Transcarpathian region. on the Kiev Festival
Contemporary Art, Regional Advisor "Culture Hero"
Association of art galleries Ukrainy.Vystupal author and initiator of a number
regional and international creative projects.
Criticism: Galina Sklyarenko-art-festival 94-96,. Yevgeny Solomin, Ukrainian-French meeting, nenarativnaya painting. Alexander Titarenko-Ecoproject 2002-2004, the modern art of Ukraine, Kiev-Moscow., Darling Prikhodko, Galina Rizhova-Uzhgorod.
Sponsored a week of film screenings "Sens eastern cinema" and "American Alternative" in the discharge of intellectual cinema in Uzhgorod (2004р), developed jointly with like-minded Natalia Fisun and Rudolf Fentsikom. In recent years moving away from the official public social activities giving priority personal projects, journalism and theoretical work.
Constructivists, a follower of the German critical school. In the personal formation of the creative principles notes the influence of conceptualism, which is displayed in the priorities of the content in relation to the forms. Occupies an antagonistic position with respect to decorative and applied the principles of art, declares A-Aesthetic Principles in peak formal estetitsizmu.
Principle, not part of the creative unions, do not hold the narrow stylistic framework, expressed by the representative age of postmodernism.
Philosophical - taste-Jung, Ніцше, Heidegger, Jaspers, Berger, Lakman. Recently busy with constructive ideas in the neo-contemporary art.

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It is interesting to see the photos, if you will be able to write.

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The famous boxer talks about his life in art
In 2009, the boxer and Olympic champion Wladimir Klitschko suddenly all made in the new role, becoming the curator of the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Surprising, however, is nothing: a talented person is talented in all. Klitschko not only a curator, but also a collector, an actor, but also by his own admission, in a sense, an artist. About her life in art and not only Wladimir Klitschko told Maria Kravtsova.

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Q: You were the curator of the Ukrainian pavilion of the Venice Biennale, which is unusual for a boxer. Many felt that this was a PR move - our artists do not know, but the champion Wladimir Klitschko knows the whole world.
A: I absolutely disagree. Of course, you may ask what makes an athlete at the Biennale, which he has the attitude to modern art? But actually I do art. You do not know about it? I am also an artist, I draw pictures on people's faces. I believe that art in general will improve the human intellect, makes it more flexible. When we made pictures with Chichkan, I do not want a boxing theme. We made a lot of different photos, and a shirt and suit, which was, in my opinion, is a little brute force. But staying in the photo, where I pose with rollers instead of gloves.

Q: But one thing - to become a symbol of the pavilion, and quite another
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The loss of the year - the death of the artist Alexander Gnilitskiy. The onset of censorship, was named one of the factors of 2009. Experts pointed to trends that have not been reversed in the past year: institutional weakness, inaudibility cultural policy and the complete lack of education in the field of contemporary art.
The global art world quickly coped with panic over the economic crisis. The market has not collapsed, but that recovery, expected by the experts "Ukrainian Truth. Life", summing up 2008 and making projections for the year 2009, did not happen.

The situation in the Ukrainian art process in 2009 illustrates the anecdote about the pessimists and optimist. A pessimist believes that good can not be, an optimist, which is worse. Can all of the paucity of Ukrainian art of the landscape to cancel the negative economic processes in the country and the growing social apathy. However, history teaches that the world of art is not directly dependent on the economy, much more difficult periods of time, became the artistic achievements.

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The current processes, depending on how customized subjective optics, can be interpreted as progressive or regressive. But in any case, it must be noted: a breakthrough in the Ukrainian art in 2009 did not happen. Some isolated successes, but rather relate to the art management. However, even here the situation was generally stable unsatisfactory, due to the fact that the authors of the most pressing initiatives just do not have enough resources to do with it is not always financial, indeed, information and organizational.

The situation is different in PinchukArtCentre, with significant, despite the crisis, the resources, which, however, is not so great in relation to the magnitude of the challenges posed in front of Viktor Pinchuk. Here the situation is also stable for a year as director Eckhard Schneider strategy and a hierarchy of preferences founder PinchukArtCentre not changed.

Loss of

Answering the question "Ukrainian Truth. Life on significant developments in the Ukrainian modern art of the year, most experts spoke about the death of the artist Alexander Gnilitskiy.

Alexander Soloviev, curator PinchukArtCentre:

"On the significance, I would not say, except in connection with the death of Alexander Gnilitskiy as a significant loss for the Ukrainian modern art."

Alexander Roitburd, artist:

"Event of the year - Care Gnylytska. This loss to the end we did not even realize."

Nikita Kadan, artist:

"He was among those on whom rested rickety construction of Ukrainian contemporary art, who created the level. And again the question of the absence of works by artists of this generation in the museums ..."

General impression. Without illusions

Most experts and positively "Ukrainian Truth. Life" spoke about the withdrawal of Ukrainian artists at international auctions Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury. Acclaim coexisted with skepticism, when it came to awards PinchukArtSentrePrize for young Ukrainian artists.

Much less talked about individual exhibition projects. It turns out that even in a professional environment dominated this sport, competitive interest in the arts.

The leader of the survey - the exhibition "Ukrainian New Wave" at the National Art Museum. We are not talking about the quality of the display, but the fact of a belated recognition of the principal art museum of the country's best period in modern Ukrainian art.

Less frequently mentioned other projects: the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, "Looks" - an interdisciplinary project combining "artistic council, part of Stanislav Voliazlovskij in the main exhibition of the Moscow Biennale, an art of" Гогольfest ", the exhibition" Three Stories "- a special project galleries" Collection "to" Art-Moscow ", Group Exhibition R.E.P. in Zagreb, "Art-Kyiv", the exhibition "Hudfond Oleg Tistol in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition is" stubborn "in the Gallery" Atelier Karas ".

A particular point are art-scandals: lit, "I-Galleries" Paul Gudimova, the arrest of Alexander Volodarskogo performens for simulating coitus before the Verkhovna Rada, and the destruction of the installation of the exhibition "New History" - Competition Fund "Eidos" - Directorate of Kharkiv Art Museum.

The onset of censorship, was named one of the factors of 2009. In addition, the experts pointed to trends that have not been reversed in the past year: institutional weakness, inaudibility cultural policy and the complete lack of education in the field of contemporary art.

The trend in the professional environment - the gallery does not have a permanent circle of artists. Artists wander from gallery to gallery, in what it concerns not only the star-generation 80-90s, but young. Ultimately, this volatility to the detriment of all. While it is clear that the galleries do not have sufficient resources necessary for a stable partnership.

Artem Volokitin, artist, winner of the prize PinchukArtSentrePrize

"I do not pretend to analyze art process in Ukraine. I think for that I must live for another ten years. I can say that the system of art education is not sufficiently effective. And from the positive aspects - the works of artists began to show more interest.


Another question - the reason for this attention: whether it is a lively interest in creativity, ideas and beauty, or art - is the subject of business. But, anyway, for me to work on projects is a necessity and I am glad that I have the opportunity to practice your favorite thing. "

Oleg Sidor-Gibelinda, art critic, art critic, too, has no illusions:

"Answer I can only console with the addition of the indispensable" not. "No-R.E.P. Non-ukr-Venice-2009 (note - this is about the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale). Non-young generously, too generously rewarded for our chief patron. Modern art - alas - more closely fused with the glamor and capital, capital and glamor ...".

Ludmila Bereznitsky, gallerist, president of the Eidos "

"The event was a lot, but nothing substantial. Until we have a unified strategy in order to make a truly wonderful event. All the doubt and go on over to foreign authorities, which authority is in fact no more than our own.


Our provincialism - our sin and our advantage. Moreover, our opinion is completely in context, because each of us, the arts, not only have seen a lot because of his profession, but also, I hope, knows how to choose the best of the worst.


For me, the most important thing still contest that fund "Eidos has a dozen museums in Ukraine. It was an invasion into the forbidden zone and conservative - a museum, where he encountered the young and mature, new leaders and their predecessors. That there have been socially and politically significant events that will have consequences in our Ukrainian history, since forced many to look at himself. "

Auctions. "Iron Curtain"

Become successful bidding for Phillips de Pury. What, alas, can not say on the outcome of Sotheby's - failure can partly be explained by the "Iron Curtain" - laws on importation and exportation of cultural property. Last spring Directorate of the Ukrainian House has once again initiated a discussion of this problem, representatives of the art community, officials and MPs. Deputy Stanislav Oliynyk, incidentally, was generous with promises - to the June trading Sohteby's promised to change the law. Pay substantial sums of Ukrainian collectors especially nobody tries.

Evgeni Karas, a gallery owner, sees this as a positive side:

"The first trial performance of Ukraine on the world's leading auction a success without the artificial support of the national bourgeoisie, with the exception already becoming a regular patron of support Igor Voronov.

Sohteby's in contrast to Phillips de Pury relied on Ukrainian buyers - was held in Kiev pre-auction exhibition.

Sources "Ukrainian Truth. Life is partly explained the situation so that the representatives Sohteby's not too kindly treated with some Ukrainian collectors - simply not invited to the reception. In general, marketing miscalculation amplified inadequate time Ukrainian legislation does not itself lead to better results - the expectations of the first Ukrainian Trade Sotheby's were unusually high.

Nevertheless, some members of the Ukrainian art of the process the very fact of entering the international auctions is quite encouraging.

Darin Zholdak, director of the gallery "Collection":

Official record price at auction, rather than the mythical sell "from under the counter" - a certificate of formation of our civilized art market. Random names on the Western auctions do not fall. Roitburd for $ 97 000 - this is serious. "

Optimism in this case is justified. The fact that it is the gallery "Collection" set of Ukrainian artists at the Phillips de Pury.

Meanwhile, Alice Lozhkina, art columnist magazine "Top 10", does not entertain illusions:

"It is too early to talk about full-fledged entry of contemporary domestic art in the program's leading auction houses, as well as the significant successes, but still a record sale of Sasha Roitburd at Phillips de Pury auction is a precedent.
It is worth mentioning another important event - the first auction of modern Ukrainian art, organized by the native home of "Golden Section". Pre-auction exhibition was qualitatively generated were selected interesting lots.
But the estimate (note - a preliminary indicative value), in my opinion, were an order of magnitude too high, and the auction house has previously specialized in the sale of antiques and social realism, did not prepare their clients to accept contemporary art. As a result, has sold only about 10 percent of the work, which is certainly premature to call a victory. "
Officially the most expensive Ukrainian artist Alexander Rotyburd far from optimistic:
Exit Ukrainian art at auctions, obviously pleased, but the artistic process in the country became even more boring. No big projects and big ideas. "

Pinchuk, or death. Kindersyurpriz

In 2009, PinchukArtCentre continued to follow the vectors glamorous art of bodybuilding within Ukraine. With regard to the ambitious plans - it was announced that the planned construction of a museum in central Kiev.
By the end of the year became apparent Western ambition Victor Pinchuk - Establishment of an international prize for young artists Future Generation Art Prize. It is understandable that critics of its policies and flavors more than enough.

Alexander Roitburd:

"PinchukArtCentre disappointing glaring pop and colonial approach."

Alice Lozhkina:

"Victor M. mastered this year, just three status of the project, which shaped the Ukrainian art-space model in 2009 - a huge exhibition Demiena Hirst, the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, as well as competition for young artists PinchukArtCentrePrize.
Another thing that raises questions of politics itself Pinchuk Art Center, which has recently become increasingly clear signs of the colonial and characterized by complete lack of academic approach.
As for the Venice Biennale, in a situation where the only competent curator in Ukraine remains Alexander Soloviev (sequentially erase foreign condottiere PinchukArtCentre and not even included in the Ukrainian delegation to Venice), Klitschko-curator became a symbol of the absurdist approach to contemporary art, which is characteristic of main art center in Ukraine.
Love for an outmoded Hirst will long be cause for caustic comments. However, despite all the disadvantages of exposition, exhibition Demian Hirst in Ukraine - a positive development, because it gives an idea of ambiguous place of the contemporary art and a half pre-crisis decade.
And the fact that the local bourgeoisie, with its parochial notions of status, forced to look at them strange art - an encouraging fact.
However, I note that for all the positive aspects of PinchukArtCentre, trouble lies in the fact that the alternatives do not exist in Ukraine. From the Ukrainian oligarchs art so no one else likes. State can not compete, it is enough to recall some misunderstanding, which was turned "Mystetsky Arsenal.
PinchukArtCentrePrize Prize for Young Ukrainian Artists majority perceives still positive, although the choice of the jury galvanized the art community. But it happens with any competition, when there is no obvious leader, but he was not.
The results - a consequence of tastes of the jury and compromise among its members. Award of the Polish Institute in the past year Alevtina Kakhidze as the best young Ukrainian artists in the past year also led to criticism.

Eugene Karas:

"If that prize supported sleek aesthetics, it is worth noting its international credibility and relevance."

Alice Lozhkina:

Results presentation PinchukArtCentrePrize, which became a big surprise for the local community, because international curators did not notice any of the young artists favorites domestic art environment. "
By and large, if and to criticize PinchukArtCentre for something, it is a serious lack of educational projects.
For comparison, Moscow "Garage" - an institution located in the same weight category as PinchukArtCentre - giving this area much more attention, in addition to lectures and discussions, there are children's programs.
For example, an exhibition by Antony Gormley issued a special booklet of visitors and mladsheshkolnogo preschool age. Formation and could counterbalance that aggressive branding PinchukArtCentre, which irritates many more glamor to visiting art exhibitions stars.

Oddly enough, and that with such a global ambitions of its founder, no magazine or Internet resource, or even program teleholdinge Viktor Pinchuk.

In search of alternatives

In 2009, gives an answer to what remains in the space of alternatives and the official organ of glamor - timid attempts at CSR NaUKMA, several lectures throughout the year made with the support of "Eidos' fund Natalia Zhevago and experiences of self-organization to implement projects in an environment of young artists.
In the latter Olesya Ostrovskaya, curator, project manager of direction "Cultural Heritage" fund of Rinat Akhmetov's Development of Ukraine sees positive developments:
"Важлива тенденція rock - прагнення художників buduvati свої власні інституції th об'єднання. Група R.E.P. ініціювала дискусійне об'єднання Hudrada, CAUTERETS складається W активістів із різних дисциплін. And Hudrada kuruvala Cultural Heritage of Georgia" Look. "
Grupa SOSka zasnuvala самоосвітню Program "Claes. Artist Alevtina Кахідзе спільно W Volodymyr Babiuk - Private міжнародну Mistetskiy резиденцію in селі Музичі pid Києвом. Varta уваги th ініціатива "LabGarazh. Ціла low проектів цього rock very освітню storage and small.

Nikita Kadan

"Important events are: The exhibition" Perspectives "organized by artistic council - curatorial team, which consists of young artists, architects, journalists, literary critics, political activists.
In such a method combining curatorial work becomes a debate in which there are different areas of knowledge and experience. On "The View" - self-organized low-budget show - there is a great potentiality, some possible way of development of the artistic situation. For Ukrainian art is - a great rarity.

Noteworthy strategy curator Vladimir Kadygroba - the use of substandard facilities, as a rule, future stores, for projects by young artists.
In fact, the symbiosis of art and PR-technologies. Artists and curators are a resource for creating the project, the owners of ennobling their brand affinity with the beautiful. Such ingenuity is welcome, but problems with the crisis areas and the lack of resources needed for non-commercial projects, it does not solve.
Short, but remember half-year existence of an alternative picture of the landscape alley LabGarage - on the one hand the most encouraging development since Wednesday around the living area there is very fast and very sad - the young artists lack the skills to fight for a place under the sun.

Art forecasts 2010

Forecasts in the art of a thankless task. Nevertheless, some experts quite confidently describe the near-future art.

Evgeni Karas: "Outside of Ukraine the situation is stable. Forecast for Ukraine is unpredictable. Positive shifts are superimposed on the market depressive and government irresponsibility. Art will continue to roll in the area of entertainment and the prevalence of market values.
Further destruction of the institutional authorities (festivals, museums, curators). Technical perfection mediocre art would make it impossible Unlike the mediocre from the deep. Places the essential pillar in the art will be displaced in the country with a varied history, survivors of war, totalitarianism and economic depression (Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Latin America).

Nikita Kadan:

"Next year will be intense international exhibition activity of young Ukrainian artists - judging by the requests received and have known my plans colleagues. I hope that will continue the process museification Ukrainian contemporary art, which in turn should lead to reforms in the museums.
From the international event promises to be interesting "8 of the Manifesto" - its curators are art and interdisciplinary teams, too, are his artistic council. "Difficult to understand what is connected with the optimism of Paul Gudimova (he predicts the emergence of private cultural institutions, not only in the capital and the emergence of several reasonable patrons ). Vladimir Kadygrob solidarity with them - will be better. Rotyburd Alexander - absolutely not: "The forecast for 2010 - the same quagmire.

Olesya Ostrovskaya:

"I think наступного rock mi pobachimo нові ініціативи to stick мистецької акції th політичного активізму. Можливо all більш помітну criticism of this type мистецької дії. And on тлі false start премії PinchukArtCenter, цікаво bude pobachiti, hto отримає Премію Malevich, Kotra scho two Rocky присуджує Polsky інститут.

Alice Lozhkina:

"I hope that in 2010 we will see a new wave of Ukrainian avant-garde, or at least witness a form of artistic medium, not just an alternative market, but the alternative weak institutionally loyal imitations of left-wing radicalism, which shoots in such a violent color blooming today in the ruins of independent national institutions.
I want to see is not political science at the colors, and real art, knocking down the power of his expression, "new wave" - a fun and passionarnym, that we lack Ukrainian art. "
I believe that the Ukrainian art lacks diversity. The greater the variety of projects as a liberal and a leftist ideology, the greater will be galleries, foundations, and, most importantly, self-experiments in artistic environment, the more likely the emergence of "strong" Ukrainian art. http://www.artukraine.com.ua/events/...t_i_huzhe/848/ 

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The onset of censorship, was named one of the factors in 2009.

Now that's interesting. From the complete hopelessness decided to go in the neo - nonkomformisty.
On the whole, impotent story about the joys of sex.

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Slava, the outcome of the 2009 Art in Ukraine:

On the whole, impotent story about the joys of sex.

 Something very sad, it really all that bad in the Ukrainian art market?

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random names on the Western auctions do not fall. Roitburd for $ 97 000 - this is serious ".

Perhaps it noted the "achievements" of the Royburta - a sort of "Oscar" on set and seniority let.Hodit at his age in the hopeful contestants agree not solid.
Ukrainian collector of these gains in the West neither hot nor cold. The more they there at all for people not to believe - ".. representatives Sohteby's not too kindly treated with some Ukrainian collectors - is simply not invited to a reception.
Not paying attention to this the creators of "doing" focusing exclusively on Western market with its prices, not noticing in the heat that their creations are secondary to the west and not interesting.
Cheap prize Pinchuk (compared with the wedge on the western "masters") fueling this aping the process (in the literal and figurative sense) - that's joy!
They, all in the head with one cliche!
Exception-A. Gnilitskiy.

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The only exception was the A. Gnilitskiy.

It's a pity he left so early such talented people. Here is the job I like.

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Kiev, PinchukArtCentre
Sergei Bratkov. Wow! 2008
Great solo project born in Kharkov, and a resident of Moscow, a remarkable artist Sergei Bratkov. As it is written in a pamphlet, "Bratkov shows its heroes as observers of their own destinies, sometimes living in an imaginary world and are often forced to reconcile its present with the collective past." And it's true. Note: a media preview of the exhibition (as Subodh Gupta and exhibitions, see below) as early as Thursday, January 21, at 12 o'clock.
On March 21
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Subodh Gupta. The exhibition presents the Indian superstar, the author of the very giant shiny skull, which struck the imagination of visitors from the collection of Pinot in the "Garage". Installations and objects.
On March 21

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the only thing you can talk and what you can build forecasts - is the participation of artists in the auction. everything else - his finger to the sky

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Also agree that Roitburd 97 tysch seniority. In fact, his colleagues - Gnilitskiy, Mamsikov - much more interesting from the standpoint of contemporary art. Roitburd normally would have looked in the Ukrainian National Museum - no further