Contemporary Art Exhibition contains the works of the following Ukrainian artists: Nazar Bilyk, Kateryna Buchatska, Igor Gusev, Zhanna Kadyrova, Ruslan Tremba, Misha Zavalnyi.
Nazar Bilyk is a contemporary sculptor who explores the boundaries of the visible space by the potentiality of sculpture. He analyses properties of the form and its interaction with space. He experiments with different materials such as bronze, steel, glass, and various polymers. Analysing, form and light, Nazar Bilyk also studies their interaction with the consciousness of the viewer, which, along with other means, becomes a plastic material for a sculptor.
Intelligent mix of tradition and innovation is a peculiar Bilyk’s feature. In his works, he addresses a human exploring relations with society and environment. Nazar often uses a converse space technique and tries to get closer to the origins of substance and shape.
Kateryna Buchatska is concerned by the fact that contemporary man-made culture gradually replaces observations and feelings with theory, which makes us lose connection with sensual experiences of the world. Through creating larger-than-life dewdrops, Buchatska draws attention to the phenomena of nature using art as a lens for its appreciation. Earlier this work has been represented in a landscape of the Kyiv Botanic garden; now it is shown in a new environment. The earlier edition of the artwork won a Special Prize for the best young artist within Kyiv Sculpture Project 2012 in Ukraine.
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Igor Gusev is represented by two of his latest works - a pair of murals made of plastic titled 'Prince of the Office' and 'Princess of the Office'. In these artworks Gusev continues the theme which he discovered through painting - a combination of abstraction and figurative art. Igor subtly and elegantly unites separate objects in a space using lines. This represents his vision of monotony from the point of view of eternity.
Gusev is one of the leading artists of his home-town and one of the most important art regions of Ukraine – Odesa. He works with performances, objects, and installations; he is a poet as well. In Odesa, Gusev headed an art-raiders movement, which became famous for its neo-Dadaist actions.
Zhanna Kadyrova works with various media such as sculpture, installation, intervention in public space and public art. Her artistic talent is localized in her ability to bring about a metaphorical transformation of various utilitarian materials – be it tile, cement, veneer paneling – into valuable objects, both literally and figuratively.
Diamonds – Kadyrova’s trademark project – consists of cement forms resembling the standard cuts of precious gems, faced with shiny, colored ceramic tiles. The exclusive, status-lending form of diamonds is manifested in one of the most commonplace materials. Transforming tile from an everyday material into an artistic one, Kadyrova creates works, ambiguous in their duality, that question the hierarchy of values in contemporary society.
Misha Zavalnyi's artworks are a wonderful combination of graphic techniques in the old tradition with observations of the modern material world. They express new content and meanings through the old style.
The series of etchings titled "Around" is dedicated to various objects that surround us in our everyday life.
Ruslan Tremba represents the Transcarpathian school of painting, which is known for its strong and exquisite traditions. It is based on a mix of Western European painting style of the early 20th century and local aesthetic ideas. "For a significant period of time, the works of Transcarpathian painters were united in aiming by gravitation towards decorativeness, as well as by the principle of realistic painting and a complex paradigm of relations to the native art of the Carpathians region”. (Lyudmila Biksey, art critic).
Tremba transforms the customs of the Transcarpathian school of art using modern techniques.
The exhibition is hold with the support of the Ukrainian Embassy in Switzerland from September 7th, 2017 to September 24th, 2017.
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Source: artukraine.com.ua, www.spaces-expo.com
