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ARCADIA OLENSKA-PETRYSHYN SUMMER ART SCENE IN KYYIV As is generally known, artistic activity in most big cities usually slows down during summer months. In many countries such activity flourishes in summer artis tic colonies, where artists congregate, work in their stu dios and exhibit their works in seasonal galleries. Pos sibly due to a lack of such summer colonies in Ukraine, the artistic activity in Kyyiv seemed to continue at its normal pace. In some exhibition facilities, particularly in the Ukrainian House and in the State Museum of Ukrainian Art, openings of shows were held weekly and in some instances even more frequently. The exhibits included individual presentations as well as group shows of his torical, ethnographic, photographic, special techniques (as painting on glass) and many others. Some of the most memorable exhibits of last summer included a show entitled “Saved for Ukraine” which was held at the Ukrainian House. The exhibit included trea sures, mostly from the Ukrainian past, which were inter cepted by customs officials. It presented costly icons, old manuscripts, coins and the decorative arts. The exhibit made a strong impression, not only with the richness of the displayed objects, but also because of the realization by viewers that all those treasures could have been forever lost for Ukraine. There were many interesting exhibits which revealed some strong artistic traditions of Ukraine. One of these, entitled “Conversations with Trypillya”, which was held at the Taras Shevchenko Museum, was a group show by contemporary artists from Lviv who incorporated stylis tic elements of Trypillya in their works. A show entitled “Contemporary Painting on Glass” actually displayed a strong connection with old Ukrainian painterly tradi tions. Some other exhibits included “Petrykivsky Ros- pys”, a painterly style from the Dnipropetrovsk region, which has also been practiced for many generations and a show of primitivists entitled “Triannual of Naive Art”, which showed strong ties to Ukrainian folk art. The summer art scene also included many one- person as well as group shows of contemporary artists, some of which were held in newly opened art galleries. Although many of these exhibits included works which lacked originality, there were some avantgarde shows which made a strong impression, as that of Alexander Sukholit, whose sculptures were reminiscent of memor ial stones in an open field. An exhibit of Ivan Marchuk, entitled “New Impressions” presented abstract paintings and revealed another facet of the creativity of the artist. Considering the abundance of exhibits this summer in Kiev it was particularly disappointing that there were not only no critical reviews, but very little information in the press about artistic activity in general. Without art criticism contemporary artists in Ukraine seem free to display works which appear to be innovative but actu ally repeat ideas which have been exhausted a long time ago in Western art. This is especially troubling because adequate press coverage could stimulate cultural en richment in the still isolated Ukraine. Media attention can encourage habitual gallery visits and create a com munity of art connoisseurs who, by their interest in exhibits, help further developments in the arts. Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn and Prof. Volodymyr Petryshyn after the opening of the Donetsk exhibit (1992). Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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