Exhibition “Equinox”

22

March

2019

On 21 March 2019, in the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life it was opened an exhibition of metal sculptures under the title “Equinox”. The organizers of the exhibition are the creative studio “Three Ivan”, public organization “Association for the promotion of education and culture “LIK”, Art Centre “Kublo”. The exhibition is part of a coherent project, which will include presentations and open tours.

On 21 March 2019, in the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life it was opened an exhibition of metal sculptures under the title “Equinox”. The organizers of the exhibition are the creative studio “Three Ivan”, public organization “Association for the promotion of education and culture “LIK”, Art Centre “Kublo”. The exhibition is part of a coherent project, which will include presentations and open tours.

“Metal is difficult material. In Ukraine, everyone is used to seeing in it only a utilitarian function – fencing, canopies, and fireplace sets. And 12 artists from different cities of Ukraine will prove that high-quality contemporary sculpture can be made from metal; that this is a language in which you can speak with people – strongly, frankly and not usual”, – the organizers talk about this exhibition with such annotation, and it very accurately describes the really powerful action that takes place these days in Skansen.

As the director of the museum Vasyl Kotsan noted, in general, 12 authors presented their works in Uzhhorod, “…all of them work with metal, but everyone has their own approach and their own interpretations”.  There are the following participants of the exhibition: Yan Potrohosh, Anatolii Kryvanych, Oleh Putrashyk, Serhii Tiasko, Vasyl Havrylko from Uzhhorod, Oleksandr Buividt and Olena Smaha from Lviv, Serhii Polubotko, Marian Komar, Vasyl Hudyma from Ivano-Frankivsk, Roman Klishch from Kamianets-Podilskyi, and Ustym Fedko from Kyiv.

As art historian Mykhailo Syrokhman noted during the opening of the exhibition, he was asked to write a certain response to the exhibition, but he was lack of time. Therefore, it had to happen, the expert believes, because it is difficult to describe it in words: “Such expressive things are exhibited, so much the richness of various associations, then you shouldn’t narrow it all down and write in a subjective way on paper. It is a holiday! A holiday of forms, fantasy, an interactive holiday. The interactive is that inside the soul, there is a desire to do something, even from plasticine or paper, but the main thing is to do it. This exhibition provokes creativity, causes a feeling of admiration, it invites to cooperate! Great democracy spread here, freedom of creativity, fantasy. As a spectator I'm excited, this is the number one exhibition this season, it's undeniable!”

Interestingly, as it sounded during the opening of “Equinox”, the exhibition is part of a project designed to popularize sculpture as an art form. That is why within the framework of the exhibition there will be a number of events: on Saturday, 23 March, at 1:00  pm, the Chairman of the Board of the All-Ukrainian Union of Blacksmith Artists of Ukraine Serhii Polubotko will tell about the experience of the restoration of the old gates in Ivano-Frankivsk - will present the project “Frankivsk, which should be preserved”. Afterward, it will be presented “Handbook of the arrangement of the city of Uzhhorod” – a practical document that tells about the rules for handling houses and their parts in the historic part of the city. At 3:00 pm on the same day and at 1:00 pm on 24 March an excursion around the exhibition is planned for architects, designers and everyone with the participation of art historian Mykhailo Syrokhman

The exhibition “Equinox” will last only until 24 March.

Photo: Nataliia Pavlyk   

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