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Ukrainian Underground
Ukrainian underground was a movement in Ukraine's Soviet period from the late 1950s through the early 1990s. This art form was banned by several totalitarian countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR. It was also known under other names, such as unofficial art, nonconformism, and dissident art. It ended due to the Perestroika reform movement, which led to Ukrainian independence in 1991. After the Soviet Union collapsed, similar counter-cultural processes developed under the names of "alternative" or "marginal" art. The avant-garde ideas of underground art were picked up and developed by the next generation of the Ukrainian New Wave. "Underground," in this context, refers to creativity that is directed towards self-expression of the individual or artistic groups, in contrast to the philosophical, ethical, and aesthetic codes of the mainstream. Ukrainian underground literature was published by the authors themselves and these dissident publications were known as samizdat. Undergr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Sychov
Stanislav Sychov (ru: Сычёв, Станислав Иванович) (December 19, 1937, Odessa, USSR – September 2, 2003, Odessa, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian artist, one of the founders of the Odessa school unofficial (underground) art. Biography Stanislav Sychov was born on December 19, 1937, in Odessa. He graduated from the Odessa Art School in 1960. Many critics believe that organized in 1967 "Fence exhibition" of young artists and Stanislav Sychev and Valentin Khrushch on the fence of the Odessa Opera House marked the beginning of the "Odessa nonconformism". This show lasted only three hours. In 1970 took part in the informal exhibitions in Odessa and Moscow. In 1989 he participated in the international exhibition "Impreza" in Ivano-Frankivsk. In 1989, 1994 - Personal exhibition at the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odessa. A significant amount of work is in private collections in Munich, Paris, London, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco San Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Zalevsky
Nicholas Zalevsky (born February 19, 1951, Kiev, Ukraine) — Ukrainian and American figurative painter. His works have been associated with Magic realism, Photorealism and Surrealism. He started his career as a Soviet Nonconformist Artist (ukrainian underground) opposing the then dominant to Soviet Socialist realism. He had to create art in the underground. From 1991 he works out of West Hartford, Connecticut, USA, with regular visits to his native city. Awards * First Place of an international on-line Art-competition.net —«Scapes-2018 * Museum of Russian Art, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States — Best Picture Award, 2012 * West Hartford, Connecticut Art League, United States — Best Picture Award, 2011 * The Canton's Gallery, Canton, Connecticut, United States, — Best Picture Award, 1995 Biography Nicholas Zalewsky was born on February 19, 1951 in Kiev, Ukraine, to an ethnically mixed family of a Ukrainian mother and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Kosin
Yuri Kosin ( uk, Косін Юрій Олекса́ндрович; 26 September 1948 – 24 October 2022) was a Ukrainian photographer, lecturer, curator of exhibitions, and traveler. Kosin was a member of the National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine, tutor and curator at the Independent Academy of the Photographic Arts of Ukraine, organizer and curator of the "Eksar" photo gallery, Ukraine. He was also a member of the "Kulturforum" association and the artistic studio "Kulturwerkstatt Trier", Germany. He was a permanent member of the TV Ukrainian program "Svoimi ochima" (eyewitness) dedicated to travel and tourism. Kosin was named one of the experts in photography criticism in Ukraine in expert poll conducted in 2011 and was a participant of the Ukrainian New Wave. Biography Kosin was born on 26 September 1948 in Kompaniivka, at the time in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (today in the Kirovohrad Oblast of central Ukraine). In 1974 he graduated from the Kiev Polytech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glib Viches
Hlib Vysheslavskyi ( uk, Гліб Вишеславський; french: Glib Viches ; born on 6 May 1962 in Kyiv, Ukraine, USSR) — is a Ukrainian artist; art historian, he holds a PhD in art theory and history (2014), and is a member of the International Union of Artists «Sztuka bez Granic» (Kraków) and the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He is an author of art in painting, graphics, photo, video, installation and scientific research of contemporary art. Representative of Ukrainian New Wave. Glib's art works are presented at the Menton Pales Carnoles Museum (France), National Art Museum of Ukraine, Sumy Art Museum (Ukraine), in the Sarajevo Museum of Contemporary Art (Croatia) etc. Biography and creation Hlib Vysheslavskyi was born in Kyiv on 6 May 1962. In 1980, Hlib graduated from the Shevchenko State Art School, Kyiv, Ukraine. Then he continued studies in «Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts», (Paris) (1989–1993). He was trained in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by population within city limits, seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe. It is home to many High tech, high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of Transport in Kyiv, public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During History of Kyiv, its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavs, Slavic settlement on the great trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. It was named in honour of Leo, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great of Poland. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918, for a short time, it was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Between the wars, the city was the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea (650–690 km) making it the most inland city in this part of Europe. It is the administrative center of Zakarpattia Oblast (region), as well as the administrative center of the Uzhhorod Raion (district) within the oblast. Population: Name The city's earliest known name is ''Ungvár'', from Hungarian ''Ung'' ( River Uzh) and ''vár'' "castle, fortress", originally referring to a castle outside the city (probably Nevytske Castle). The name ''Uzhhorod'' was coined in early 19th century Slavophile circles as a literal translation of the name ''Ungvár''. The city officially adopted this name some time after 1920, under Czechoslovak administration. The names of the city also include: en, link=no, Uzhgorod (before 1996); rue, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasyl Yermylov
Vasyl Dmytrovych Yermylov ( uk, Василь Дмитрович Єрмилов) (1894–1968) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist and designer.'Єрмилов', «''Словник Художників України''» ("Dictionary of Ukrainian Artists"), Головна редакція Української Радянської Енциклопедії — Київ 1973 His genres included cubism, constructivism, and neo-primitivism. Biography * Vasyl Yermylov was born 22 March 1894 in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. * In 1910 he studied at the ''School for Applied Art'' in Kharkiv, and had lessons in the studio of Eduard Steinberg, having an interest in fresco painting and mosaic work. * From 1911 to 1912 he was a member of the ''Golubaya Liliya'' (Blue Lily) in Kharkiv. * In 1912 he attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In the same year he met Vladimir Mayakovsky and David Burliuk. * In 1913 he had training in the studios of Ilya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagrich Bakhchanyan
Vagrich (Vahrij) Hakobi (Akopovich) Bakhchanyan (russian: Ва́грич Ако́пович Бахчаня́н; uk, Ва́грiч Ако́пович Бахчаня́н; hy, Վահրիճ Հակոբի Բախչանյան; May 23, 1938 in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine – November 12, 2009 in New York City, United States) was a Ukrainian graphic artist and designer of Armenian heritage. He was a Soviet nonconformist and Ukrainian underground artist, and conceptual writer and poet working in the Russian language. Biography He was born to an ethnic Armenian family in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where he grew up, studied and began painting. In the mid-1960s he moved to Moscow, where he worked at ''Literaturnaya Gazeta''. In 1974 Bakhchanyan emigrated to United States, and lived in New York City, where he was active in the literary and art scene. There he collaborated with Russian and Soviet émigré writers Sergei Dovlatov, Alexander Genis, and Naum Sagalovsky, among others. He illustrated the last s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kharkiv "never had eastern-western conflicts" ''Euronews'' (23 October 2014) Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic Sloboda Ukraine, Slobozhanshchyna region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion. The latest population is Kharkiv was founded in 1654 as Kharkiv fortress, and after these humble beginnings, it grew to be a major centre of industry, trade and Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den (newspaper)
''Den ( uk, День, ''The Day'') is a Kyiv-based daily broadsheet newspaper. The newspaper is published in three languages: Ukrainian, Russian and English. History and profile ''Den'' was founded in 1996. Larysa Ivshyna is the paper's editor-in-chief. The paper was linked to former prime minister Yevhen Marchuk, her husband. The paper is also notable for its annual photography contest, being the main photo event in Ukraine. ''Den'' is a member of UAPP The Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (UAPP) is a voluntary non-governmental and non-profit organization of the publishers of periodic press – periodic print publications (newspapers and magazines). UAPP announced its foundation on Mar .... References External links Official website ) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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