Painting in Excess : Kyiv's Art Revival, 1985-1993 / Olena Martynyuk, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martynyuk, Olena, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Ukrainian--Ukraine--Kyi¨v (Ukraine)--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Ukrainian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Summary:

The upheavals of glasnost and perestroika followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union remarkably transformed the art scene in Kyiv, launching Ukrainian contemporary art as a global phenomenon. The previously calm waters of the culturally provincial capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic became radically stirred with new and daring art made publicly visible for the first time since the avant-garde period of the early twentieth century. As artists were freed from the dictates of the fading Communist ideology and the constraints of late socialist realism, an explosion of styles emerged, creating an effect of baroque excess. This exhibition catalogue traces and documents the diverse artistic manifestations of these transitional and exhilarating years in Kyiv while providing some historical artworks for context. Published in partnership with the Zimmerli Museum.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Painting Ukrainian Perestroika: A Parade of Excesses

2. The Point of No Return: The Art of Kyiv at a Historical Crossroads

3 Back and Down to Empty Landscapes: Notes on Ukraine’s Reverse Modernism

4. Prodigal Children of Socialist Realism: New Ukrainian Art and the Soviet Art School

5. Collecting Eras: A Conversation

Artists’ Statements

Plates

Selected Bibliography

Catalogue of the Exhibition

Index of Artists in the Exhibition

Contributors

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Martynyuk, Olena Painting in Excess

ISBN:

9781978830783

OCLC:

1289369714