«New Ukrainian sculpture» and the direction of contemporary Ukrainian art

Abstract

Galina Sklyarenko’s monograph “New Ukrainian Sculpture” (Kyiv: Abramovych.Art; ArtHuss, 2021. 304 p.: il.), characterized in the article, presents the modern consumer of artistic forms of plastic with a conceptual justification, the effectiveness of the conceptual ideas laid down in the basis of the publication, their relevance for current visual practice and scientific importance for elucidating ways of further movement of forms of Modern Ukrainian Sculpture. The article examines the nature and degree of applicability of the concept of “full-value” in relation to the art analysis of modern sculpture, and also highlights two lines of visualization of concepts in the works of artists represented in the book by H. Sklyarenko: Narrative and Provocative. It is shown that the creative style of N. Bilyk, Dm. Grek, P. Gronsky, V. Protosenya, D. Shumikhin can be attributed to the first line; to the second line — the creative manner of Ye. Zigura, O. Zolotaryov and I. Novgorodov. It is claimed that the effectiveness of the conceptual idea, which is the basis of the publication, its relevance and scientific importance for clarifying the ways of the further movement of the forms of Modern Ukrainian Sculpture, correlates with the conceptual ideas of individual authors whose work is represented by this publication. The merits of the publication, its necessity, the urgency to advance into the public consciousness the phenomena related to the understanding of the narratives of the modern era and their visualization in the voluminous material of the sculpture, cannot be doubted, and the interest in the book that has manifested itself since its release, even in difficult conditions wartime, testifies to its great cultural and scientific importance.