The personality of Oleander Aksinin through the retrospective of his close circle

Abstract

The following Article is devoted to one of the most interesting and probably least studied Ukrainian Soviet artists of the second half of the 20th century, Oleander Aksinin. It is impossible to look at his creative heritage without including the context of his life. The portrait of the artists being recreated through the description of the historical sources and memories of his friends and acquaintances. The totalitarian environment, where O. Aksinin lived and worked in, was absolutely unacceptable for him. It was mirrored in his rejection of compromise between his principles, spiritual beliefs and governmental institutions as representatives of ideological attitudes. For a wide understanding of the realities of life path and creativity of O. Aksinin quite important is his inner emigration. To achieve a wide understanding of Aksinin’s lifepath and creativity it is important to consider the state of inner emigration, that he went through. The result was a complete disregard by the state and the society. None the less his sensitivity for the reality he lived in, his intelligence and the depth of his humanistic principles made his artistic workout standing.