A sculpture displayed at a Great Sculpture Exhibition on March, 2010 in Kyiv
The fourth Great Sculpture Exhibition that annually represents masterpieces of world-known geniuses and bright palette of modern Ukrainian sculpture, was opened on March 1, 2010 at the Ukrainskyi Dim, Kyiv. The main event of the Great Sculpture Exhibition 2010 to be an exposition of sculpture of art deco star Demetre Chiparus and a British collection of one of the world-famous Ukrainian sculptor Gregor Kruk. Besides, the Great Sculpture Exhibition represents a large scale exposition of wooden sculpture titled Wooden sculpture on the edge of centuries by Mykola Stepanov, Poman Petruk, Mykola Kryvenko, Mykola Malyshko, Oleksandr Babak and Tamara Babak, Oleksandr Ridnyi, Hanna Ivanova and 40 presentation expositions of modern Ukrainian sculptors. Furthermore, the Ukrainskyi Dim hosts special projects of leading Ukrainian galleries and curators. They are Freedom or death. Anarchocats against transformers-2 (the battle continues) by Union of free artists (curator Antin Mykharskyi, Ivan Semesiuk, CYI TOTEM represented by Stas Voliazlovskyi and Max Afanasiev ) and the Realities represented by collection gallery (curator - Dmytro Dulfan). The Great Sculpture Exhibition as an effective tool for popularization of modern sculpture is a bright reflection of plastic art development tendencies and somehow the native art-environment evolution as well. For the last four years the Great Sculpture Exhibition has become an important link in a process of art-market development. Topicality of the art-fair is confirmed by public attention and the great interest of mass media (during the exhibition Ukrainian House is attended by tens of thousands of connoisseurs, the event is reviewed by about two hundreds of media) and – what is the most important – by stirring up of creative activity of the majority of Ukrainian sculptors who stayed behind the native art-stage during the last fifteen years.
Size: 3421px × 5110px
Location: The National Centre "Ukrainian House" [Ukrainskyi Dim], Khreschatyk Str., Kyiv, Ukraine
Photo credit: © Oleksandr Rupeta / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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