Press-releases
19.01.2007
PinchukArtCentre Opens a New GENERATIONS.UsA Exhibition
On the 19th of January 2007, at 12:00, PinchukArtCentre presented the exhibition GENERATIONS.UsA- a new project of young Ukrainian and American artists.
The opening ceremony started with "unwrapping of a huge gift" - an installation, created by a noted Ukrainian artist Iliya Chichkan by the PinchukArtCentre façade.
GENERATIONS.UsA is the first exhibition that brings together in one place works of young artists from Ukraine (UA) and the United States of America (USA). Its main goal is to provide a general review of contemporary art in both countries, while focusing on the new and most interesting phenomena. Alexander Soloviov, one of the curators of GENERATIONS.UsA, believes that such exhibitions "provide young authors with the opportunity to compare themselves with others and find their own spot within the generation. This is a quite unique situation, when such works are exhibited at the same time at the same place! "
The countries are represented by 12 Ukrainian artists (including 2 art duos): Stanislav Volyazlovsky, Kseniya Gnylytska and Lada Nakonechna, Mykyta Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Olena Polyashchenko, Mykola Ridny, Bella Logacheva, Oleksander Semenov, Lesya Khomenko, Masha Shubina; and 8 Americans: Dzine, Faile, Kozyndan, Shepard Fairey, Naomi Fisher, Ryan McGinness, Ed Templeton, Swoon. They work in different art genres: paintings, graphics, sculpture photos, video, wall pictures and installations.
Peter Doroshenko, recently appointed as the president of PinchukArtCentre, emphasizes that in the future, the Center's projects will impress not only Ukraine but the world. «In two or three years, we expect to become one of the best European art centres. We will exhibit the best Ukrainian artists, create the context for them, show them abroad. These will be high rank exhibitions that would be recognized "different", innovative not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe and all over the world» - Peter Doroshenko said.
The exhibition GENERATIONS.UsA is open daily (except Monday) from 19 January till 25 March 2007 at PinchukArtCentre from 12:00 to 21:00. The entry is free.
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PinchukArtCentre is one of the biggest contemporary art centres in the Eastern Europe. . Its main activities include running exhibition, support for cultural projects, stipend granting to talented artists, etc. The first "New Space" exhibition, opened at PinchukArtCentre from September 16th to December 16th 2006, has been attended by 35 000 persons.
PinchukArtCentre address: 2a, Basseyna Str, Bessarabska square, Kyiv
Official web page of PinchukArtCentre: www.pinchukartcentre.org
Tel.: + 38 044 590 08 58
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