On November 19-27, the Lviv Sculpture Week will take place for the first time in three locations. More than 200 sculptures created in the XX-XXI centuries will be presented at the exhibition.
For a long time there has been a conversation in Lviv about the need for art in public space, in particular regarding the role of sculpture. That is why, within the framework of the parallel program of the exhibition “New Lviv Sculpture”, a round table was organized, at which the art critic Orest Golubets voiced a proposal to create a week of sculpture in order to convey to a wide audience and professionals that sculpture is, first of all, the work of an artist, and not necessarily socio-political order. The proposal was supported by Natalia Bunda, who heads the city’s development department, so everyone will be able to see the project this Saturday.
Sculptors represented: Olga Bezpalkiv, Igor Bereza, Nazar Bilyk, Oleksandr Dyachenko, Oleg Kapustyak, Igor Kovalevich, Vasyl Korchovyi, Taras Levkiv, Hanna Lysyk, Mykola Malyshko, Gia Miminoshvili, Yaroslav and Yaroslav Motyky, Roman Petruk, Volodymyr Semkiv, Oleksa Furdiyaka, Denys Shimanskyi, Ulyana Yarosevich and others.
“We mix the present and the past, the living and the dead, classics and beginners in the space. We remove sculpture from workshops, foundations and collections to show it as it is. Without attaching far-fetched concepts and words. In the format of a total installation, in a new artistic location of Lviv,” says Pavlo Gudimov, curator of the exhibition.
The main exhibition “Chaos” will be presented in the building of the old workshops of the Academy of Arts (Snopkivska St., 47).
The continuation of the program can be seen in “Ya Gallery” (8 Rustaveli St.), visiting the exhibition “New Lviv Sculpture”, as well as the work of Oleksa Furdiyak and Ihor Slobodyan “Dudinnia” on Petrushevich Square.
Organizers: Lviv National Academy of Arts and Pavel Gudimov Art Center “Ya Gallery” (with the support of the Lviv City Council).