The exhibition “PARKOMUNA. Place. Community. Phenomenon” is the result of the long-term work of the Research Platform team at PinchukArtCentre. The exhibition explores the activities of artists who were in one way or another connected with the squat “Parkomuna,” more precisely with the area near the then Paris Commune Street (now Mykhailivska Street), where artist squats and studios existed (1989 – 1994).
From a historical perspective, the exhibition raises questions about the significance of place for the formation of an artist community, about the interactions within the community and their connection with the external cultural environment. The exhibition will feature artworks, photographs, videos, and archival materials related to the creativity and lives of such artists as Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, Oleg Holosiy, Dmytro Kavsan, Oleksandr Klymenko, Yuriy Solomko, Valeriya Trubina, Vasyl Tsaholov and many others.
Moreover, with the opening of the exhibition “PARKOMUNA. Place. Community. Phenomenon” a powerful public program will be launched. The series of events aims to systematically highlight the results of the Research Platform’s work on the exhibition’s theme and explain the specifics of Parkomuna as a place, community, and phenomenon.
The public program will include lectures, meetings with artists, round tables, and discussions involving key figures of the Ukrainian art scene of the early 90s. We also plan several special events with special guests, whose names will be announced later. Additionally, our new film program “Life of Bohemia” will be connected with the everyday life of iconic artistic groups of the 20th century. Immediately after the opening, there will be a curatorial tour with the participation of Tetiana Kochubinska and Kseniia Malykh, during which the curators will introduce us to the exhibition, the presented works, and their authors. And on October 21, we will meet for an anthropological discussion “Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’Roll: Cultural Protest and Freedom of the 90s”.
Curators: Tetiana Kochubinska, national curator of PinchukArtCentre and scientific consultant of the research department. Kseniia Malykh, curator of the Closer art center and co-founder of OK Projects.
Scientific consultant: Oleksandr Soloviov, curator, art historian.
A walk with Oleksandr Solovyov, September 14, 2016, video, 35′ 22” Created on commission by PinchukArtCentre; Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, Nataliya Filonenko, Maksym Mamsikov, Carrying the Coffin, 1992 video, 15’ 15’’ performance documentation
Vasyl Tsagolov, b. 1957, Pere Lachaise on Karl Marx, or The Shooting of the Paris Communards, 1993, performance photo documentation by Mykola Troha (1961–2007). Provided by the artist
Oleksandr Roitburd, Movement Towards the Sea (Ship of Fools), 1988, canvas, oil. Provided by the Exhibition Directorate of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine
The exhibition uses materials from the private archives of Oleksandr Solovyov, Dmytro Kavsan, Kyrylo Protsenko, and Arsen Savadov
The exhibition uses materials from the private archives of Oleksandr Solovyov, Dmytro Kavsan, Kyrylo Protsenko, and Arsen Savadov.
Pavlo Kerestey, b. 1962, Artist, paint me a picture, 1990–1992, performance, series of paintings: canvas, oil Provided by Zenko Foundation; Dmytro Kavsan, b. 1964, Imitation of Shoe Cream, 1990, door, oil, cream tubes. Provided by the artist
Dmytro Kavsan, The Entry of Mary into the Temple, 1988 canvas, oil. Provided by the artist
Yuriy Solomko, b. 1962, Secret Kiss, 1991, offset laminated map on canvas, oil. Private collection of Nataliya Zabolotna
Yuriy Solomko, b. 1962, Rewriting Anew, 1992, paper on canvas, oil. Provided by the artist
Dmytro Kavsan, The Great Dwarf, 1991, canvas, oil. Provided by the artist
Leonid Vartivanov, 1966–2006, Sincerely you, 1993, relief, casting, metal chain, LEDs. Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv
Dmytro Kavsan, b. 1964, Attempt of a Minuet on the Ruins, 1989 canvas, oil. Provided by the artist
Oleh Holosiy, 1965–1993, Those Who Run from the Thunderstorm, 1989 canvas, oil; In the Hammock, 1991 canvas, oil
Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, 1961–2009, AH (From the Life of Futurists), 1990, canvas, oil. Provided by the artist’s family; Oleksandr Roitburd, b. 1961, Hymn to Demons and Heroes, 1989, canvas, oil. Provided by the artist
Valeriya Trubina, b. 1966, Heavenly Choir, 1989 canvas, oil, enamel. Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv
Materials related to the work of Arsen Savadov and Heorhiy Senchenko “The Sorrow of Cleopatra”
Oleh Holosiy, 1965–1993, Portrait of the Poet Ligeiros, 1992, canvas, oil. Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv; The Angel Has Come, 1992 canvas, oil Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv
Oleksandr Klymenko, b. 1963, Conversation about Silence, 1992, canvas, oil. Private collection of Slava Stoyanov
Maksym Mamsikov, b. 1968, Nora, 1992, canvas, oil. Private collection of A.V. Bereznyakov
Valeriya Trubina, b. 1966, She Who Enters the Shadow, 1991, canvas, oil. Private collection of Petro Bahriy
Illia Isupov, b. 1971, Untitled, 1993, etching. Provided by the artist
Illia Chichkan, Elevated, 1992, canvas, oil. Private collection of Petro Bahriy
Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, 1961–2009, Untitled, early 1990s paper, ink. Provided by the artist’s family
Oleh Holosiy, 1965–1993, Muse (Trip), 1991, canvas, oil
Maksym Mamsikov, b. 1968, Lantern, 1994, canvas, oil. Private collection of A.V. Bereznyakov; Valeriya Trubina, b. 1966, Winter Memory of the Admiral, 1991, canvas, oil. Private collection of Petro Bahriy
Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, 1961–2009, Untitled, early 1990s paper, ink. Provided by the artist’s family
Andriy Kazandzhiy, b. 1970, Katya’s Eyelashes, early 1990s canvas, oil. Private collection of Anatoliy Dymchuk
Vasyl Tsagolov, b. 1957, From the series “World Without Ideas”, 1992, digital print. Provided by the artist
Arsen Savadov (b. 1962), Heorhiy Senchenko (b. 1962) On the Death of Holosiy, 1993 video, 50’. Provided by the artists
Oleh Holosiy, 1965–1993, Eyes, 1992, canvas, oil. Collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine
Kyrylo Protsenko, Lighter, 1992 canvas, oil, provided by the artist
Maksym Mamsikov, Death of Buratino, 1992, canvas, oil, provided by the author
Valeriya Trubina
Шарфик Ганса, 1991, полотно, олія
приватна колекція Петра Багрія
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