On December 8, 2023,
the traditional "Art readings to the birthday of O.O.Osmerkin" on the
topic: "Ukrainian symbolism in still lifes of compatriot artists" took
place in the O.O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum for the 131st anniversary
of the artist's birthday and teacher Oleksandr Osmerkin.
The scientific and artistic educational project "Artistic
readings to the birthday of O.O.Osmerkin" is held annually on the
birthday of O.O.Osmerkin according to the old calendar style on November
26 or the day before, since December 8 is the birthday of O.O.Osmerkin
according to the new calendar style, celebrations are held in the museum
on the occasion of the presentation of the Oleksandr Osmerkin regional
prize in the field of fine arts and art history.
The purpose of the event is to involve students and teachers
of higher educational institutions of art and humanitarian profile,
students and teachers of art schools in the scientific research and
popularization of the work of the world-famous artist and teacher
O.O.Osmerkin, architectural activities of Yakiv Pauchenko and urban
planners Yelysavethrad (Kropyvnytskyi), countrymen artists - graduates
and teachers of the Evening Drawing Classes of Yelisavethrad Zemstvo
Real School, works of modern Ukrainian artists - laureates of regional
art awards named after Oleksandr Osmerkin and in the field of
architecture, heraldry and vexillology and decorative and applied arts
named after Yakiv Pauchenko.
The priority task of the event is to provide an opportunity
for students and pupils to publicly implement the results of their
scientific research on the history of the development of the fine arts
of Kirovohrad region, as well as to increase the role and authority of
the O.O.Osmerkin Memorial Art Museum in scientific and educational art
studies.
The format of the event is a conference.
In 2023, taking into account the Decree of the President of
Ukraine dated 06.11.2023 No. 734/2023 "On the extension of the martial
law in Ukraine", the temporary suspension of receiving materials for the
Olexandr Osmerkin regional award in the field of fine arts and art
history in compliance with the order of the head of the Kirovohrad
regional of the Council dated 31.03.2022 No. 84-gr "On the suspension of
the acceptance of competition materials for winning regional prizes" and
the corresponding restrictions on holding mass events, the scientific
and educational project "Artistic readings for the birthday of
O.O.Osmerkin" on the topic: "Ukrainian Symbolism in still lifes of
countrymen artists" to the 131st anniversary of the birth of the artist
and teacher Oleksandr Osmerkin is held on December 8 by correspondence
and remotely on the museum's website in the "Selected events" section.
The participants of this year's readings are: students of the
Department of Art Education of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and
Arts of the Central Ukrainian State University named after Volodymyr
Vynnychenko and the "Architecture and Urban Planning" specialty of the "Architecture
and Management" Department of the Kropyvnytskyi Construction Vocational
College, their teachers - Candidate of Art Studies Olena Kyrychenko and
a teacher of special disciplines of architecture Hanna Kuzmenko, museum
scientists - chief custodian of the funds of the Museum of Musical
Culture named after K.Szymanowski Olena Klassova, leading researcher of
the department of the communal facility "Museum of Art of the Kirovohrad
Regional Council" - working group of the regional editorial board of the
volume of the encyclopedic publication "Collection of Monuments of
History and Culture in Kirovohrad region" member of the National Union
of Artists and Architects of Ukraine Iryna Kukharenko and specialists of
the O.O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum.
The topic of the art readings "Ukrainian symbolism in the
still lifes of country artists" was not chosen by chance. In the
conditions of a full-scale war, Ukraine itself became a symbol of
indomitability and struggle for freedom for the entire civilized world.
And the treasury of Ukrainian symbols was replenished with new symbols
of stability, heroic resistance, courage, care, respect and love. We
hold on to them, remember them during air raid sirens, create memes. And
it is they who give us confidence in the Victory of Ukraine.
Ukrainian art is filled with symbols that from generation to
generation became a form of language that conveyed information important
for the well-being of people and their coexistence with the surrounding
world. Ukrainian symbolism combines pagan and Christian elements that
create a synthesis expressed in the national worldview, customs,
traditions, folklore, and art. Thanks to ancient symbols and charms, the
Ukrainian people preserve their ancestral memory, history, and culture.
"Despite the powerful globalization trends that have become
dominant in intercultural relationships since the second half of the
20th century and significantly affect the development of modern art,
which is largely becoming unified, standardized and devoid of
ethno-national features, Ukrainian visual practice, aware of its
European belonging, to a large extent retains its powerful symbolic
basis, which is determined by the peculiarities of Ukrainian culture", -
notes the well-known Ukrainian art critic, member of the National Union
of Artists of Ukraine, associate professor of the Department of Ethics,
Aesthetics and Cultural Studies of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National
University, doctor of philosophy Svitlana Stoian in in her scientific
article "Symbolism in the Ukrainian fine art of the 21st century in the
context of culture". |
