The fountain of fantasies promises lyrical abstractions of Pavlo Kerestey. Ukrainian abstractionism, I think, is older than Kandinsky and Mondrian. Its origins can be seen at least in national embroidery, in the painting of Easter eggs. However, during the owl’s “night before Christmas” of perestroika, abstractionism was treated as scribbles worthy of monkeys. Still, THIS art existed clandestinely. It surfaced, for example, at exhibitions of Ivan Marchuk and others. Even the Ukrainian aircraft designer, the famous Oleg Antonov, was the author of secret abstractions… Finally, in the autumn of 1988, abstractionism and non-figurativism legally visited Kyiv within the framework of Dr. Firestone’s collection “Contemporary Art of Canada.” Therefore, the works of P. Kerestey are perceived more as having a traditional foundation (although his mother earth Demeter is immaterial) than as aesthetic extremism.Тип коментаря: Опублікований коментар
Автор: Игорь Кручик
Бібліографія:
Introductory article by Ihor Kruchyk to the catalog 21 poglyad // 21 view: Young contemporary Ukrainian artists [catalog]: 1989 – pp.4-8.
Sources: 21 view: Young contemporary Ukrainian artists [catalog]: 1989 – 98 p.
