The uniqueness of Klimenko’s system lies in the fact that his creative “crucible” presents cultural and artistic achievements from both the West and the East, and the above-mentioned formal identities have the right to exist in creativity. Klimenko only under the imperative condition of their fusion with the “inner necessity” of the artist to seek the truth, the hidden meaning of existence, relying on the spiritual traditions of the Eastern school of spiritual vision.Comment type: Published comment
Author: Marina Protas, art critic, leading researcher at the Institute of Contemporary Art Problems of AMU
Bibliography:
Klimenko O. Passionarity as a principle of being / Contemporary Art of Ukraine during the Independence Period: 100 Names // Oleksandr Klimenko. // – Kyiv: Publishing House “Mysl”, 2008. – P.124-127
