In the USA, the Zelensky couple opened an exhibition of Alexandra Ekster
Meeting with the Ukrainian community at the exhibition of Oleksandra Ekster.
Office of the President of Ukraine
On Tuesday, September 24, the Ukrainian Museum in New York opened an exhibition of the Ukrainian avant-garde artist Aleksadry Exter. The President attended the official screening of the exposition Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the first lady Olena Zelenska.
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This was announced by the First Lady of Ukraine.
This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in North America. Viewers from all over the world are offered to get acquainted with the iconic works of Oleksanda Ekster from 1913 to 1934. Among them are 30 paintings and works on paper with early abstractions, sketches for the theater. A separate art catalog was also created for the exhibition.
All exhibits at the exhibition were collected in cooperation with American and Ukrainian museums and private collectors.
In addition, together with the exhibition “Olexandra Ekster: the stage is the world”, the exposition of her contemporaries and other Ukrainian artists “Volya: Ukrainian Modernism” was opened. Works were presented there Oleksandr Arkhipenko, David Burlyuk, Oleksandr Bogomazov, Maria Sinyakova, Vasyl Yermylov and others.
The exhibition is dedicated to the avant-garde artist Oleksandra Ekster and her outstanding works for cinema and theatre.
Office of the President of Ukraine
“All these people created new art that influenced their country, the whole world and us, the descendants, even if we don’t realize it. This is the “soft power” of creativity – becoming part of whole communities and peoples for ages.” , – wrote Olena Zelenska.
Both exhibitions can be visited from September 27 on January 19, 2025.
Volodymyr Zelenskyi also met with the Ukrainian community in New York. The conversation was moderated by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA Oksana Markarova.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA Oksana Markarova and Volodymyr Zelenskyi at the opening of the exhibition.
Office of the President of Ukraine
“We are grateful for their visit and support of Ukrainian art and culture. Together we preserve our history, celebrate our identity and look to a bright future“, they wrote on the museum’s official page.
Ukrainian decolonization in the world
Many Ukrainian artists at one time began to be appropriated by Russia. Yes, only the Russian avant-garde began to be attributed to creativity all over the world Davyd Burliuk, Oleksanda Ekster, Vasyl Yermilov, Kazimir Malevich and many other artists. Therefore, the main priority for Ukrainian cultural institutions was to return to them the Ukrainian identity and representation in the Ukrainian context. For decades, they were suppressed and appropriated by Russian imperialism.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the world’s leading museums have begun to rethink the heritage of Ukrainian artists and sign them correctly. Yes, in particular thanks to the research of the journalist and author UP. Culture of Anna LodyginaFinland’s largest art museum Ateneum changed the signature of nationality under the name of the artist Ilya Repin from Russian to Ukrainian.
In the spring of 2023, the Stuttgart Staatsgalerie Museum updated the information about the representative of the Ukrainian avant-garde, the artist Oleksandra Ekster, and removed the signature “Russian artist”. Also, other museums began to celebrate the works of Aivazovsky, Kuindzhi, and Malevich for their Ukrainian origin.
During 2023, the exposition of Ukrainian modernists traveled through Europe “In the epicenter of the storm”: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s“and the avant-garde exhibition”Futurism: Ukraine and the avant-garde“.
