Ternopil: Stepan Barna took part in the opening of the exhibition of Ivan Marchuk
Solo exhibition of one of the world's most famous Ukrainian artists, a native of Ternopil Ivan Marchuk – opened in the exhibition hall of regional organization of Union of artists of Ukraine. Here are the paintings of the cycles "the Voice of my soul", "Landscape", "White planet 1", "White planet 2", "still life", "New" expression, "Look into Infinity". Came to the opening of the exhibition the Chairman of regional state administration, Stepan Barna. "For us, Ivan Marchuk is a living legend - said the head of the edge. We are proud of having such a compatriot. I wish You good health. of strength and inspiration for creativity. After all, those will be contributing to the development of our country's image, and Ternopil region in particular." Stepan Barna noted that 2016 will be the year of Ivan Marchuk in the region. To create is like breathing, says nearly 80-year-old artist. However, not always been easy. Said that throughout his life he did not have a workshop. However, this did not prevent Ivan Marchuk to be the national artist of Ukraine, laureate of National prize of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko. He - honorary citizen of the cities of Kyiv and Ternopil, a member of the Golden Guild of the Roman Academy of contemporary art. The artist was born in the Ternopil region in sec. Moskalivka of Lanovetsky district, studied at the Lviv school of decorative art. In the mid-1960s, Ivan Marchuk arrived in Kiev, but later emigrated to Australia, lived in Canada and the USA. Now lives and works in Kiev. In the asset master about 5,000 paintings, which are on all the continents of the world. For half a century of creative activity he performed more than 50 150 monographic and collective exhibitions. In 2007, as one of the 100 geniuses that made the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph. The artist's creative heritage consists of more than 4000 works and more than 100 personal exhibitions. Is the founder of new styles in art, including the "platanista" (the name of the artist jokingly gave to his style — from the word "to weave", "plantati": paintings, though created from glomeruli fancy threads). This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
