Plain-air movement in Ukraine at the contemporary stage Cover Image

ПЛЕНЕРНИЙ РУХ В УКРАЇНІ НА СУЧАСНОМУ ЕТАПІ
Plain-air movement in Ukraine at the contemporary stage

Author(s): Oleksandr Chursin
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Aesthetics
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: painting; plener; creative work; landscape; study;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the work of numerous Ukrainan art pleners. An attempt of their classification is made. Characterising work of the main, leading pleners which began the work in the middle of the 90th years of the XX century, the article reveals their main creative orientation, features and value for development of modern plein-air landscape painting in Ukraine. The work of less-known, local pleners which also are of great importance for development of art culture of various regions of the country is considered also.In the nineties of the XX century owing to the democratization of the public relations and the release from ideological oppressions, the landscape genre gradually revives and gains new qualities. Especially it was promoted by origin of the plein-air movement at the beginning of the 2000th years. In the new conditions the landscape art is characterised by coexistense of the most different directions and tendencies.Today in Ukraine more than 60 various art pleners work with various organizational and crative problems already. Their activity and value for development of the contemporary Ukrainian landscape painting demands seriousstudying. The necessity of the detection the special nature of plein-air movement and the tendencies of its development appeared.The contemporary plein-air painting approves ideas of the direct communication with the nature. The interest tof artists in the plein-air landscape becomes a peculiar form of a protest against the negative phenemena of the modern life such as thte sharp falling of the spirituality, a global urbanization, irresponsible experiments with the nature.In the modern art critician literature there are no essential researches which would study problems of the plein-air movement, its formation and development.More than other publishing editions in Ukraine the magazine of NUAU "Fine Arts" devotes its articles to a subject of activity of pleners. In 2003–2013 it publishes a number of articles devoted to tthe work of Crimea, Zakarpatye, other regions, but they have only the general infomation character.These are A. Fedoruk, V. Petrashik, O. Zagaetska, O. Denisenko, V. Nemtsova, I. Gresik, A. Nosenko and other authors’ articles.The modern art plener movement is in a phase of active and stable development. It represents one of tthe most important sides of the development of the landscape art of our days.Many known Ukrainian artists – participants of pleners in their creative work keep and carry on the realistic traditions of the Ukrainian plein-air landscape which comes from S. Vasilcovsky, P. Levchenko, I. Trush, I. Burachek, O. Novakovsky. N. Glushenko, S. Shishko, F. Zakharov, A. Kashay and other masters.By its value the modern Ukrainian pleners can be divided to the main (leading) and local. The main pleners differ by the powerful economic base, permanent work of the known painters in them, work of groups not less than 1 month, holding the exhibitions and master classes, the edition of booklets and catalogs. These are Nemirov, Sevastopol, Mukachevo pleners, the International Repin plain-air (Chuguev), the International plener "Hortitsa through centiries" (Zaporozhye) and some other.The leading pleners set as the purpose the developing and the continuation of the realistic traditions which are seen also in a certain coexistence with other art directions.Also with the main pleners the large number of other local less known pleners works. They not always are in accordance to requirements of the main ones. But, it should be noted, that the name of these pleners – local (minor) is conditional as these numerous pleners, among which there are also noticeable, bring the contribution in the development of the modern plener movement, the art culture, regions especially remote from the centers.Among such pleners there are "Gurzufsky seasons" (Crimea), pleners in Trostyanets, Nikopol, Lebedin, Koblevo, Lutsk, Korop (The Chernigov region) and many others.Except tthe called pleners of the realistic direction there are pleners of the "abstract" direction as, for example, tthe plener "The Princely mountain" (Kiev). There are pleners which combine work of artists with a tourist travel ("Art tourism", Odessa region, "The Jewish Atlantis" and others.The Ukrainian plein-airists take the active part also in the activity of the foreign pleners in Poland, Croatia, Slovakia, France, China, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries.Pleners, both leading and less known, constantly improve the organizational and creative work, give rise to its forms promoting creation of conditions for emergence of the real works of the modern landscape art. Their activity creates the favourable conditions for an exchange of creative experience, has a great impact on formation of young landscape painters.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 249-253
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Ukrainian