Мистецтво витинання як творчість і як арт-терапія (на матеріалах України середини XX – початку XXI століть)
The Art of Paper Cutting as Creative Production and as Art Therapy (Based on Ukrainian Data, Mid-19th to Early 21st Centuries)

Author(s): Zinaida Kosycka
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Ukrainian Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: master; artist; creation; art therapy; illness; paper cutting; paper cutting art
Summary/Abstract: The article provides an overview of works of individual artists who despite struggling with illness were able to continue their creative activities applying the technique of paper cutting. Works of Henri Matisse are first considered, for whom scissors replaced a paintbrush when he lacked the strength to work at the easel. Among the Ukrainian artists the article considers Mykhailo Kuzemskyi, a folk master of the latter half of the 20th century from the village of Remeniv in Kamianka-Buzka District (Lviv Region), who suffered from a congenital lack of hearing and found the opportunity for self-realization in the creative process. The paper also features an analysis of works by Olha Shynkarenko, a modern artist who after a long illness commenced to create original torn paper collages. The paper cutting art’s therapeutic effect is exemplified by creations of Tetiana Rudyk, a fine arts teacher from the town of Bar (Vinnytsia Region), as well as a work by Taia Pervak, a schoolgirl from the city of Chasiv Yar (Donetsk Region), who attends the art studio headed by Viktoriia Nesterova. The examples analysed in the article demonstrate a wide range of possibilities of the paper cutting technique as both an accessible form of creation and a means of conscious and unconscious art therapy.

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