The best book of the "Publishers' Forum" in 2020 in the "Biographies" nomination!
The phenomenon "Ukrainian avant-garde" was first heard in the West in 1973 at the London exhibition "Tatlin's dream". Then, for the first time, the world-class works of the unknown avant-garde artists of Ukraine, Vasyl Yermylov and Oleksandr Bogomazov, were exhibited there.
This made the author remember other world-famous masters connected with Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Odesa by origin, upbringing, self-awareness, and national traditions. In addition to the above, the book contains portraits of "the most faithful son of Ukraine" David Burliuk; a Pole who thought himself Ukrainian, Kazimir Malevich; Professor of the Kyiv Art Institute and bandurist Volodymyr Tatlin; Oleksandra Ekster, the founder of the Ukrainian school of constructivist scenography; artists of "Kultur-League"; phenomenal sculptor Oleksandr Arkhipenko.
Supplemented with extensive cultural studies and personal memories of the author, the book is designed to present the reader with a complete picture of the origins and formation of the Ukrainian artistic avant-garde.
Compiled by Oleksii Sinchenko.
