Oleksandr Hnylyzkyj

Oleksandr Hnylyzkyj. Photo by Vasyl Ryabchenko , 1997

Oleksandr Anatolijowytsch Hnylyzkyj ( Ukrainian Олександр Анатолійович Гнилицький ; born July 17, 1961 in Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR , formerly Alexander Gnilitskiy ; † November 1, 2009 ) was a Ukrainian painter. As co-founder and most important artist of the Ukrainian Trans Avant-garde , he worked with video concept art and graphics in Kiev, Ukraine and Munich, Germany.

education

• 1981–1987: Academy of Arts , Ukraine
• 1976–1980: Charkiw Fine Art College

biography

Hnylyzkyj was one of the pioneers of "Southern Wave" painting. Southern Wave describes an art movement at the beginning of the 1990s, especially in Ukraine, which found its main period of influence from the upheaval after perestroika. In the overall process of Ukrainian painting in recent years, which has devoted itself primarily to the recurring uncertainties and unpredictability of Ukrainian life by dealing with the themes, Hnylyzkyj is one of the most consistent artists. The consequence of his work can be found in the flight and constant mimicry, which in part become absurd. In his most recent works he turns to irrational painting, decoding the myth and semantics of the heroes of modern animation films, fairy tales and legends into a personal, individual myth.

During his creative period in Munich, he turned away from looking at the interrelationship between paintings, photographs and objects, which his installations in the 1990s in particular focused on, and devoted himself to "realistic" painting. The “portraits” of shoes and clothing reflect the photographic representations of Bernd and Hilla Becher or Andreas Gursky - which are presented here in the form of monuments. During his artistic activity in 1996 he founded the “Institution of Unstable Thought” based on the Ukrainian artist collective and an NGO organization. In 2002 he began producing production design for film and television, and he also works as a conceptual artist for live actions.

Exhibitions

• 2007: Bereznitsky Gallery and CCA, Kiev, Ukraine, Shargorod and the following
• 2007: Stella Foundation, Moscow, Russia, Mediacomfort
• 2006: Stella Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia, ColorStripes
• 2006: Bereznitsky Gallery (L-art), Kiev, Ukraine, B-painting
• 2006: Bereznitsky-Gallery (L-art), Kiev, Ukraine, Art Moscow

Group exhibitions

• 2007: Venice Biennale, Ukrainian Pavilion
• 2006: Bereznitsky Gallery (L-art), Kiev, Ukraine, New formats
• 2006: Kunsthalle Wien, Austria, Post Orange
• 2006: PinchukArtCenter, Kiev, Ukraine, New Space
• 2006: Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia, Go ukraine, go!
• 2006: FineArtFair, Manezh, Moscow, Russia
• 2006: ArtMoscow, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
• 2004: Ukrainian Artists' Union Gallery, Age of romantism
• 2003: Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, Digital Russia
• 2003: Bereznitsky Gallery, (L-art), Kiev, Ukraine, Waiting of Karmapa
• 2003: MoscowArtFair, Russia, Us-Them
• 2002: Ukrainian Artists' Union Gallery, Kiev, UA, This Killing Beauty
• 2001: City Gallery, Rosenheim, Germany, Isskustvo 2000 - New Art from Russia
• 2000: Kiev International Media Art Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, Alter Natura
• 2000: Nationa Art Museum, Kiev, UA, Intervals
• 1999: International Art Festival, Kiev, UA, Pinakotheque
• 1994: Fine Art Museum, Odessa, UA, Free Zone * 2006: Art Moscow , Bereznitsky-Gallery
• 1998: Gallery of the Center for Contemporary Art at NaKUMA, Ukraine, The Thing within inside
• 1994: Szuper Gallery, Munich, dairy Maid
• 1991: 1.0 Gallery, Moscow, Russia, According to the Plan

literature

• From Red to Yellow and Blue , Ludmila Bereznitsky, Kiev, 2004
• Perscha Konnektija , Kiev, 2003

Web links

• Bereznitsky Gallery
• Pinchuk

Individual proof

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