NY-NJ-Metro Saturday 06/13/2009 thru 03/28/2010 | | Exhibition — Fine Art / Folk Art: A Dialogue (extended!) |
Fine Art / Folk Art: A Dialogue examines the profound influence of Ukrainian folk art on the fine art created by some of Ukraine's best known and highly regarded artists. The exhibition includes 70 paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and woodcuts by such prominent artists as Alexander Archipenko, Jacques Hnizdovsky, Oleksa Hryshchenko (Alexis Gritchenko), Vasyl H. Krychevsky, and Oleksa Novakivsky, along with a selection of folk art items from the Museum's extensive collection: embroidered shirts, plakhty (wraparound skirts), complete folk costumes, a traditional headdress, a kilim, and an assortment of ceramic and carved-wood pieces and pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs).
The Ukrainian Museum 222 East Sixth Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues) New York, New York 10003 Tel: 212.228.0110 Wed-Sun 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. E-mail URL http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/ |