BRAMA, Feb 9, 2004, 10:00 am ET
Excuse me, but are those Ukrainians in the window?
— by Max Pyziur and Hanya Krill
Along with subterranean minstrels, scholarly societies, and ordinary hard-working folks some particular Ukrainian elements have made their way into the French art world ... several times over.
Most recently they were on display in the Maeght gallery window in Paris on the Rue du Bac, just north of the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Featured were prints and reproductions of Alexander Archipenko and Kasimir Malevich.
"La Russie et les avant-gardes" catalog is available online at Maeght.com
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Along with its small Paris gallery The Maeght Foundation's primary base is in St. Paul-De-Vence in the south of France. From July 2nd through November 5th 2003 it held an exhibition titled - La Russie et Les Avant-Gardes (Russia and Its Avant-Gardes) - highlighting the artistic dynamism which took place between 1908 and 1928 in what was the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union. This whirlwind of artistic production produced several movements or genres, of which the best known came from a term formulated by Malevich himself and exemplified by his work- Suprematism - a pursuit of non-objective representation.
To be precise Malevich and some of his followers were not necessarily of Ukrainian origin or development. Nevertheless, Malevich's Ukrainian identity was a vital component in his work. Malevich himself was born in Kyiv to Polish parents. He studied in Kyiv and Moscow, and later exhibited throughout Europe and taught in Leningrad and Kyiv. In the late 1920s he published several articles in Ukrainian on his theories in the Kharkiv journal Nova Generatsia.
Sunday, February 8, 2004 –
At a lecture sponsored by the Ukrainian Museum and the Shevchenko Scientific Society
Prof. Myroslava Mudrak (Ohio State University) spoke about Kazimir Malevich and the 'Suprematism' movement founded by the Ukrainian-born artist.
Prof. Mudrak was also in New York as a partcipant in a conference
titled "Rethinking Malevich" which was organized by the Malevich Society.
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Edible art? A Paris gallery features sculpture from 'natural ingredients' such as dry beans, leaves and seeds.
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The old Louvre through the panes of the new Pyramide.
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Charles de Gaulle Airport
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"Archipenko" is available online at 
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