The PinchukArtCentre is pleased to present a new project – an exhibition of 20 shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize. The exhibition will open on 31 October until 20 December. The exhibition will include the works by young artists including: Myroslav Vayda, Artem Volokitin, Andrii Galashyn, Hamlet Zinkovskyi, Mykyta Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Mayya Kolesnik, Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Lada Nakonechna, Oksana Protsenko, Oleksii Saj, Oleksii Salmanov, Olesia Khomenko, Oleksii Khoroshko, Ivan Chubukov, Masha Shubina and also BLUEMOLOKO, Hat, SOSka and SYN groups.
The 20 nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize, a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists up to 35 years old, were shortlisted by an Expert Committee from 1100 applicants.
A unique highlight for this exhibition is that the works by the young artists will be presented in a context of an exhibition of Ukrainian contemporary art from the PinchukArtCentre collection. The parallel exposition entitled, “Red Forest”, will present the works by seven seminal Ukrainian artists of 1990s: Serhiy Bratkov, Olexandre Gnylytsky, Olexandre Roitburd, Arsen Savadov and Georgy Senchenko, Vasyl Tsagolov, Illia Chichkan.
Eckhard Schneider, General Director of the PinchukArtCentre: “In the last twenty years Ukrainian contemporary art has passed through several important stages of development always connected to strong artistic positions and names. With the Prize the PinchukArtCentre opens a new chapter for contemporary art in Ukraine. By discovering, supporting and promoting the next generation of young artists the PinchukArtCentre creates a new field of artistic gravity for Ukraine”.
The exhibition will be held on the 3rd and 4th floors of the art centre and present both the shortlisted works of art and the new works created by each artist especially for the exhibition. Olexander Soloviov will curate the show.
Olexander Soloviov: “The exhibition represents the latest trends in young Ukrainian art. Each of the artists will have his individual space, as well as a chance to feel himself a part of an unbroken concept drama, upon which the project is being built upon. The key idea is to bring to light uniqueness of every artist. An ensemble that unveils collisions of attitudes to life, themes and mediums; emphasizes significance and highlights visual conflict, diversity or quite the opposite, areas and points of convergence.”
The PinchukArtCentre Prize award ceremony will take place on 04 December 2009 in Kyiv. The winners of the two main prizes will be nominated by the International Jury formed from contemporary art world experts, including: artists, museum directors and curators. The jury will be announced at the opening of the exhibition. The People's Choice Prize winner will be selected by votes of the visitors at the PinchukArtCentre Prize exhibition.
Images of selected works on show during the expositions of 20 shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize and “Red Forest” you may find here:
http://www.pbase.com/pinchukartcentre
