PARCOMMUNE. Place. Community. Phenomenon

“PARCOMMUNE. Place. Community. Phenomenon” exhibition is the result of extended work of the Research platform team of PinchukArtCentre. The project explores the practice of artists, who were somehow related to the squat “Parcommune” – or rather, to the area of ​​former Paris Commune Street (today – Mikhailovskaya Str.), where squats and artistic studios (1989 – 1994) were situated.

In historical perspective, the exhibition raises the question of significance of a specific place, community as well as mutual influence within the group and their relationship with external cultural environment. The exhibition features works of art, photographs, videos and archival materials relating to the life and oeuvre of artists such as Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, Oleg Golosiy, Dmytro Kavsan, Oleksandr Klymenko, Yuri Solomko, Valeria Troubina, Vasyl Tsagolov and many others.

Moreover, with the opening of the exhibition “PARCOMMUNE. Place. Community. Phenomenon” there will be strong public program. The series of events will systematically highlight the results of the Research platform’s work on the theme of the exhibition and explain the specifics of Parcommune as a place, community and phenomenon.

Public program will include lectures, meetings with artists, round tables and discussions with the important players of Ukrainian art scene in early 90’s. We also plan several events with special guests, whose names will be announced later. In addition, our new film program “Bohemian life” will be dedicated to the daily life of iconic art groups of XX century. Right after the opening there will be a curatorial tour by Tatiana Kochubinska and Ksenia Malykh, during which they will introduce tell all the details the exhibition, presented works and their authors. Furthermore, we will meet on Oct. 21st on anthropological discussion “Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’Roll: Cultural protest and freedom during 90s” with Tatiana Bulah.

The curators:
Tatiana Kochubinska, national curator of PinchukArtCentre and research department advisor.
Ksenia Malykh, curator of the art-center Closer and co-founder of OK Projects.

Scientific consultant of the project: Aleksandr Soloviov, curator and art historian

“PARCOMMUNE. Place. Community. Phenomenon” Exhibition

Walk with Oleksandr Soloviov, September 14, 2016, Video, 35′ 22” Commissioned by the PinchukArtCentre; Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, Natalia Filonenko, Maksym Mamsikov, Bearing the Coffin, 1992 video, 15’ 15’’ performance documentation Courtesy of the artists

Vasyl Tsagolov, born 1957, Père Lachaise on Karl Marx Street, or Execution of the Paris Communards, 1993, performance photodocumentation by Mykola Trokh (1961–2007). Courtesy of the artist

Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, 1961–2009, Hark! 1990, oil on canvas

Oleksandr Druganov, Today I Saw the Stairs with People Rising and Falling, 1992, digital print. Courtesy of the Artist

Arsen Savadov, Georgiy Senchenko, Untitled, 1991 pencil on bronzed paper

Oleksandr Roitburd, Moving Towards the Sea (The Ship of Fools), 1992, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Directorate of Exhibitions of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine

The exposition displays materials from the private archives of Oleksandr Soloviov, Dmytro Kavsan, Kirill Protsenko and Arsen Savadov

The exposition displays materials from the private archives of Oleksandr Soloviov, Dmytro Kavsan, Kirill Protsenko and Arsen Savadov.

Pavlo Kerestey, born 1962, Painter, Paint Me a Picture, 1990–1992, performance, series of paintings: oil on canvas Courtesy of Zenko Foundation; Dmytro Kavsan, Imitation of Shoe Polish, 1991, oil and tubes of shoe polish over the door

Dmytro Kavsan, Presentation of Mary, 1988, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist

Yuri Solomko, born 1962, Stolen Kiss, 1991, oil on offset laminated map over canvas. Private collection of Natalya Zabolotna

Yuri Solomko, born 1962, Rewriting Anew, 1992, oil on paper over canvas. Courtesy of the Artist

Dmytro Kavsan, A Big Dwarf Female, 1991, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist

Leonid Vartyvanov, 1966–2006, Sincerely you, 1993 relief, casting, metal chain, L.E.D. Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv

Dmytro Kavsan, born 1964, An Attempt of Menuet on the Ruins, 1989 oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist

Oleg Golosi, 1965–1993, Running from the Thunderstorm, 1989, oil on canvas; In a Hammock, 1991 oil on canvas

Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, 1961–2009, AG (From the Futurists’s Life), 1990, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist’s Family; Oleksandr Roitburd, born 1961, Hymn to Demons and Heroes, 1989, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist

Valeria Troubina, born 1966, Heavenly Chorus, 1989, oil and enamel on canvas. Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv

Arsen Savadov (born 1962), Georgiy Senchenko (born 1962), materials from “Sadness of Cleopatra”

Oleg Golosiy, 1965–1993, Portrait of poet Ligeiros, 1992, oil on canvas. Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv; The Angel Came, 1992 oil on canvas Private collection of Ihor Voronov, Kyiv

Oleksandr Klymenko, born 1963, Speaking of Silence, 1992, oil on canvas. Private collection of Slava Stoyanov

Maksym Mamsikov, born 1968, Hole, 1992, oil on canvas. Private collection of A.V. Bereznyakov

Valeria Troubina, born 1966, Entering the Shadow, 1991, oil on canvas. Private collection of Petro Bagriy

Illya Isupov, born 1971, Untitled, 1993, etching. Courtesy of the artist

Illya Chichkan, Exalted, 1992, oil on canvas. Private collection of Petro Bagriy

Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, 1961–2009, Untitled, early 1990s ink on paper. Courtesy of the Artist’s Family

Oleg Golosiy, 1965–1993, Muse (Trip), 1991, oil on canvas

Maksym Mamsikov, born 1968, Lantern, 1994, oil on canvas. Private collection of A.V. Bereznyakov; Valeria Troubina, born 1966, Winter Remembrance of Admiral, 1991, oil on canvas. Private collection of Petro Bagriy

Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, 1961–2009, Untitled, early 1990s ink on paper. Courtesy of the Artist’s Family

Andriy Kazandjy, born 1970, Katya’s lashes, early 1990s, oil on canvas. Private collection of Anatoliy Dymchuk

Vasyl Tsagolov, born 1957, From the World Without Ideas series, 1992, digital print. Courtesy of the artist

Arsen Savadov (born 1962), Georgiy Senchenko (born 1962) On the Death of Golosiy, 1993, performance video, 50’. Courtesy of the Artists

Oleg Golosiy, 1965–1993, Eyes, 1992, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the National Art Museum of Ukraine Collection

Kirill Protsenko, Lighter, 1992 oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Artist

Maksym Mamsikov, Death of Buratino, 1992, oil on canvas, сourtesy of the Artist