Exhibition "Premonitions" by Oleksandr Dubovyk, 2022
Oleksandr Dubovyk's paintings and graphics, collected in this space, like a pulsating nerve of time, reflect the zone of turbulence through which the whole world is passing together with us, together with Ukraine. Each work is a harbinger of radical changes in the world order, our consciousness and our hearts. Dubovik, as a harbinger of these changes, gives us guidance and warns of danger.
Works from different years, generally painted during the past decades, culminate in the 2022 Phantoms graphic series. This is a special series for the artist, because it was actually created to the sound of sirens and the terrible sounds of explosions during these seemingly endless months of the beginning of war. Oleksandr Dubovyk never ran away or retreated from the principles of the truth, so even at this difficult moment he remained in Kyiv, his native city.
It was during his forced exile that the artist created a unique world of images and symbols, among which the most important ones are the bouquet, the phantom, and the triumphant. For almost a century, the artist has been exploring this world and discovering new ones. In his graphic and pictorial works, using new conceptual and plastic ideas, Dubovik manifests himself as an artist who belongs to the European artistic tradition, shares the same values and adheres to the concepts of honesty and respect to art .
*The exhibition was held with the support of the National Center "Ukrainian House" in cooperation with the Stedley Art Foundation and the cultural centre "Dom Master Klass"