On November 26, 2014, an exhibition of new works by artist Yuri Vakulenko will open in the Mystetska Zbirka gallery
IN new series“The Mysterious Night Hem” Yuri Vakulenko embodies the romantic atmosphere of old Kyiv. The artist chooses corners known only local residents. From under his brush appears the Podolsk “Morekhodka”, the golden royal house in the courtyard on Yaroslavskaya or the “blue” entrance on Yurkovskaya. Abandoned buildings with gaping black holes instead of windows and doors come to life on Vakulenko’s canvases.
The hem of Yuri Vakulenko - as in reality - is cracked and shabby. But through the cracks, rain streams and wrinkles, a bright color breaks through - deep blue, emerald, light blue or gold. The secrets of Podol are revealed to the artist when people go home, the lights come on, and the last tram rings... And then, in the silence of the night, Podolsk streets and houses tell a thousand and one stories of many generations of Kiev residents.
Yuri Vakulenko: “Relatively recently, I settled in Podol, in a house that has more than a hundred years of history. Day after day, returning home, I learned more and more secrets of ancient Podol. Sometimes I went out late at night and looked into the darkest and mysterious places, discovering old houses that come to life and shine at night inner light, displacing sketchy and faceless new buildings from the map and dissolving in the darkness.”
About the author: Yuriy Vakulenko is a Ukrainian painter and antiques expert. Since 2004 - director National Museum Russian art. He studied at the Kiev Art Institute, where he graduated with a degree in restoration artist. He worked at the center for restoration and examination of the Kiev-Pechersk Nature Reserve, of which he became director in 1995. In 1988 he created artistic association"39.2°". Since 1990, personal exhibitions have been held in Ukraine, Italy, Hungary and Spain. The paintings are in museum collections of the Kiev-Pechersk Reserve, the National Museum of Russian Art, and in private collections. The works were exhibited at MacDougall's and Corners auctions. Corresponding member of the Petrovsky Academy of Sciences and Arts in St. Petersburg, Associate Professor of the Department of Expertise at the Academy of Culture, Honored Cultural Worker.
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Yuri Evgenievich Vakulenko(born 1957, Nizhny Tagil) - artist and painter. Since 2004 - general manager Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art. For 10 years (1993-2004) he headed the Center for Restoration and Expertise of the National Reserve Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
Biography
In 1977 he graduated from Baku art school them. Azima Azim-zade.
In 1980 he moved to Kyiv. In 1986 he graduated as a restoration artist under the guidance of V. Budnikov and A. Kiselev.
Created in 1988 creative group"39.2°".
Since 1988 he has been active in exhibition activities. In 1993 – 1995, personal exhibitions took place in Italy, Hungary and Spain.
Awards and recognition
Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Associate Professor of the Department of Expertise of the National Academy of Management Personnel of Culture and Arts of Ukraine, full member of the Petrovsky Academy of Science and Arts, full member of the international committee of museums ICOM UNESCO, since 2007 - corresponding member of the Petrovsky Academy of Science and Arts. Knight of the Order of Carl Faberge (badge No. 17, 2007, Carl Faberge Memorial Foundation).
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An excerpt characterizing Vakulenko, Yuri Evgenievich
“C"est bien! Faites entrer monsieur de Beausset, ainsi que Fabvier, [Okay! Let de Beausset come in, and Fabvier too.] - he said to the adjutant, nodding his head.- Oui, Sire, [Listen, sir.] - and the adjutant disappeared through the door of the tent. Two valets quickly dressed His Majesty, and he, in a blue guards uniform, with quick steps went out to the reception area.
At this time, Bosse was hurrying with his hands, placing the gift he had brought from the Empress on two chairs, right in front of the Emperor’s entrance. But the emperor got dressed and went out so unexpectedly quickly that he did not have time to fully prepare the surprise.
Napoleon immediately noticed what they were doing and guessed that they were not yet ready. He didn't want to deprive them of the pleasure of surprising him. He pretended not to see Monsieur Bosset and called Fabvier over to him. Napoleon listened, with a stern frown and in silence, to what Fabvier told him about the courage and devotion of his troops, who fought at Salamanca on the other side of Europe and had only one thought - to be worthy of their emperor, and one fear - not to please him. The result of the battle was sad. Napoleon made ironic remarks during Fabvier's story, as if he did not imagine that things could go differently in his absence.
“I must correct this in Moscow,” said Napoleon. “A tantot, [Goodbye.],” he added and called de Bosset, who at that time had already managed to prepare a surprise by placing something on the chairs and covering something with a blanket.
De Bosset bowed low with that French court bow, which only the old servants of the Bourbons knew how to bow, and approached, handing over an envelope.
In essence, there is a museum worker in every artist. Picasso also talked about this, comparing himself to “a collector who puts together a collection for himself and paints pictures that others liked. This is exactly where I start, and then something new turns out,” said the great Pablo.
Vakulenko is like a keeper museum valuables there is every reason to agree with this statement. Moreover, being also a restorer of the highest standard, having spent his entire life studying and comprehending from the inside the depths of the great works of great masters, he, like no one else, knows the other, inner, “secret” life of ancient paintings: what they talk about and what they are silent about, what ails them and what is hidden behind impenetrable glass and craquelure. Returning to these inexhaustible sources again and again, Yuri Vakulenko naturally continues the dialogue with them on his own canvases, already as an artist trying to solve hitherto unsolved puzzles.
“Infanta” for Yuri Vakulenko is a particularly fertile object for “unraveling.” As you know, one of Velazquez’s famous “Infantes” lives in Kyiv, and even next door, which means constant meetings, exchange of energies, the gaze of an expert. “The more I looked, the more I noticed how much was hidden in this little girl, betrothed from birth and doomed to a lifelong “golden cage,” says Vakulenko. “For more than three hundred years she has been looking at us, clad in a luxurious outfit like armor, this aged child with a sad soul, her gaze both excites and gives no rest.” After Velazquez, the soul of Infanta Margarita haunted many. Among them are Picasso, Dali and Miro. In literature - Wilde. In poetry - Antokolsky, with his poignant lines:
“Then centuries passed. One. Another, and a Third.
And looks past her eyes, as he ordered her,
Infanta is a girl in a cloudy portrait.
In front of her is the deserted Louvre. Gray-haired museum hall."
In a word, Yuri Vakulenko has joined a worthy company in the current, 21st century. Vakulenko has several infantas and there is a huge distance between them - they are like stages of a lived life. “Don’t be afraid to go too far, because the truth is always further,” said Marcel Proust. Vakulenko is not afraid. He boldly invades historical territory. Talks with the wise Velazquez. And it seems he has something to say.
Yuriy Vakulenko is a Ukrainian painter and graphic artist.
In 1977 he graduated from the Baku Art College named after. Azima Azim-zade.
In 1986 he graduated from Kyiv State art institute(NAOMA) with a degree in restoration artist.
Founder of the artistic association “39.2°” (1988).
Honored cultural worker, associate professor of the department of examination of the National Academy of Management Personnel of Culture and Arts, full member of the Petrovsky Academy of Science and Arts in St. Petersburg (2007), member of the International Association of Museums. Leading expert in the field of antiques.
General Director of the Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art.
Photo by Yulia Naumova
Director of the gallery "Triptych ART" Tatyana Savchenko and artist Yuri Vakulenko
Vakulenko Yuri Evgenievich, born November 19, 1957, in Nizhny Tagil, Russia - Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, general director of the National Museum of Russian Art. In 1973 - 1977 he studied at the Azerbaijani art university in painting class. In 1980 he moved to Kyiv and continued his studies at KHI under the guidance of V. Budnikov and A. Kiselev. In 1986 he graduated from KHI with a degree in restoration artist. In 1988 he created the artistic association “39.2°”. In 1993 – 1995, personal exhibitions took place in Italy, Hungary and Spain. Since 2007 – corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Yuri Vakulenko can hardly be classified as a traditional animal painter. And it is obvious that the painter does not aim at naturalistic reproduction of images of the animal world. His “Animalism” is of a completely different kind. The animals and birds that live on the artist’s canvases have nothing to do with the real jungle; they are inhabitants of an imaginary, fairy-tale world that the painter has been creating for many years in his work.
In Vakulenko’s canvases, two roosters—a sea rooster and a land rooster—look at each other with joyful surprise and good curiosity. A turtle flies over its nest in the depths of the sea. The depths are calm and peaceful. There is no storm in them and sharks do not clap their jaws. It would seem that the cruelest animal on earth - the tiger - turns into Vakulenko's fluffy cat, carefree sleeping and smiling in her sleep. And the dangerous panther becomes a gentle and graceful velvet bud. Even in "Battles of Giants" it is not about eating each other, but rather about hunting for a dream - the "golden bird".
IN fantasy world, created by Vakulenko, almost all the elements of earthly life are present. It contains air, water, earth, fire. There are forests and flowers. And there are butterflies, bumblebees, scorpions, frogs, elephants, turtles and even crocodiles, which not only coexist in harmony with the natural elements, but form a single integral whole with them. They are born from wind or fire, emerge from water or air, breathe and vibrate together in the same rhythm. In this “dance” of the elements there is only room for man. No evidence of human activity. Only one “material” trace is found on the artist’s animalistic paintings. But these are traces of God.
The “Monoanimalism” cycle can be interpreted as an escape into an “unearthly” alternative reality. Or as an attempt to “cleanse” the earth of everything human and create on it another, beautiful and peaceful “world of a thousand butterflies” - bright, colorful and colorful. And let Vakulenko be called an incorrigible romantic, and his “Monoanimalisms” seem “sweet” to some. The artist, with the despair of the “last of the Mohicans,” defends the point of view that peace, goodness and ideal reality exist, even if they live only in his own imagination and on his own canvas.
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Fantastic world. Vakulenko Yuri
