The Andrei Sheptytsky National Museum is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Ihor Shumskyi. The master’s works on display there include elements of the cycles “Neighborhoods,” “Monoliths,” “Memories,” “A Fine City,” “32-33,” “Mysteries,” etc. They were created mainly in 2015-16.
Shumskyi’s creative work is especially rich in experiment, innovation, and originality. Through a formal worldview and generalized plastic interpretation of the image, he develops traditions of Ukrainian contemporary art, imbuing his abstract compositions with deep philosophical meaning which is conveyed at the level of associations. Perfectionist plastic forms, complex textures, expressive colors, and perfect lines characterize the artist’s productions.
Shumskyi’s exhibition, hosted in the halls of the Sheptytsky National Museum, is a continuation of the creator’s personal quest for modern art form realizations and generalizations, extraordinary plastic expressiveness, diversity of visual associations, new meaning of artistic creativity. The artist’s desire to go beyond the traditional imagery format has triggered a break with usual parallels.
“Going beyond the rectangular figurative plane, the triangle becomes a dissonance that emphasizes expressiveness, sharpens it in formal and semantic regards, thus enriching perception with new sensations,” the artist asserts.
Shumskyi is a Ukrainian painter and art teacher who creates drawings as well as easel and monumental paintings. His works are exhibited in public museums of Ukraine and kept in many private collections in Poland, the US, Canada, China, Germany, and France. The artist participated in over 150 international, foreign and regional exhibitions, including 8 solo events. His works won numerous diplomas and awards at international exhibitions.
