The exhibit “Japanese Cherry Blossom” will be held at the Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine as part of the Family Values project. The exhibit presents the artistic quest of the Uzhhorod- and Lviv-based Didyk-Voitovych family of artists. It must be symbolic that this exposition opens right now, when the Japanese cherry is in blossom. Cherry blossom is a wonderful example of refined beauty and the exhibit’s leitmotif. Among the displayed items are pictures by Ivan Didyk, known as master of pastel, the romantic Nadia Didyk, the light play master Natalka Myronchuk-Didyk, the still life artist Ivanka Voitovych, as well as expressive canvases by Oleksandr Voitovych. Each artist of this talented family follows their own artistic path, with their own ideas and projects.
For example, Ivan Didyk has brought back into vogue the technique of colored graphics. The artist virtuosically expresses the shimmering images of nature, the lyrical nooks of quiet little streets, still lifes, meditative generalizations of the forms that beam inner energy in pictures and the positive vibes inherent in his oeuvre. The master’s wife Nadia Didyk, who works in the style of decorative postimpressionism, is a marvelous colorist and a theoretician of basic composition. Art expert Bohdan Shumylovych says: “Her painting style and mastery display contrast coloring and refinery. The mistress seems to be merging with nature represented by light, flowers, and water. The play of light in her works is sort of a tale about the perception of what she saw. In her still lives, she builds a form, looks for its fundamental principle, and tries to trace the structure of complicated formations.” The masters’ daughters Natalka and Ivanka also have some interesting artistic achievements. Ivanka’s husband Oleksandr Voitovych, who paints expressive modernistic canvases, is also part of this artistic company.
The painting and graphic exhibit “Japanese Cherry Blossom” will remain open until May 21.
