Osnovy Publishing is releasing pre-orders for the first-ever English edition of its groundbreaking book The Art Of Ukrainian Sixties.
Rich in detail and its scope, The Art Of Ukrainian Sixties lures you in thanks to the bright and brilliant avant-garde works, and then carefully untangles the undercurrents of those closely-knit (if not secretive) communities that made miracles possible in the volatile political environment.
The core structure of the book is comprised of texts on 15 artists, the key figures of the unofficial, or nonconformist, art in Kyiv, Lviv, and Uzhhorod as well as a separate, extensive overview of the Odessa school that emerged by the late 1960s, but wasn’t fully formed until the 1970s. Short monographs supplement the texts about ‘officially sanctioned’ art practices, such as graphics, monumental art and sculpture, which were also, to some extent, open to formal experiments during the era in question. The visual works have been provided courtesy of Ukrainian museums, private collectors and the artists’ families.
