People鈥檚 Artist of Ukraine, honored artist and finalist of the highest state and at the same time creative award 鈥 Taras Shevchenko National Award 鈥 Vasyl Semeniuk presented his unique project, namely 芦Kobzar禄, illustrated in the avant-garde style, which has no analogues in the Ukrainian and the world Shevchenkiana.
The event took place on March 16. The organizers of the presentation were the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies and the 果冻APP Prosvita Society.
芦The Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies has a special attitude towards the Shevchenko days. We always try to especially celebrate these Kobzar days in March. This year, on the initiative of Prosvita Society, we decided to invite People鈥檚 Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Semeniuk with a presentation of his illustrated 芦Kobzar禄. Mr. Semeniuk was already a guest at our Institute with a speech about Taras Shevchenko and his biography. The artist illustrated the whole 芦Kobzar禄 and reached the finals of the Shevchenko Prize with this work禄, said Oleksandr Ivashchuk, Deputy Director for Scientific and Pedagogical Work, the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies.
The artist began to comprehend Taras Shevchenko鈥檚 works when he was a student. He created colour compositions, graphics, linocuts and painting on glass. Vasyl Semeniuk does not reveal the techniques of his current works, he only names the materials: Finnish cardboard, Italian Karyl, German paint and Semeniuk鈥檚 hutsul hands.
Currently, the artist has created more than 1,000 works in the cycle of works 芦My Shevchenko禄, but only 200 of them were used to illustrate 芦Kobzar禄.
In his works, Vasyl Semeniuk boldly experiments with forms and freely uses traditional methods to create innovative designs, aiming to deeply immerse himself in Shevchenko鈥檚 work.
In the avant-garde illustrations of Kobzar, the emotionally expressive principle involves the inclusion in each composition of a quote from Shevchenko鈥檚 poetry, which is the essence of the prophet鈥檚 thoughts.
Each avant-garde illustration is made in black and white and has a positive and negative reverse, which are intertwined with Kobzar鈥檚 word, creating a single composition.
In general, this event was an informative digest about the work of Vasyl Semeniuk and his illustrated 芦Kobzar禄. This is a huge work, by the way, the first of its kind and in this style. It is really original, modern and will undoubtedly interest many people, including creative youth.
