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UDK 7.071:745.03/04(477)”1967-2000″

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/

  • Received: 24.04.2026
  • Accepted: 21.05.2026
  • Published: ??.??.2026

PERSONALITIES OF ARTISTS AND FEATURES OF CREATIVE APPROACHES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC AND INDUSTRIAL ART 1967—2000

DIACHENKO Alla

  • ORСID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4496-5931
  • candidate ped. of Sciences, associate professor,
  • associate professor of the Department
  • of Industrial Design and Computer Technologies,
  • Dean of the Faculty of Decorative and Applied Arts,
  • Kyiv State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design
  • named after Mykhailo Boychuk, member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine,
  • member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine,
  • 32, M. Boychuk Str., 01103, Kyiv, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: pani.alla0107@gmail.com 

Abstract. Purpose of the study is to identify the specific features of the development of Ukrainian decorative and industrial art of the second half of the twentieth century through the prism of a personalized approach, as well as to analyze the influence of socio-political, economic, and cultural factors on the formation of individual artistic strategies of artists. Particular attention is paid to understanding the role of individual figures as carriers of innovative approaches within an institutionally constrained artistic system.

The research methodology is based on an interdisciplinary approach that combines methods of art history, historical-cultural, and sociological analysis. To achieve the stated aim, the historical-genetic method was employed to trace the evolution of decorative and industrial art in the context of socio-political transformations; the biographical method was used to examine the creative paths of artists and to identify the influence of personal experience on their artistic practice; the comparative method enabled the analysis of common and distinctive features in the work of the studied personalities; the systemic approach allowed for the consideration of decorative and industrial art as an integral phenomenon functioning in interaction with economic, social, and cultural processes. Iconographic and formal-stylistic analyses also played a significant role, making it possible to investigate the artistic features of works, the specifics of form-making, and the interaction between tradition and innovation. The application of these methods ensured a comprehensive study of the role of individual artists in shaping Ukrainian decorative and industrial art and determining their contribution to the development of contemporary design.

The scientific novelty of the study lies in the comprehensive interpretation of the personalized dimension of the development of Ukrainian decorative and industrial art in 1967—2000. For the first time, within a single study, a systematic analysis of the creative approaches of Liudmyla Zhogol, Taras Drahan, Stefania Shabatura, and Ivan Vitsko has been carried out as representative figures embodying different directions and strategies of artistic activity under conditions of ideological pressure and socio-economic transformations.

Keywords: tapestry, design, Ivan Vitsko, ceramics, Lyudmila Zhohol, porcelain, Stefaniya Shabatura, Taras Dragan, technology, applied arts.

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