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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2024. № 6 (180), 1532—1540

UDK 76 (477.83-251 (091) (092)

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2024.06.1532

THE ONTOLOGY OF CARNIVAL BY YURI CHARYSHNIKOV

BANTSEKOVA Anna

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6639-6315
  • PhD of Art History, Leading Specialist of the Graphics Fund
  • of the Department of Scientific and Collection work
  • of the Lviv National Gallery of Art
  • named after Borys Voznytskyi,
  • 3, Stefanyka Street, 79000, Lviv, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: bantsekova@ukr.net

Abstract. Based on the retrospective exhibition of Yuri Charyshnikov, the article highlights the stages of the outstanding Lviv graphic artist’s work both in the early period (1970s—80s) and after his move to the United States (1990s—2010s).

The author analyses the famous illustrative cycles of the artist, emphasises the tradition of the Lviv school and the social orientation of the artist’s works.

The philosophical context of the works is especially emphasised, as well as the artist’s use of the concept of «carnival» as an ontological reincarnation of reality, which the author skilfully reflects, deeply aware of the factors of existence.

The article describes the formal features of the graphic works, the originality of the artist’s illustrations to the classics of world literature. The connection of the artist’s creative heritage with the present and the intersection of the past and the future in his works is noted.

The methodological basis of the study is scientific-biographical and structural-typological methods, as well as the method of art historical analysis.

Keywords: graphics, illustrative cycle, metaphor, game, carnival, mask.

Received 6.11.2024

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