Витоки скульптурних образів Івана Кавалерідзе

Abstract

Статтю присвячено дослідженню деяких творів відо-мого українського скульптора І. Кавалерідзе. Мистецтвознавчий аналіз дав змогу визначити характерні стильові риси його мистець-кого доробку. Зазначено, що на пластику кубістичних форм пам’ят-ників, створених скульптором у 1920-ті роки, вплинули архітектурні форми українських церков Слобожанщини. This article is dedicated to an outstanding Ukrainian sculptor and film director I. Kavaleridze. His name is famous in the world of Art due to his monumental works, executed in the style of cubism and realism. His early works refer to Ukrainian Avant-garde of the 1910–1920 th, whose heritage is in the centre of scientific discussions nowadays. It should be taken into consideration that Ukrainian Avant-garde Art, despite having developed in the Art space of European tendencies, took its formalplastic language in the National origin. The achievements of the artist have been highly appreciated in the world and distinguished by UNESCO. Within 1920th I. Kavaleridze created several monumental cubistic works, among which the monument to a famous Ukrainian poet T. Shevchenko, erected in Poltava in 1925, distinguished by its stylistic particularities and innovatory approach. This sculptural innovation incorporated two stylistic directions, realism and cubism. It’s remarkable that, unlike European plastic art of cubism, inspired by African Art, the cubism of Ukrainian sculptor took its origin in sacral art, in architectural aspect of the wooden Ukrainian churches of Slobozhanschina, which is described in his memories. It’s important that there are no similar monumental monuments in the style of cubism not only in Ukraine, but even in Europe. This research is topical because it provides the detailed study of the stylistic particularities and plasticity of the sculptures by I. Kavaleridze.