Abstract:
Дослідження присвячене аналізові контексту вітчизняного лендарту в системі укра-їнського сучасного мистецтва. Вперше, шляхом розгляду ключових філософських течій в Україні, визначено кордоцентричну та антеїстичну складові як основоположні риси творчого пошуку українських художників лендарту.
The article deals with the analysis of the context of the Ukrainian land art. For the first time,
by considering philosophical currents in Ukraine, cordocentric and anteistic components as fundamental
features of the creative activity of Ukrainian land art artists have been identified. After all, the identity
of the Ukrainian people grew on the basis of historical memory, customs, mythology and ethnographic
features. The foundation of the spiritual component of national culture was the belief of our ancestors in
the forces of nature. This testifies to the need of proto-Ukrainians in world knowledge by contemplating the
environment. However, the dominant place in the self-knowledge of the Slavs belonged to the «heart» as the
center of the spiritual world of humans. Over time, this was developed in the «philosophy of the heart» by
K. Stavrovetsky, G. Skovoroda, P. Yurkevich.
These facts reflect the continuous connection of humans with the environment. This became the basis of
the Ukrainian philosophical concept of anteism - love for the nature of the native land. That is why the
creative interaction of artists with the landscape was formed in a special sensory form, different from
foreign experience. An echo of the rituals of the ancestors is the appeal of artists to the land. Today, artists
build a dialogue with the historical past and culture through interaction with the natural environment.
This demonstrates the connection between historical and landscape structures, and outlines the vernacular
component of the Ukrainian land art, which distinguishes its regional identity. The Ukrainian land art
analyzes the national landscape as a means of self-identification and reflects the mythical connections
between cultural identity and natural processes in the mythology of Trypillia, Scythian and Hutsul cultures.
The study identifies the factors influencing the historical and mental contexts of Ukrainian environmental
art, where a special place is occupied by the emotional and sensory sphere. It testifies to the fact that this
distinguishes the Ukrainian land art in the system of world art as a unique phenomenon of creative worldview.