We invite you to a three-day program on February 1, 2 and 3, during which the famous artist, researcher and curator Andrii Boiarov will present the work of Lviv modernists.
This is an unprecedented event, because the museum collection was replenished in the midst of a full-scale war with works from a period that is practically not represented in our collection. The two presented works – Margit Selska and Lyuna-Amalia Drexler are the starting point of the conversation about the phenomenon of women artists of the “artes” association and their work in the circle of Lviv modernism.
In the interwar period, Lviv was a bright center of art, where in particular the “artes” group appeared. It was founded at the end of 1929, when young and radical artists returned to Lviv, having received training at the Fernand Léger Modern Academy and other European centers. At various times, Otto Hahn, Henrik Strang, Jerzy Janisz, Ludwik Lille, Alexander Krzyvoblotski, Roman Selski, Margit Reich-Selska, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Pavlo Kovzun, Andrzej Pronaszko, Deborah Vogel and other artists were associated with the artes group. . Combining seemingly incompatible influences such as surrealism and constructivism, artists developed photo collage and photo montage.
In addition to Margit Selska’s collage and Luna-Amalia Drexler’s sculpture, in the exposition, the audience will see the hitherto unknown photographs of Alexander Kshivoblotskyi from the 1930s, archival materials, as well as Deborah Vogel’s portrait of contemporary artist Vlodek Kostyrk.
The works are available for inspection on February 1, 2 and 3 from 12:00 to 18:00.
🔸 February 1 (Thursday), 16:00 – presentation of works with the participation of Andrii Boiarov
🔸 February 2 (Friday), 16:00 – screening of Witold Romer’s short film “Water” from 1936 (sound by Ostap Manulyak, 2018) and a discussion about new media in Lviv modernism.
🔸 February 3 (Saturday), 12:00 – collage master class for children and adults based on the works of Margit Selska.
🔸February 3 (Saturday), 16:00 – Andrii Boiarov will conduct a curatorial tour of the exposition.
📌Cost: visiting the exposition – 50 UAH, presentations, film screenings, excursions – with an entrance ticket (50 UAH), master class – 150 UAH.
You can get to the museum through the service entrance located at the back of the building.