Oleksandr Rojtburd (Ukrainian: Олександр Анатолійович Ройтбурд; 14 October 1961, Odesa, USSR – 8 August 2021, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a participant of the Ukrainian New Wave and co-founder of the theory of the Ukrainian Transavantgard.[3] He worked as a painter and installation artist, among other things with video and photo projects. He belongs to the first wave of post-independence, post-Soviet, and post-traditional Ukrainian artists.
Oleksandr Rojtburd | |
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 Rojtburd in 2014 | |
| Born | Олександр Анатолійович Ройтбурд 14 October 1961 |
| Died | 8 August 2021 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
Biography
editOlexander Rojtburd was born in Odesa in 1961. He graduated from the art and graphic faculty of the Odesa Pedagogical Institute in 1983. With a strong presence at the Ukrainian cultural landscape, he was an Odesa-born, Ukrainian-Jewish contemporary artist. [citation needed]
In the early 1990s, the USSR as the social framework that subtended Soviet-Ukrainian art fell apart. Though one cannot reduce Soviet art to socialist realism or classical-style painting, the post-modernity of Ukrainian contemporary art has formed in contrast to the former phenomenon. In this respect, Rojtburd's painting was post-modern in this sense. [citation needed]
He co-founded the New Art Association in Odesa in 1993. From 1993 he worked as its art director and from 1999 to 2001 as president.
He worked as the director of the Marat Gelman Gallery in Kyiv.[4]
Rojtburd had personal exhibitions in Ukraine, the USA, and the Russian Federation.[5] He was also a member of the Council for the Development of the National Cultural, Artistic and Museum Complex "Art Arsenal" in Ukraine.[6]
At the Kyiv Book Arsenal 2016, a room with large-format provocative works was dedicated to his work. From March 2018 to 8 August 2021 he was the director of the Odesa Art Museum.[7]
He died from cancer in Kyiv on 8 August 2021.[8][9][10]
Aside from ironic, highly stylized, self-consciously painterly artistic works, his legacy includes the results of his local museum director activities. Further into the past, he exhibited a rhetorical involvement via Facebook commentaries and demonstration participation in the events of 2013-2014 in Ukraine's capital. [citation needed]
Work
editOleksandr Rojtburd is considered to be one of the important phenomena of the Ukrainian New Wave movement.[11] At first sight, his works are mostly mythologically determined and pervaded by archetypal representations. Yet the elements of the surreal remain within the organic limits of a subtle evolution. As a painter, he never compromised on developing and defining his personal style through a transformation in search of the Greek model. His latest works are characterized by the rejection of sarcasm and drama. The conflict disappears from the scene in favor of subtle irony and intimacy.[12]
Exhibitions
editSolo
edit- 2003: The Retrospective , Bereznitsky Gallery (L-art Gallery), Ludmila Beresnitsky, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2001: One-Man-Show Crucified Buddha, curator Kostyantyn Doroshenko, Museum of Cultural Heritage, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 1997: The Every Day Life in Pompeii , Atelier Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Group exhibitions
edit- 2002: Arts and Drugs, Rebellminds Gallery, Berlin
- 2001: Plateau of Mankind, 49th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
- 2000: Video Time, MOMA, New York, USA
Literature
edit- 2016: Roitburd , Osnovy, Kyiv
- 2004: From RED to yellow and blue , Ludmila Beresnitsky, Kyiv
- 2003: Perscha Konnektija , Kyiv
References
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- ^ "Помер художник Олександр Ройтбурд". Babel. 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Олександра Ройтбурда поховають на Єврейському цвинтарі в Одесі". LB.ua. 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Culture wars, Odesa style". 24 September 2019.
- ^ Donadio, Rachel (29 April 2014). "Unfinished Revolution: The Artists Soldier On" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Хто такий Олександр Ройтбурд і як його звільнення підняло на вуха Одесу". uaportal.com.
- ^ "Художник-руководитель Александр Ройтбурд о диковатом рынке искусства и Одессе как стартап (UA)". 1 December 2019.
- ^ Морі, Євгеній (23 February 2021). "PEN Ukraine запрошує долучитись до флешмобу до 150-річчя Лесі Українки". Суспільне | Новини.
- ^ "Помер художник Олександр Ройтбурд". Babel. 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Олександра Ройтбурда поховають на Єврейському цвинтарі в Одесі". LB.ua. 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Стала известна причина смерти художника Александра Ройтбурда". Glavcom.ua. 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Олександр Ройтбурд, художник, директор Одеського художнього музею". www.ukrinform.ua.
- ^ Weise, Christian (25 June 2018). "Rojtburd: Nach dem Majdan wurde ein Teil Odessas stärker pro-ukrainisch, ein anderer stärker pro-russisch - Ukraine-Nachrichten". ukraine-nachrichten.de.