Opening on 18.04 at 6 pm of the Foretypes exhibition by Anatoly Kryvolap

On 11 April 2024, at 6 pm, the exhibition “Foretypes” by renowned Ukrainian artist Anatoly Kryvolap will be launched at the M17 Contemporary Art Center (Kyiv city, Ukraine).

Abstract works that characterise the artist’s oeuvre from the 1990s to the 2000s, as well as icons created over the past year will be on display. The exhibition was curated by Valeriy Sakharuk.

The exhibition “Foretypes” at M17 CAC is the first to combine the artist’s abstract works with icons. A catalogue has been prepared for the exhibition, which includes all the artworks presented in the exhibition. The grand presentation of the publication will be held with the participation of the author and curator on 16 April 2024.

The exhibition is supported by the Art Support Fund.

The opening of the exhibition at the M17 CAC is scheduled for 11 April at 6 p.m.

Address: 102-104 V. Antonovycha St., Kyiv, Ukraine

Admission is free with prior registration

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The exhibition “Foretypes” at M17 CAC will run until 09 June 2024.

M17 Work Hours:

Tuesday – Sunday, 11:00–20:00 (Monday – closed)

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Anatoly Krivolap was born in 1946 in Yahotyn city. He obtained his education at the Kyiv Art Institute, where he studied in the studio of Victor Puzyrkov. After graduating from the institute, for 15 years he lived a non-public lifestyle, pursuing his artistic ambitions, and refusing to follow the unified Soviet style of socialist realism. The artist’s creative breakthrough occurred in the mid-1980s with the “discovery” of the Fauvists. Since the late 1980s, the name of Anatoly Kryvolap has been emerging more often in the art space, critics wrote about him, noting his scenic painterly temperament. In 1992, together with Tiberiy Szilvashi, Oleksandr Zhyvotkov, Marko Heiko, and Mykola Kryvenko, he founded the art group ‘Zhyvopysnyi Zapovidnyk’, which influenced contemporary Ukrainian fine art for decades. In 2011, Kryvolap was recognised as the “Person of the Year” in Ukraine. In the same year, the artist’s works twice set world records for sales of contemporary Ukrainian art on the international art market. In 2012, the artist received the Taras Shevchenko National Prize.