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Press release for the exhibitions "Versatility of Victor Samylenko" to the 80th anniversary of the artist's birth

On March 19, 2021, the publication "Victor Samylenko's Versatility" was opened in the Art Museum of the Kirovohrad Regional Council, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of the famous sculptor and artists, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Viktor Vasyliovych was born in 1941 in the village of Pavlogirkivka, Bobrynets district, Kirovohrad region. According to the jubilee, his birthday is March 10, but registered on March 19, the day of baptism. When the boy was 5 years old, his family moved to the village of Osykuvate, Kuibyshev village council, the same district. Childhood and adolescence passed here, which quickly reached, but a good memory of his native village among the wide steppe still inspires, is not remembered over time and lives in many works of the master.

While still in school, the gifted young man entered the correspondence department of the Moscow People's University of Arts, after which, from 1963, he studied at the Faculty of Industrial Arts of the Moscow Art School, the famous Stroganovka (now the Moscow State Academy of Arts and Crafts). Stroganov). After obtaining the specialty "engraver on stamps", he was sent to Kirovograd (now Kropyvnytskyi) - as an artist-engraver for artistic metalworking Kirovograd art and production workshops of the Art Fund of the USSR. He worked as a sculptor in the city for some time. From 1985 he moved on to creative work, working with easel and monumental sculpture. Many works of the master decorate the interiors and exteriors of public buildings in our city.

Viktor Vasyliovych had great friendship and cooperation with our compatriot - artist, sculptor, writer Andriy Vasyliovych Nimenko. Communication with a multifaceted, gifted person played a major role in the creative work of the artist. New ideas, experiments and searches for sculptural compositions appeared.

His work is diverse: small-scale sculpture and genre sculpture, monumental works and lyrical portraits. Charming images of women in the works of Samylenko VV is beauty, harmony and refinement. Figures of Ukrainian women are presented at the exhibition: "Flora" (1990), "Three Apples" (1998), "Romance" (1971), "Spring" (1999).

The artist's achievements include works dedicated to the theater, colleagues, poets and writers. The exhibition includes a bust of the German sculptor Fritz Kremer (1969), a bust of Alexander Vertinsky (1991), a sketch of the monument "Portrait of Karl Bryullov" (1989) and a sculpture "Mask and Mirror" (1981). Historical events and the theme of war in the life of the artist - not only a tribute to the history of our state, but also the disclosure of the heroic feat of ordinary people in the fight against the enemy.

The Art Museum keeps images of our heroic compatriots, participants of the Second World War: a bust of a Soviet military pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Vasyl Kolisnychenko (1983), a bust of an honorary citizen of the Polish city of Krakow, Soviet intelligence officer Oleksiy Shapovalov (1994) and an interesting sculpture. 1990). Viktor Vasyliovych is a participant of many international and national exhibitions. His works were exhibited in Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, and elsewhere. He participated the international competition for the best monument to the 100th anniversary of Ukrainians in Canada, where he received a diploma and an award. In 2002, at the invitation of the scientific society. Mykola Trokhymenko, took part in an international competition for the construction of a monument in the Sandermokh tract in Karelia (1,111 Ukrainian political prisoners were shot there in 1937), where he also won two special awards.

Many monuments and sculptures are now located in various parts of Kirovograd region. His monument to the victims of the Holodomor - a two-figure composition made of concrete and copper stands in the village of Chervona Kamyanka, Oleksandriia district, a bust of doctor Feodosii Hetmanets in Dobryanka of Vilshansky district, a bust of the Hero of the Soviet Union Vasyl Ishchenko in the village of Troyany of Dobrovelychkivsky district. In Kropyvnytskyi, on the grave of another famous countryman - scientist, local historian, writer Mykola Smolenchuk, a monument created by V. Samylenko. In addition to sculptures, his works include paintings, drawings, and plaques. In 2012, our museum hosted a personal exhibition of the artist "Gallery of portraits of the extraordinary personalities: from Cleopatra to the present day." Here was presented a little-known page of the artist's work, in particulr, portrait painting, where he revealed the images of various historical figures who left a contradictory and ambiguous mark in the history of Europe. High level of skill and extensive experience allow Viktor Samylenko to work with different materials, filling them with a new form and deep meaning. His works harmoniously fit into both museum and urban space.

By creating new works and images, the master gives impetus to young artists who confidently pave their own path in art. His son Roman also followed his father's path, he is a sculptor and restorer, has two degrees in classic arts. Daughter Oksana - artist, graduated St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. I. Repin, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. The staff of the Art Museum sincerely congratulates Viktor Vasilyevich on the anniversary and the opening of a personal exhibition! We wish you many years of health, creative inspiration and realization of all your plans and dreams!

The curator of the exhibition - Olga Shapoval - custodian of funds of the I category Kropyvnytskyi Art Museum