Ukrainian New Wave (Ukrainian: Нова українська хвиля, romanized: Nova ukrainska khvylia) is a set of creative directions that arose in Ukraine in the period from the late 1980s to the early 2000s in reaction to turbulent socio-political events of that time such as collapse of the USSR, perestroika, Declaration of Independence of Ukraine. It is one of the most influential manifestation of Ukrainian postmodernism, which is characterized by a variety of works and groups of both destructive and constructive nature, aimed at both strengthening the features of fine arts and moving away from it towards actionism and replacing traditional art with the latest technologies.[1] Bright polystylistism Ukrainian New Wave originated in the previous period Ukrainian underground art, which arose spontaneously, without censorship and ideological restrictions.
In international art, the term "New Wave" is referring to the period of creative renewal that unites a wide range of movements of the late 1970s and 1980s, associated with the manifestations of postmodernism in design, architecture, cinematography, music and literature. In Ukraine, the New Wave was prominent mainly in the visual (fine arts) and not in music and cinema, like French New Wave or New Wave of British heavy metal. However, the features of the Ukrainian New Wave were still occasionally manifested in cinema, theater, literature and music of Ukraine.[2]
Works by the main group of artists were presented at the National Art Museum of Ukraine in 2009 at the exhibition "Ukrainian New Wave".[3]
- ^ Salatiuk, Larysa (2021). "УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ТРАНСАВАНГАРД: ГЕНЕЗА ТА СТИЛІСТИЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ * in Ukr.: Glib Viches Glib Viches.Contemporary art of Ukraine - from underground to mainstream. Kyiv, MARI of Ukraine.2020
- ^ Melnyk, Anatoliy (2009). Project "Ukrainian New Wave" (exhibition catalog).