Vasyl Ryabchenko

Vasyl Ryabchenko (1954) is a Ukrainian postmodern artist, one of the key representatives of the "New Ukrainian Wave". Works with various mediums: painting, graphics, and installation. His art addresses the problems of good and evil, the harmony of human relations, the family, and political topics. His works have features of postmodernism: excessive theatricality, irony, cynicism, and quotability. The author often uses ancient Greek myths and biblical stories to denote modern simulacra. Vasyl Ryabchenko participated in numerous Ukrainian and foreign exhibitions. The artist's works are in the collections of art museums of Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Norton Dodge (USA), and private collections, in particular: Abramovych Foundation, Grynyov Art Collection, Voronov Art Foundation, Gallery of modern art NT-Art.

In the work "Kuporos", Vasyl Ryabchenko satirizes the meaning of the blue color in world history, mixing plots and symbols of various myths. His dialogue with the viewer is sensual and ironic. This painting is about an emotional, subjective perception of the surrounding world.