#kobzar art

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Color linocut, 1966, Kyiv, In the Nadneprovsky park, artist Galina Garkavenko. Painting with pure, transparent and light colors. Winter park landscape with a view of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

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Back cover of a 1922 edition of the Kobzar, an 1840 book of Ukrainian poetry by Taras Shevchenko. X

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Old Ukrainian bandura from the 1st half of the 19th century, which belonged to the real kobzar, Yevhen O. Adamtsevych (Євген О. Адамцевич, 1903/1904-1972)

Currently stored in the collection of the Kharkiv Historical Museum (Харківський історичний музей), ДР-68

There is a Cossack on horseback depicted on this beautiful musical instrument:

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ТАРАС ШЕВЧЕНКО

Якщо грати на кобзі то тільки так

TARAS SHEVCHENKO

If you play on the kobza,

that's the only way

[xadee]

Olga Kobzar

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(Kozak) Bandurist (Бандурист), alternatively Blind Man (Сліпий) or Slave (Невольник) by Taras Shevchenko

Iskivtsi, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). 1843. Sepia ink.

Taras Shevchenko, also known as Kobzar (a word for a Ukrainian bard) is one of the most well known and important figures to Ukrainian cultural and linguistic history. Active in the mid 19th century, Shevchenko was a poet, writer, artist, and political figure and is credited with creating the foundation for Ukrainian literature and language in general.

These sepia ink drawings are two of many drawings Shevchenko did of a theme on a blind kobzar playing the Bandura (a Ukrainian folk instrument) in 1843, during his first trip across Ukraine. Three years later, he would write a poem on the topic, the title of which gave these pieces their alternative titles. Here's an excerpt from the poem connected to this scene:

«Отак на улиці під тином

Ще молодий кобзар стояв

І про невольника співав.

За тином слухала Ярина…»

"And so on the street by the fence

Still the young kobzar stood

And sang about a slave

Behind the fence stood Yarina..."

In this scene, Yarina recognized her husband Stepan in the blind musician, and her role is then attributed to the young woman shown in the background of these pictures. Several depictions of the scene, including the first one I show here, also places a young boy in the scene as a guide for the kobzar. His hairstyle is called an oseledets, traditional of a Kozak/Cossack depiction. The original of this first painting, one of the biggest sepia pieces done by Shevchenko, is unfortunately believed to be destroyed in a fire in 1919, but still exists in two photo copies. It was also used as art on the 2005 100 hryvnia bill.

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Total y absolutamente enamorado de la imagen de Olga Kobzar.

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The cover of The Songs of the Great Kobzar by Oleksandr Komyakhov, 1964

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Today is the Day of the National Flag of Ukraine, tomorrow is the Independence Day of Ukraine! Peace and happiness to you and your families!

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2023.10.13

Skellie Kobzar

I’ve missed a few days and veered from the prompts but whatever ✨happy Friday 13th 🖤

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Beautifully drawn, Bohun-style Cossack from the illustrated edition of Taras Shevchenko’s Kobzar for children:

Тарас Шевченко, Дитячий Кобзар, Львiв: Видавництво Старого Лева 2022, с. 40-41.

A Masterpiece of Maryna Mykhailoshyna (Марина Михайлошина), contemporary Ukrainian artist.

It is a fan&didactic account, existing only for the Cossack Heroes glory and promoting Ukrainian heritage worldwide. Copyright belongs to the Artist/Museum.

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Casa de Letras

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“What can art accomplish? The purpose of art is to accumulate the human within the human being. But when I was in Afghanistan during the Soviet War, and recently, speaking to Donbass refugees in Ukraine, I heard how quickly man gets rid of culture and a monster emerges. The beast is revealed. I do write though.... keep on writing... I write as my teachers taught me, the Belarusian writers Ales Adamovich and Vasil Bykov, whom I remember today with gratitude... I write as my Ukrainian grandmother taught me in childhood when she recited poems from the book Kobzar (The Bard) by Taras Shevchenko. Why do I write ? I've been called a catastrophe writer, but that's not true. Always looking for words of love. Hate will not save us. One and only love And I have hope... ". Svetlana Alexievich on House of Letters blog. 

Casa de Letras

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Tokenization of real assets

The tokenization of real assets is a promising direction for the Kobzar Cultural Space, as this technology can open up new opportunities for development and financing. One of the main advantages of tokenization of works of art and cultural heritage is to increase the investment accessibility of cultural treasure for a wide audience.

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«Мені не вибачать ніколи» Ріна Храмцова Гіпсові бюсти Т.Г.Шевченка, які імітують процесс зникання форми, але сенси лишаются навіть в ледве зчитуваємих образах Кобзаря. Доповнюють гіпси фотографії з написом на постаменті. Автор зворушив мене своєю відвертістю і неможливістю висловитися, він ніби вибачаєтся за свій напис, але так і не наважуєтся сказати щось більше.

КОРДОН

Резиденція Вибачте Номерів Немає Галерея Коридор, м.Ужгород 15.00, 17 грудня, 2022

Звітна групова виставка резидентів

Резиденції та виставка учасників стали можливими завдяки підтримці: European Cultural Foundation The beaux-arts Academy in Paris Emergency Support Iniciative Центр Візуальної Культури Creative Europe УМФЕД House of Europe

(eng)

"I will never be forgiven" Rina Khramtsova Gypsum busts of T.G. Shevchenko, which imitate the process of the disappearance of form, but meanings remain even in Kobzar's barely legible images. Photographs with an inscription on the pedestal complement the plaster casts. The author touched me with his frankness and inability to express himself, he seems to apologize for his inscription, but never dares to say anything more.

BORDER Residence Sorry No Rooms Available Korydor Gallery, Uzhgorod 15.00, December 17, 2022

Report group exhibition of residents

The participants’ residencies and exhibitions were made possible thanks to the support of: European Cultural Foundation The beaux-arts Academy in Paris Emergency Support Initiative Visual Culture Research Center Creative Europe UEAF Громадська організація “Музей сучасного мистецтва” / MOCA NGO House of Europe

Photo credit Mykhaylo Melnychenko

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Olga Kobzar by Ana Dias

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Портрети українських кобзарів О. Сластіона / Portraits of Ukrainian kobzars, O. Slastion

1961