“Art-Kyiv 2007” displays Ukraine’s best artists; Rock diva Suzi Quatro to play Kyiv
For 10 days Ukrainskiy Dim will turn into enormous art gallery, as the second international art exhibition “Art-Kyiv 2007” will be held there. This unique project will involve all the prominent names that symbolize Ukrainian art in the 20th and 21st centuries, in all its variety of styles, trends and schools. This year’s exposition of “Art-Kyiv” will occupy five floors of the Ukrainian House and present 3000 paintings by 500 artists. By its scale, “Art-Kyiv” can be compared to such respectable forums, as Art-Miami, Art-Berlin, Art-Shanghai and Art-Madrid.
The basic idea of such a huge exhibition is to promote and create the appropriate conditions for the growth of the Ukrainian art market and bring Ukrainian artists who have gained popularity abroad back to their native land.
The ground floor of the Ukrainian House will be dedicated to private collections and above it – exhibits from 52 galleries, including the Ukrainian Institute of America. As for Ukrainian galleries, they will be represented in full spectrum, from the experienced veteran Triptych to a perspective beginner like Tatyana Mironova Gallery. Tatyana Mironova Gallery will showcase works of Roman Zhuk, a Ukrainian artist who has been living in the Netherlands for a long time and whose work is recognized all over Europe. Most of his works are now included in the collections of the best European museums, but his work has never, until now, been exhibited in Ukraine. Two more Ukrainian artists being showcased by the Tatyana Mironova Gallery are Sergey Guy, who will represent Ukraine at this year’s Florentine Biennale, and Valeriya Fedycheva, who was included in the top 10 of the best sculptors of Ukraine. The grand opening of Art-Kyiv 2007 will be accompanied with the publication of a 400-page catalogue and the presentation of the first issue of Art-Ukraine magazine.
Ukrayinskiy Dim (2 Khreshchatyk, 229-5986). From Nov. 1 through Nov. 10
American-born singer, songwriter, and bassist Suzi Quatro is one of the few female rock musicians to play in Kyiv. She grew up in the States, experiencing the rock’n’roll revolution as it happened. A talented singer and bass guitarist, trained in classical piano and percussion, she joined the band The Pleasure Seekers whilst still in her teens and never looked back. Diminutive and blond, she sang and played a bass guitar nearly as tall as she was. After the band split, Suzi found herself in the UK, where she became a successful solo singer, bassist and songwriter with a string of hits throughout the 70s and 80s including “Can the Can” and “Devil Gate Drive.” During the 1970s she was a massive success in Britain and Europe, enjoying a string of glam-rock hits that sold 45 million copies in all; three decades later she still had a cult following.
Suzi Quatro also extended her career to television when in 1979 she guest starred as Leather Tuscadero for three years in the hit US television series “Happy Days.” In 1990, Suzi played the lead in the musical “Annie Get Your Gun” and wrote and starred in a musical about Talullah Bankhead.
February 2006 saw the release of a new Suzi Quatro album entitled “Back to the Drive” which was produced by Sweet guitarist Andy Scott. “Suzie Q” currently lives both in Essex, England and in Germany and hosts a weekly rock’n’roll program on BBC Radio 2. She also continues to tour the world as a musician, and this time will make a stop in Kyiv. So even if you don’t know much about Suzi Quatro, you surely heard her hit, “Stumblin’ In,” which was mega popular in ex-Soviet country’s and recorded together with Chris Norman of Smokie in 1979. So if you feel like some retro style rock with a hint of nostalgia, get your ticket for Suzi Quatro.
Palats Ukrayina (103 Chervonoarmiyska, 247-2444). Nov. 8, 7 p.m. Tickets Hr 80 to Hr 600
