The exhibition ‘Ukrainian Theatre Costume of the XX-XXI Centuries: Identity, Context, Landscape’ presents the works of Ukrainian artists who worked on the creation of theatre costumes at different times.

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These are well-known artists of the twentieth century who made a great contribution to the development of Ukrainian art, in particular: Vadym Meller and Anatol Petrytskyi, who were among the brightest Ukrainian avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century. The exhibition features rare photos of their costumes from that era. Two powerful Lviv artists Myron Kyprian and Yevhen Lysyk, without whom it is difficult to imagine the development of Ukrainian theatre in the twentieth century, are represented not only by a selection of photographs but also by original sketches.

In addition, the exhibition featured the original of the legendary Astronaut's costume for the play Faust and Death by Myron Kyprian. The exhibition also featured original costume designs by the sixties artist Alla Horska for the censored performance How the Goose Died, on which she once worked with director Les Taniuk.

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The exhibition also featured works by professional contemporary artists who actively collaborate with various national and municipal theatres in Ukraine, as well as implement independent art projects. These are scenic and costume designers who are very different in their worldview and artistic language, each of whom is undoubtedly involved in the process of shaping the face of contemporary Ukrainian theatre: Anna Ipatieva, Daniila Kolot, Yulia Zaulichna, Olena Polishchuk, and Lyudmila Nagorna.

Photos from contemporary theatre productions, original sketches and costumes realised in material from performances of different years and theatres of Ukraine are also on display. The curator of the project , Bohdan Polishchuk, also presented his creative works and the central installation ‘Red, White, Changeable’.

This exposition allows you to see different manifestations and stages of development of theatrical costume in Ukraine over the past hundred years of our history, as well as to feel the trends and current topics of contemporary art.

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The exhibition is part of an international project implemented by the NGO Scenography Gallery (Ukraine) in partnership with the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine, the Territorial Marketing Fund ‘PLACE ID’ (Poland), with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

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Project curators: Bohdan Polishchuk, Tetiana Rudenko, Barbara Zharinov.

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Project manager: Oleh Oneshchak.