ART IN DEFENSE OF UKRAINE (TO THE CREATIVE WORK OF ALEXANDER LYHOSHERST)

Abstract

The article examines the influence of modern folk art on the formation of patriotic attitudes and psychological support of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the roots and origins of folk art in the struggle for the independence of Ukraine, using the example of the work of the artist Oleksandr Lyhosherst. Today's cultural and artistic arena is a very heterogeneous phenomenon – the dominant artistic processes have shifted dramatically. Martial law, military actions of the state prompted the creative community to change the system of values – to readjust to a different plot, a figurative series. Agitation art dominates – daily reality dictates the need for creative personalities to find ways to psychologically support those who defend the borders of the state from the end of February 2022. The task of the research is the possibility of positioning art to accelerate the victory of Ukraine in the war with the Russian invaders, considering art as a method of raising the patriotic mood of the population, on agitation, moral support of Ukrainian soldiers, which is analyzed on the example of the works of the Kyiv painter Oleksandr Lyhosherst. Emphasis is placed on changes in the dominant forces in the cultural and artistic field of modern Ukraine, the cause of which is military aggression. Emphasis is placed on the war as the reason for a radical change in the storyline of the work of Ukrainian artists. The leading characteristics of Oleksandr Lyhosherst's work are highlighted, a brief overview of the formation of his creative path is given. Individual examples of the artist's work are presented, the influence of those phenomena that were important for the formation of his creative language is characterized. The plots, images, and principles of creating the main compositions that are in demand among the soldiers, who are the main customers of the artist's works, are emphasized. Parallels are drawn with the work of artists that influenced the formation of the painter's stylistics. Folk painting, nayiv positioned as dominant phenomena, on which O. Lyhosherst nurtured his art.