The non-governmental organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” took the initiative to grant the world-famous Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk a lifetime scholarship from the President of Ukraine. The corresponding letter was addressed to the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Yevhen Nyschuk.
“Dear Yevgeny Mykhailovych, we were forced to contact you by a question regarding living conditions, the work of an outstanding artist, and the preservation of his creative heritage. So, despite his respectable age (in May 2016, the artist turned 80 years old), he climbs every day to the fifth floor of the attic in an old building without an elevator, without elementary communal facilities, where his workshop is located, which is poorly adapted for work (there is no hot water supply, proper heating, the roof leaks). It becomes inconvenient to even invite foreign colleagues to such a room, who are increasingly coming to Ukraine with one goal – to meet the author of world-famous masterpieces,” the letter says.
According to public activists, such conditions are simply not acceptable for the work of Ivan Marchuk, because the artist creates a positive image of Ukraine in the world.
The Ministry reacted to such an initiative quite quickly. Noting that they will certainly consider Mitsya’s candidacy for a lifetime scholarship.
Now you need to submit an application and collect the necessary documents.
Ivan Marchuk is a laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Award, Honorary Citizen of the Cities of Kyiv and Ternopil, artist Ivan Marchuk. Articles about the Ukrainian artist were included in the world’s most authoritative encyclopedias, and his creative method “Plontanism” was included in the textbooks of academic art institutions.
In recent years, Ivan Marchuk’s canvases have been constantly exhibited in exhibition and museum spaces in Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Jordan, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey, Thailand, and Tunisia. In September 2016, they impressed the deputies and visitors of the European Parliament (Brussels). Everywhere – sure success and admiration, recognition of the genius of the artist and the European essence of the state that gives birth to such talents.
And this colossal work continues: now the artist is preparing for exhibitions at the Royal Cultural Center of Jordan, “FolkArt” gallery in the city of Izmir, the Abbey Museum in the city of Luxembourg and continues to create new masterpieces.
