World-renowned Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk presents exhibition in Kyiv

"I found this gallery and when I saw the heroes of Salvador Dali and Picasso at this screen, I said that I really wanted to see my paintings on this screen. And here are my paintings from 1965 to 1980. That's when I said goodbye to social realism, I decided that I wanted to be an abnormal artist," Marchuk said during the exhibition, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

He noted that visitors would be able to see paintings, graphics, plastic works and first digital installation based on his works.

Ending the period of exhibition openness, Marchuk presents more than 100 works that have not been exhibited before.

The exhibition will run from October 18 to December 15 in the ARTAREA art space.

Ivan Marchuk is one of the most prominent contemporary Ukrainian artists. Marchuk is the People's Artist of Ukraine, the laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine and a member of the Golden Guild of the International Academy of Modern Art in Rome.

Ivan Marchuk is the author of 5,000 paintings. For 50 years of creative activity, he has conducted more than 150 monographic and 100 collective exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. In 2007, Ivan Marchuk was included in the Top 100 living geniuses rating published by The Daily Telegraph.

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