Ilya Prunenko lives and works in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Main areas of work: painting, video, environment.
Ilya Prunenko is an artist who, despite his young years, is quickly gaining momentum and recognition in the world of modern art. “Representation” is the author’s second personal exhibition in Dnipropetrovsk. At the exhibition, Prunenko will show the audience his early works and part of the new project “little horn”, some of which were painted a few days before the opening. Undoubtedly, the early works can be called modernist, and the new works can be attributed to postmodernism, hence the name “representation”, meaning the representation of an image from modernism to postmodernism, that is, certain stages of development, reflection of one on another, but already in a different light.
You can understand the path taken by the artist, his thoughts, expression of ideas, only by looking at the striking contrast between Prunenko’s works. Contrast in the expression of ideas, change in handwriting. Until now, no artist has shown the audience so clearly and transparently his progressive development from one style to another, which sharply criticizes the previous one – from modernism to postmodernism.
“I don’t want to focus on individual works, to explain the idea, although it will have to be done. I show the development of the artist, i.e. myself, a change in thinking, a change in writing technique, this change surprised me. The viewer has the opportunity to look behind the scenes and at least partially understand how it happens, this process of representation, the process of personality development.” Ilya Prunenko
The changes are really impressive, especially if we talk about the artist’s handwriting – the works are very different.
The change of artistic eras from modernism to postmodernism took place in 1968-70s, but this is a change of entire eras! The same change of eras, but in a reduced format, can be seen on the example of one artist and it is a really fascinating sight!
