14.02.2013  Exhibition of Volodymyr Makarenko will open in Ukraine

• 60 works by Volodymyr Makarenko from the collection of Doctor Michael Markowicz, Düren, Germany will be presented at the exhibition that will open at the Lviv National Art Gallery on February 15 and will continue through March 16, 1013. The exhibition will be presented by the museum’s director Larysa Reznikova, the head of the Artists’ Union of Ukraine Oleh Mykyta and the exhibition’s curators Natalia Mayik and Marta Moskaliuk. For not conforming to official art of Soviet propaganda Volodymyr Makarenko was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1981. The artist found his second home in France. He has been living and working in Paris for the last 32 years. This is the first exhibition of Volodymyr Makarenko in Ukraine. A fully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition by Dr. Markowicz will be presented on February 15. For more information please contact Ivanna Novakivsky at + 380-067-729-0186 or via email: Ivanna_novakivska@ukr.net. The Lviv National Art Gallery is located at Stefanyka Street 3, online at www.lvivgallery.org