Рукописна та книжкова спадщина України (Jan 2024)
Modern Ukrainian poster as artistic chronicle of resistance to Russian aggression (poster collection of design group "Creative Resistance KNUCA/KUC")
Abstract
The purpose of the work is to show the role of the poster as an important informational and visual source that, with the help of artistic means, captures a chronicle of military events and serves as an important component of the general artistic chronicle of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Methodology. A historical-comparative method, a method of analysis and synthesis were used, which made it possible to show the place of the poster in the general paradigm of modern art, to highlight the peculiarities of the artistic language of the modern poster, to demonstrate the viability of traditional symbols in a new context and the appearance of new ones determined by time. Scientific novelty. A thematic collection from the fonds of the Department of Fine Arts of the V.I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine of modern author’s Ukrainian posters of 2022-2023 of the creative design group "Creative Resistance KNUCA/KUC" has been put into circulation for the first time, with a total of 80 storage units from 39 authors. Conclusions.The poster genre took a prominent place in the general paradigm of wartime art, due to the following factors: the simplicity and availability of the execution technique; the specificity of its inherent functions: informational and propaganda (records the main current events of the wartime in Ukraine and the world and draws attention to them with the help of artistic means); aesthetic (the author’s poster is a conceptual work of art, which is characterized by the figurative and lapidary language of artistic tropes). The uniqueness of the collection of the Department of Fine Arts in that, unlike the war posters of the First and Second World Wars, these works are original - they were made on their own initiative, without any interference from censorship or authorities. The materials of the collection are a symbolic representation of the collective memory of our people, a polysemantic pictorial chronicle of the modern Russian-Ukrainian war. The informational potential of the works of the thematic collection of the design group "Creative Resistance KNUCA/KUC" is from now on available for modern and future scientific research related to issues of the history of Russian aggression against Ukraine, as well as issues of the role and meaning of poster art in the context of wartime.
