maria kulikovska + oleg vinnichenko
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Performative Sculpture
Performative sculpture is a definition of the sculpture objects created by Maria Kulikovska. The artist investigates different modifiable sculpture materials in the long-term process of her working. In this section are presented the sculpture objects prone to transform and change, which were made from ephemeral, often non-traditional sculpture materials, such as soap, fat, silicone, salt, sugar, caramel, concrete, cast iron, resin, and different organic minerals.
Kulikovska's sculpture objects are the exact clone copies of her full body or certain parts of it. All casts are made by Uleg Vinnichenko, who has started to cooperate with Maria Kulikovska since 2017. Uleg Vinnichenko is an architect-engineer and a chief technologist of all sculpture projects of MKUV Studio.
The casts of the artist's body are frequently transformed into architectural construction, which are made from various, initially non-traditional sculpture materials too. The sculpture objects created by MKUV Studio have a performative character: they are transformed and modified, they are deconstructed and they grow old. Some of the performative sculptures might be completely destroyed. And some of the performative sculptures become a full participant of Kulikovska's performances and body actions.
Kulikovska's sculpture objects are the exact clone copies of her full body or certain parts of it. All casts are made by Uleg Vinnichenko, who has started to cooperate with Maria Kulikovska since 2017. Uleg Vinnichenko is an architect-engineer and a chief technologist of all sculpture projects of MKUV Studio.
The casts of the artist's body are frequently transformed into architectural construction, which are made from various, initially non-traditional sculpture materials too. The sculpture objects created by MKUV Studio have a performative character: they are transformed and modified, they are deconstructed and they grow old. Some of the performative sculptures might be completely destroyed. And some of the performative sculptures become a full participant of Kulikovska's performances and body actions.
Performative Sculpture
Performative sculpture is a definition of the sculpture objects created by Maria Kulikovska. The artist investigates different modifiable sculpture materials in the long-term process of her working. In this section are presented the sculpture objects prone to transform and change, which were made from ephemeral, often non-traditional sculpture materials, such as soap, fat, silicone, salt, sugar, caramel, concrete, cast iron, resin, and different organic minerals.
Kulikovska's sculpture objects are the exact clone copies of her full body or certain parts of it. All casts are made by Uleg Vinnichenko, who has started to cooperate with Maria Kulikovska since 2017. Uleg Vinnichenko is an architect-engineer and a chief technologist of all sculpture projects of MKUV Studio.
The casts of the artist's body are frequently transformed into architectural construction, which are made from various, initially non-traditional sculpture materials too. The sculpture objects created by MKUV Studio have a performative character: they are transformed and modified, they are deconstructed and they grow old. Some of the performative sculptures might be completely destroyed. And some of the performative sculptures become a full participant of Kulikovska's performances and body actions.
Kulikovska's sculpture objects are the exact clone copies of her full body or certain parts of it. All casts are made by Uleg Vinnichenko, who has started to cooperate with Maria Kulikovska since 2017. Uleg Vinnichenko is an architect-engineer and a chief technologist of all sculpture projects of MKUV Studio.
The casts of the artist's body are frequently transformed into architectural construction, which are made from various, initially non-traditional sculpture materials too. The sculpture objects created by MKUV Studio have a performative character: they are transformed and modified, they are deconstructed and they grow old. Some of the performative sculptures might be completely destroyed. And some of the performative sculptures become a full participant of Kulikovska's performances and body actions.
Performative sculpture installation. The art project was especially created for the pavilion of Crimea Summit, organized by Crimea Platform. From December 1, 2021 was installed on the territory of the main office of the Crimea Platform, located in Kyiv, Ukraine. 2021
The series includes 5 busts cast from ballistic soap with flowers. August–November 2019.
Sculpture from ballistic soap with different types of flowers inside. In a collection of Odesa Fine Arts Museum. Summer 2019.
Sculpture from ballistic soap with flowers. In a collection of the Zenko Foundation. August 2019.
Performative sculpture installation. The art project was especially created for the exhibition «Amazing Stories of Crimea». In a collection of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019.
Six sculptures from ballistic soap shot by Maria Kulikovska during the performance for the Ukrainian-Swiss film «The Forgotten». Kyiv, Ukraine, 20 January of 2019.
Series of the casts of hands and feet from epoxy resin. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018-2019.
Sculpture cast from epoxy resin. In the Q Contemporary Collection in Budapest, Hungary, 2019.
Figures from ballistic soap. Represented in the park of Ebenbockhouse during the exhibition «Ukraine: Learning from a good neighbour 1918–2018», Munich, Germany, 2018.
Bust-cast from silicone with addition of hair and chains. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018.
Triptych of the casts from ballistic soap with the addition of blood, sperm and plant juice, specially for the first ever exhibition in the park of Cidade da Cultura de Galicia – a cultural complex in Santiago de Compostela, Spanish, 2018.
Soap pillar with epoxy resin cast of artist's body inside. The idea of the sculpture was born during the artist residence of Liverpool Biennial in the fall of 2017.
Series of five life-sized figures cast from epoxy resin with the addition of flowers, chains, feathers, seashells, keys and bones. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017-2018.
Sculpture-cast from epoxy resin. Kyiv, Ukraine, spring 2017.
Series of 7 sculptural figures cast from epoxy resin. These full-sized sculptures were specially created and installed in the public park of Ukrainian contemporary sculpture - «PARK3020», which is in the territory of «Edem Resort Medical & Spa». The park was officially open in 2020. Lviv region, Ukraine, since summer 2017.
Bust from epoxy resin as a part of the exploded sculpture. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017.
Sculpture-cast from epoxy resin. Replica and continuation of the sculpture «My Second Xena I». In a private collection in the owner's estate in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017.
Sculpture-cast from epoxy resin. Replica and continuation of the sculpture «My Second Xena I». In a private collection in the owner's estate in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017.
Replica and continuation of the sculpture «My Second Xena I». This figure became the first common art project of Maria Kulikovska with Uleg Vinnichenko. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2016.
Performative sculptural installation was made of salt blocks from an Soledar mine in the east of Ukraine. Replica of the sculpture installation «Soma — Body without Gender». Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2016.
Series of cast objects from fibreglass, resins and wax. Created for a personal exhibition in Odessa, Ukraine, 2016.
Plaster mold residues of Maria Kulikovska's body. Made by hands of her ex-wife – Assyrian-Swedish artist Jacqueline Shabo to create a full-sized figure from ballistic soap «Maria with Child». Umeå, Sweden, 2015.
Sculptural triptych from ballistic soap. These artworks were nominated for the UK/raine Award, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2015. In a collection of Deutsche Telekom in Bonn, Germany.
Sculpture-cast from ballistic soap. Created in the process of removing forms from the body of Kulikovska by her ex-wife Jacqueline Shabo. The sculpture was installed in the garden of Verkligheten Gallery, Umeå, Sweden, 2015.
Sculpture-mold from plaster. The artwork was created in spring of 2014 specially for the group exhibition «Postcards from Maidan», which was held at Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland.
Performative sculpture, created from animal fats and installed between the walls of the gallery space and technical room of YermilovCenter in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1 March of 2014.
Performative sculptural installation made of self-produced 27 salt pillars by Maria Kulikovska in collaboration with her mother. This project was nominated for a PinchukArtCentre Prize 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2013–2014.
200 plaster fragments-copies of Maria Kulikovska's body at the gallery of RuArts Foundation. Moscow, Russia, spring 2013.
Installation of 700 homemade sugar and milk bricks inside the transparent container gallery of AKKU in the public park of Uster, Switzerland, summer – fall 2012.
Three soap figures, installed on the territory of Izolyatsia Art Centre in Donetsk. On 9 May of 2014 these sculptures were destroyed by militants of DPR. Donetsk, Ukraine, 2012–2014.
Site-specific performative sculptural installation. For the first time, it was exhibited at Lavra Art Gallery in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2014, the installation was recreated at Saatchi Gallery in London.
Series of more than 200 plaster sculptures-casts of Maria Kulikovska's body. First sculptures from this series were made in fall of 2010. The sculptures and their images are actively used in artist's installations and actions, which are organized within the framework of the project «Flowers of Democracy» since 2015.
Series of plaster casts of the artist's face. Kyiv, Ukraine, September 2010.
20 plaster sculptures-casts. On 9 June of 2014 a group of pro-Russian terrorists shot at all sculptures, which were exhibited at Izolyatsia Art Centre. All sculptures from the series «Army of Clones» were destroyed. Donetsk, Ukraine, 2010–2014.
First sculptural copy of Maria Kulikovska's body. The figure was created in the basement of the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2010.