13.06.2011  Triptych Art Gallery

• Two well-known Kyiv based galleries Triptych and Dukat have merged to form Triptych Art Gallery. The newly formed gallery will open with an inaugural exhibition of paintings by Anatoly Kryvolap at its new exhibition space centrally located at 14 Desyatinna Street in Kyiv. Triptych Gallery was founded in Kyiv in the 1980s with a focus on contemporary Ukrainian art. Dukat Gallery, specializing on secondary market art works, icons, antiques and collectibles has broadened its interests to non-conformism art, Ukrainian art of late 1980s and early 1990s and into contemporary art. Triptych Art Gallery, the newly formed entity will track latest trends of Ukrainian art market by bringing to the public two new exhibitions monthly. The gallery provides art advisory services to institutional and private collectors. The inaugural exhibition of Triptych Art Gallery will feature recent works by Anatoly Kryvolap. The artist was born in the town of Yagotin, Kyiv region in 1946. He graduated from the Painting Department of the Kyiv State Art Institute in 1976. Anatoly Kryvolap is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Denis Milhaud, the curator of Augustine Museum, Toulouse wrote: “Anatoly Kryvolap, with his strong personality, embodies the gist of figurative and expressive color by means of which his representativeness and uniqueness shine through – the color reveals itself and its fanciful rampage being more true-to-life and effective than the reality depicted by the artist.” On May 13, 2011 a painting by Anatoliy Kryvolap entitled Steppe, 2009, 140 x 200 cm, lot 310 sold for $98,500 (with an estimate of $30,000) at Phillips de Pury & Co. Contemporary Art Sale in New York. This is the record price paid for an artwork by contemporary Ukrainian artist at a public auction. The exhibition of Anatoliy Kryvolap will run from May 27 through June 9, 2011 at Triptych Art Gallery. For more information visit: www.triptych-art.com