The exhibition "Inspired by Pinzel in Hodovytsia" was presented at the Andrey Sheptytskyi National Museum. The works on display were created by artists during joint plein airs near the All Saints Church. According to the organizers, they want to draw attention to the state of the architectural monument.
Maksym Kozytskyi, the head of the Lviv OVA, announced this in Telegram.
"Thank you to Ivona Loban, the founder of the project "Under the Pinzel Star", who for many years popularized the work of the brilliant sculptor Pinzel and drew attention to the preservation of the unique temple in Hodovytsia. Today, together with Pinzel, you bring Ukrainian culture to the world, without which European culture is incomplete. You demonstrate the power and greatness of modern Ukrainian art. You are declaring that we are a nation with a great cultural tradition, a long history, and a powerful creative potential," Kozytskyi said.
All 35 works of painting and sculpture presented at the exhibition were created during joint plein-air exhibitions in 2021 and 2022 as part of the cultural and artistic project "Under the Pinzel Star". Famous Ukrainian artists took part in plein air. They took place in Hodovytsia, which is 13 kilometers from Lviv. We were inspired by the Church of All Saints in Hodovytsia - one of the most valuable sacred monuments not only in Halicia, but also in the whole of Ukraine, the decoration of which involved the famous artist Ivan George Pinzel.
The founder of the project "Under the Pinzel Star" is Ivona Loban, who has been popularizing the work of the brilliant sculptor Pinzel for many years.
"It was in this church of All Saints that the altar of John George Pinzel was once located, it was this altar that was the decoration of the exhibition in the Louvre in 2012, which was organized by Boris Voznytskyi. It was he who saved this altar and to this day this church is without a roof," says the author of the project Ivona Loban.
According to Ivona, this exhibition also aims to draw attention not only to the church in Hodovytsia, but also to other monuments that are currently being destroyed by Russia.