Thoughts

“Thoughts, my thoughts, trouble is with you” is a poem by the famous Ukrainian artist, Taras Shevchenko.

“Thoughts” by Peter Antip is a sculpture that presents an allegory of the metaphorical weight of a person’s thoughts and ideas, which he “carries” and accumulates throughout his life in order to pass them on as the most valuable to humanity. A person’s head is heavy as an image, faith in the idea and meanings of the creator (artist), because only by giving them he receives answers that take on a new form every time. The presented image of a person says: “These are my thoughts, I bring them to you.”

ANTIPUS PETRO

Born on April 4, 1959 in Horlivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. From 1980 to 1984, he studied at the Penza Art School named after Academician K. A. Savytskyi.

Architect, sculptor, painter, graphic artist, public figure. Honored Artist of Ukraine (2009). Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1989). Scholar of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1990).

One of the founders of the gallery “Eastern Art” in Horlivka (1989) and “Art Gallery 13” in Donetsk (2007). Initiator and co-organizer of three international symposiums on stone sculpture: in Horlivka (1989), Donetsk (2006) and Sviatohirsk (2007). Permanent participant of international and all-Ukrainian art exhibitions and sculptural symposia.

Author of the “Fountain of Life” project in Zaporizhzhia (2005), which was included in the History of Ukrainian Art (vol. 5, 2007); the “Money Tree” fountain in Donetsk (2009); monument to Petrov Horlov (1999); co-author of monuments to T. Shevchenko in Horlivka and Dobropilly; academician M. Amosov at the Baikovo cemetery in Kyiv (together with O. Dyachenko, 2003); Fedor Yenakiev (2010) and the poet Stepan Rudansky in Kalynivka, Vinnytsia Region (2014).

The works of Peter Antip are in museums, galleries and private collections of Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. The master’s canvases were purchased by the Union of Artists of the USSR and the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

Five documentaries were shot about the artist’s work. His name was included in the following publications: the catalog “View. The unity of 100 Ukrainian artists of the world – on the 100th anniversary of Ukrainian settlements in Canada” (1995); album “Art of Ukraine of the 20th century” (2000); Encyclopedia of modern Ukraine (2001); Histories of Ukrainian art”, vol. 5 (2007); catalog of the exhibition “DE PROFUNDIS” (From the depths…) Milestones of Ukrainian plastic arts (Mystetskyi Arsenal, 2009), etc.

Lives and works in Kyiv since 2014.