White Bouqet - a labyrinth of symbolism in the work of Oleksandr Dubovyk

Name: White Bouqet - a labyrinth of symbolism in the work of Oleksandr Dubovyk
Start: 2026-07-01T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-01T20:00:00+01:00
Location: The Kendrew Barn, St John's College, Oxford

Schedule

Wed Jul 01 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Kendrew Barn, St John's College, Oxford | Oxford, EN

https://artsfestivaloxford.org/events/white-bouquet-oleksandr-dubovyk/
Oleksandr Dubovyk (b. 1931, Kyiv) stands among the most distinguished figures of contemporary Ukrainian art – an original thinker whose intellectual and artistic trajectory spans nearly a century of cultural history. Emerging from the unofficial artistic milieu of the Soviet era, he developed a highly individual visual philosophy that he termed “suggestive realism” – a language of signs through which images transcend representation and open toward deeper metaphysical meanings.
At the centre of this symbolic universe stands the ‘White Bouquet’, Dubovyk’s most recognisable and enduring motif. It stands in deliberate opposition to the notion of universal “nothingness”, becoming, instead, a symbol of creation – a symbolic window into another dimension of reality.
Dubovyk’s canvases unfold as visual palimpsests – labyrinths of signs where abstraction, memory, and philosophical reflection intertwine, inviting the viewer to navigate between symbols and secrets, between visible form and hidden order.
Entrance is free