Екслібриси Ірини Колядиної – яскрава сторінка в мистецькому житті України

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to introduce to the scientific community and to open for scientific research a new personality, a local bookplate artist Iryna Koliadyna,\xa0 whose\xa0 numerous works\xa0 have represented\xa0 the national graphic art at the International Biennial of Ex libris since Ukraine became an independent state. The research methodology has been determined by the system and analytical approach, which allowed classifying 475 bookplates into four ways. Based on the chronological analysis the general tendency of the development of the author’s print in the modern ex libris art has been revealed. The technological stages of author’s bookplates employment have been systematized and classified. The scientific novelty of the research. The work represents the first analytical study of the creative development of Iryna Koliadyna –\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 a modern woman-artist, a master of a special genre of artistic graphic arts. In the creative work of the artist, among the numerous story and personalized miniature bookplates, there are commemorative ex librises dedicated to outstanding figures like T. Shevchenko, L. Ukrainka, H. Skovoroda, M. Makarenko, I. Kavaleridze, M. Kotliarevska, M. Ciurlionis, A. Brazinskas, and others, that hold a special place. The greatest number of ex-libris dedications were made in honour of the Ukrainian writer and artist Taras Shevchenko. More than one hundred service bookplates are dedicated to the cultural and public institutions of the countries where the International Biennial of Ex libris and Small Graphics took place. They are Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Norway, etc. Conclusions. In the retrospective of the artist’s\xa0 work,\xa0 three technological stages of the bookplate development are clearly outlined: lino printing (1975–2000), polytechnologic (2001–2010), and computer-based (2011–2019). The artist’s tremendous contribution to the development of Ukrainian graphic art and the promotion of the bookplates at numerous International Biennale of Ex libris has been proved.