Exhibition

The Hohol Series of Kyiv Porcelain

Kyiv Porcelain Heritage Museum

The current exposition gathers the numerous porcelain Hoholiana — one of the most famous series of the Kyiv Experimental Factory. Sculptures based on Mykola Hohol's works became the calling card of Ukrainian Soviet porcelain of the mid-20th century: the lad Hrytsko and Paraska from 'The Sorochyntsi Fair', Solokha from 'Evenings on a Farm Near Dykanka', Taras Bulba with a sabre, the Devil and the deacon Khoma Brut from 'Viy'. The exhibition shows over eighty figures from various periods — from classical 1950s to late 1980s author interpretations. A separate programme explores the iconography — how the visual canon of the Hohol character was formed through illustrations by Taras Shevchenko, graphics by Oleksandra Exter, animated films by Ippolit Lazarchuk, and factory sculpture as a fifth layer.