“Vivos Voco” (Call living!)

This canvas embodies for painter new understanding of freedom, which moved to the new space and went out of abutments of external election. Fevour of freedom is passed like aspiration for perfection.

Despite, of prodamation of Ukrainian Independence in 1991, in the life of many average citizens long – waiting understanding of their national indepetion don’t happened. F. Dostoevsky observed that every national culture which dreams to overcome her own second – rate essence, she must have courage to look out of the abutments of “native chaos”. Today the process of national revival transformed for Ukrainian into the process of national survival. At “Vivos Voco” the painter appeals not to fall down into the abyss of the self – destroy and extermination of our culture. F. Nizshe said that one who fights with monsters might watch (guard), not to transform in the monster oneself. One looks at the abysm for a long time - it will look into to your eyes itself. How to hold on the subtle abutment, between being and nonentity? The main idea of the painting lies in understanding of thesis that not independence makes the nation a State, but a fight for it.

Mastering of Ukrainian icon – painting inheritance by the artist promoted creating his own view at icon – graphic of “Yuri – Snake - fighter” that appeared in painting. From time immemorial a character of Saint Yuri Snake – fighter in Ukraine explained as a character of upholder of kindness and holds prominent place not only in icon – painting art, but in sculpture, graphic, folklore, folk songs, proverbs as well.

At composition of I. Panyok “Vivos Voco” the portrait of the rider occupies the biggest part of the canvas. The beauty to the picture is given by pyramidal composition that is directed to the onlooker, which helps to accent the attention to heroic – romantic mood. Unlimited space is underlined with the help of pronouncing spot of red – brown raincoat, that waves and flutters at the wind behind Snake – fighter’s shoulder creating an original oscillation in the picture. Surrealistic visions of the author, a game with dream - alogical interpretation of space arouse real astonishment. “He stretched an air, hung a fire, limited the shores of the sea, strengthened the Earth, crept the fields, lifted the mountains, deepened valleys, put the forests, opened sprints, poured out the rivers, unwrapped the sky high…”

Painter scoops his inspiration in metaphorical thinking of Barocco period masters, after whom he makes his allegories more sophisticated, trying to reflect abstract notions in visible subject form. Luxury of his metaphors strikes: these are gold plate at the body of the rider, as symbol of unconqurability, a towel symbol of space, cut bread – like destiny etc. Liqurative language of I. Panyok is near to symbolic – visual language of dreams that is characteristic for painter of Barocco Art and for surrealism as well. Like from ancient dream Uspenskiy Cathedral appears, sparkling by golden cupolas in the sky. And at the mean time from the other side of the picture the same Cathedral, but destroyed. At this metaphor – the live history of Ukraine: the ancient majesty, beauty and what left after the time of totalitarism – whole destroy and culture torn into pieces.