Liudmyla Davydenko

Sculpture

Lviv 2017

“Sculpture is my conversation with myself… a question and answer, a question and answer,” says Liudmyla Davydenko. After graduating from the art academy, she translated her ceramic experience into painting, though ceramics continued to shape her creative process. In 2017, she returned to working with chamotte, weaving emotions in volume. Since then, she has been developing painting and sculpture in parallel, interconnected through her signature use of lines and plexuses, yet each piece remains distinct.

"The sculpture is my conversation with myself. My first works "Not to see", "Not to listen" – I did not know how to draw them, but I already could see how to model them. Applying the line of strings, it turns out like a question and answer, a question and answer...".

Lyudmila Davydenko

(from the N. Kosmolinska’s interview)

After graduating from the art academy, Liudmila Davydenko transferred her experience in ceramics into painting; ceramics, in general, had a great influence on her approach to work. In 2017, Liudmila returned to clay (chamotte) for creating-weaving "emotions" in volume. Since then, she simultaneously works with ceramics and painting. A special approach to the process of creation unites her works. Paintings and sculptures "from the lines and plexuses" complement each other, while each one is unique.