BETWEEN THE IMMANENCE AND COGNITION: ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO’S CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Анотація

The article explores the creative experience of Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964), a prominent innovative sculptor of the 20th century, compared with well-known representatives of Modernism. A number of the sculptor’s artistic experiments have been identified. Alexander Archipenko paved the way for subsequent generations, including Henry Moore, Pablo Gargallo, Giacomo Manzù, Alberto Giacometti, Ossip Zadkine, Alexander Calder, Antoine Pevsner, Katarzyna Kobro, Marthe Donas, David Smith, Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth, and a plethora of 21st-century artists. The influence of the ideological concepts of the 20th-century artistic process on the formation of Archipenko’s artistic paradigm has been proven.

A parallel between Cubist explorations in the paintings of Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, and Albert Gleizes and the sculpture of Alexander Archipenko has been traced. As a result of analyzing the circle of mutual influences, standard features between Alexander Archipenko’s works and key figures of Modernism have been identified. The controversial nature of the sculptor’s work, which accumulated cultural and national components as well as a universal mode of thinking, has been examined. The typical nature of the artist’s works with the artifacts of the culture of his native land has been outlined. The shared visual features and internal content have been identified. Shape, line, color, and texture were the primary means of expression that exhibited similarities. This set of fundamental concepts, developed by Archipenko, holds a significant place in the contemporary artistic process.

He was among the first sculptors to reduce plastic forms to integral, concise objects. Alexander Archipenko influenced the development of many famous artists of the 20th century. Researching the figurative and semantic range of Alexander Archipenko’s work, it was concluded that his creative approach followed a structured and systematic process. The artist absorbed the multicultural experiences of humanity while asserting his individuality. At the initial stages of visual realization, the sculptor relied on intuition, which served as a driving force to create a cohesive, logically structured plastic image. In his ideological beliefs, Alexander Archipenko turned to the concept of Universalism. By internalizing the fundamental principles of universal intelligence, he developed his methodological approach to thinking. Alexander Archipenko’s active fascination with experimental practices contributed to the discovery of his key innovations. The artist often engaged in meditative practices that contributed to forming his inner creative content – both as an individual and as an artist – while manifesting in the plastic visualization of his thoughts.