2009-01-26
Personal web site of Volodymyr Ivanov elGephest.com was included in the album of Ukrainian design “Dèçåëü” 2008. Design projects are included in this authoritative almanac on the commercial basis. The only exceptions are for the projects — winners of design competition “Creative games”.In March, 2008 site elGephest was awarded diploma of jury for the 1st place in the nomination “Personal sites”. Thus site obtained an honorable...
2009-01-21
Citizen of the world and art ("10 days" magazine)
Sculptor Volodymyr Ivanov is officially a citizen of Ukraine, but de facto is a cosmopolitan as he loves travelling to different countries - Volodymyr, when was the first time that you felt you had the talent to be an artist? - I am not quite sure that I revealed my talent right from my early childhood, but I began modelling when I was 3 years old. I was often ill but nothing serious. Even though I had caught a mild flu, I still had to stay home. It was...
2008-10-10
The great German philosopher Martin Heidegger read Ancient Greeks daily: an hour or two every day for fifty years. He was convinced that the European culture originates entirely in Antiquity. Volodymyr Ivanov, a famous Ukrainian sculptor, shares that conviction. As a young man he took part in archeological digs of Olvia and Khersones (ancient cities of Northern coast of the Black Sea), and at once fell in love with that ancient culture...