Creativity and pedagogical activity of Professor V. Bystriakova
Authors: Nikitin A. 
Published: April 2019

V. Bystriakov – Honored Worker of Arts of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, creative work is well-known to the general public, and teaching activity occupies an important place in the work of the department of drawing of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. In the work of the artist, he combined his own experience and achievements of artists of past generations, it has always been and is open to creative experiments. His creative pursuits and teaching methods are important for understanding the history of artistic education, in particular the teaching of the drawing, since it reflects the main directions and peculiarities of artistic education of the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. In his work V. Bystriakov determined that the minimum means can be achieved maximum expressiveness, to achieve a strong life experience in the work. His paintings are characterized by ease, transparency, artistry of performance, understanding of the proportion of proportion and composition. Professor V. Bystryakov's pedagogical credo is a responsible attitude to his work, professionalism in any field of occupation – whether it is drawing or painting. The main objective of the teacher in the mandatory requirements of the classical school, he believes, is to enable the student to identify his own creative vision of a task. The main thing is not to «kill» the desire to create. Among students V. Bystriakov a teachers of the academy M. Kochubei, V. Kyrychenko, Yu. Maistrenko-Vakulenko, who already convey their creative experience to students. A special place in the work of V. Bystriakov is dedicated to the Chernobyl tragedy. The tragic event for Ukraine and the world has brought to life a cycle of pictures: «Girlfriends», «When the birds do not sing», «Evacuation», «Bright still life in the dark room», «The cry of Jeremiah», «And the third angel sounded», «Sunflowers», «Spas», and also a series of paintings «And fell on the star of the earth». In each work the cycle has its own language, artistic means, its philosophical interpretation, is subject to the disclosure of the main theme – Chornobyl. V. Bystriakova's creativity characterizes him as a talented master with personal beliefs and views. He does not stay away from the problems of modern life, in particular the ecology of the environment, touches in his works important issues that make us think over the routine of life processes, through the extrapolation of the inner sense and understanding of reality. He inspires reflections on the present in his various spiritual and social aspects. Knows good and evil through the prism of confession of the soul. Combining and interweaving the images of fictional illusions and real heroes, generalizes and reproduces the experience gained in his works. The artist's paradigm is based on the principles of symbolism and surrealism. In the principles and approaches of the author to the creation of works can be traced laconic language of poster art. Using various authoring techniques, he reveals to the viewer his tension and a peculiar vision of the world, reflects internal excitement, experiences, painful. The existence in works of the existence, embodied in details and symbols, prompts philosophical reflections on life, the search for truth, comprehension and perception of the viability of nature. V. Bystriakov is an artist and a teacher, who, through a practical component, passes on his experience to students nowadays.