Ukraine's most famous sculptor, Alexander Archipenko , was a pioneer of the cubist style. He emigrated early in his career, eventually settling in the United States in 1923. The Ukrainian Arts Monitor Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine. The reason is not that it rejects this kind of art but that in sculptures the earthly beauty, earthly efforts and functions of body are strongly emphasized. Pictures of Western Renaissance painters and their sculptures accentuate the physical beauty of a human in the first place, as Greeks in their pagan, pre-Christian art did.
Sculpture is a three-dimensional model, it is bound to the earth, to matter.
Observer is not able to enter a spiritual dialogue with a sculpture because it communicates nothing more elevated, nothing higher than the things visible. ACUA represents both folk and fine art forms. Its mission is to educate the community at large about the Ukrainian arts. Members participate in activities that advance their professional growth, promote Ukraine's cultural heritage, and raise the awareness of Ukrainian social and political issues here and abroad. Cultural Fund - The Washington Group Cultural Fund was organized in 1994 to foster and promote Ukrainian culture in the Washington metropolitan area.