Odesa's Museum of Contemporary Art Opens "Calypso Mirages" Exhibition by Dmytro Dulphan

The first exhibition of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Odesa at the new address, 31/33 Evropeyska Street, was the project "Calypso Mirages: Captive of the Depths by Dmytro Dulphan".

This was reported by an Intent correspondent who visited the new location and visited the exhibition.

The museum says that this is a gesture of resistance, a belief in culture as a force that captures reality and shapes the future.

"In the face of uncertainty, this is a place for dialogue, rethinking, and presence," the release says.

The exhibition of works by Odesa artist Dmytro Dulfan (1971-2024) will open on March 1 at 17:00. The project immerses the viewer in the inner world of the artist, who throughout his life was in search of the immense, wandering between dreams and reality, between creative upsurge and unfulfilled ambitions. The central metaphor of the exhibition is the image of Calypso, a goddess who fascinates and keeps you in the world of illusions, just as the artist himself remained in the thrall of his ideas.

Dmytro Dulphan was born in 1971 in Odesa to an artist's family. In 1986-1990 he studied at the Odesa Art School. In 1990 he began his creative activity as a painter, performer, and graphic artist. He worked on models of light installations, using fluorescent lamps, paper, fabrics, neon, cellophane, mirrors. Since 1992, he has been a member of the Ukrainian Wave movement. 1994 - founded the psychedelic space "Laboratory of Light and Sense", providing a space in Odesa workshop for experiments of artists from different countries. Since 2000 he has been working independently in the style of punk glamor. He designed alien ships, experimented with painting, plastic and porcelain.

The exhibition covers different periods of his life: from artistic experiments in the "Window" gallery to iconic plastic objects. The viewer will see unique "lamps" and spatial sculptures that reflect the search for his own artistic language.

"Dmytro Dulfan's art is an immersion into the abyss, a journey that has no final port. It is a ritual that does not lead to the light, but leaves in the grip of darkness, where the world of shadows absorbs reality," the curators of the exhibition believe.

Also at 17:30 there will be a performance "Scythe" - a collaboration between Yevhen Bal, Dmitry Ehrlich and Ilya Petrov. This work is an attempt by the artists to outline the boundary between the personal and the public in the current historical context, when every day can be the last.

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