本书展示了前卫艺术和创造这种艺术的乌克兰艺术家,同时承认其所处的复杂地缘政治结构和身份,展示了各种媒介的作品,从传统的油画和素描到拼贴画、图形和戏剧设计以及电影。这是一本相关的重要出版物,探索了乌克兰艺术家在20世纪初的独特声音,揭示了乌克兰对现代艺术的重大贡献。In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s presents the groundbreaking art produced in Ukraine in the early 20th century. The book accompanies an exhibition that traces Ukrainian artistic developments between 1900 and the 1930s in three key cultural centers― Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Odesa―against a complicated socio-political backdrop of collapsing empires, World War I, the Revolution of 1917, and the creation of Soviet Ukraine.
Showcasing avant-garde art and the Ukrainian artists who made it, while acknowledging the complex geopolitical structures and identities within which it functioned, In the Eye of the Storm features works in various media, from traditional oil paintings and drawings to collages, graphic and theater designs, and cinema. Exploring the distinctive voice of Ukrainian artists in the early 20th century, this is a relevant and important publication that reveals Ukraine's significant contribution to modern art.