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Davis Richardson

Davis Richardson has written for VICE, The Daily Beast, NY Post, Interview Magazine, and WIRED. He previously covered U.S. foreign policy at the New York Observer and has published on art history and philosophy for the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.

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The Apotheosis of The Bouquet by Oleksandr Dubovyk, 2023. (Stedley Art Foundation)

Opinion: How Oleksandr Dubovyk’s ‘bouquet’ philosophy is shaping a global Ukrainian renaissance

by Davis Richardson
Painter Oleksandr Dubovyk, a legend of the “Ukrainian Sixties” movement who pioneered abstract expressionism during the Soviet Union, began experimenting with the concept of “bouquet” as early as 1966. While the philosophy has evolved over the decades, drawing inspiration from German philosophers and scientists like Heidegger, Leibniz, and Heisenberg, it is now understood by some Ukrainians as a symbol of a global cultural renaissance – led by Ukraine following its victory over Russia. “White B