Sculptor and film director Ivan Kavaleridze

Sumy ODTRK, 2007. The episode of the program "Man of the Universe" tells about the life and work of sculptor, film director, playwright, screenwriter, artist Ivan Kavaleridze.

In the video: landscapes of Paris; photographs of Ivan Kavaleridze and his family members; landscapes of the Ladanskyi farm (now the village of Novopetrivka); residents of Novopetrivka; photograph by Naum Aronson, Ivan Kavaleridze's teacher; St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv; building of the Main Directorate of the National Police; Church of St. Nicholas on Askold's Grave; Independence Monument; monument to Princess Olga in Kyiv by Ivan Kavaleridze; photographs of work on the monument to Princess Olga; monument to Taras Shevchenko in Romny; "Chained Prometheus and Unchained Worker" in Romny; "Prometheus"; "Image of a Freed Miner" in Kharkiv; author's reconstruction of the destroyed monument to Princess Olga; footage from the film "Grigory Skovoroda"; certificate from the Kyiv Film Studio of Feature Films (inscription in russian); bas-relief portrait of Ukrainian scientist and encyclopedist Mykhailo Maksimovich; stills from the film "Prometheus"; photos of destroyed sculptures.

Commentators: art critic Nadia Yurchenko; director of the Sumy Regional Art Museum named after N. Onatskyi Halyna Arefieva.

The program was created by: author — Tetyana Holub; director — Olena Borysenko; cameramen — Oleksandr Novozhon, Andriy Gerashchenko; sound engineer — Serhiy Konoz.
The program used the funds of the Sumy Regional Art Museum named after N. Onatsky.

Reference: Ivan Kavaleridze is a Ukrainian Soviet sculptor, film director, playwright, screenwriter, and film artist. As an artist of the Soviet era, he addressed established narratives, but also promoted Ukrainian themes in his work.