The Arts Society King’s Lynn invites James Butterick to talk about The Lost Futurist of Ukraine at West Winch Village Hall next week

An art society continues its winter season with a talk with a special guest next week.

The Arts Society Lynn is welcoming James Butterick to speak about Oleksandr Bohomazov 1880-1930: The Lost Futurist of Ukraine on Thursday, November 14 at West Winch Village Hall.

Having never left the Russian or Soviet empires in his lifetime, this Kyiv-based artist can only have heard about the new tendencies in Western Art through magazines or publications.

Bohomazov managed to create masterpieces no less exceptional or ground-breaking than those of his European contemporaries.

A difficult, at times tragic, life, shaped by a passionate love story with a background of major historical upheaval – Bohomazov is an artist of revolutionary ideas and unique style.

James examines the legacy of the genius who many consider to be the national artist of Ukraine and how his work is finally moving into the light.

James began collecting and selling Russian and Ukrainian art in 1985 and has established himself as one of the world’s leading experts.

He moved to Moscow in 1994 where he took part in museum exhibitions and lecturing on Russian art. In 2013, James began to travel to Ukraine and his focus changed in 2014 to Ukrainian Modernism.

Since this date, James has put on three exhibitions of the leading Ukrainian Futurist Bohomazovas well as other exhibitions devoted to the subject.

In 2015, James’s became the first gallery dealing in early 20th century Ukrainian and Russian art to be invited to exhibit at TEFAF, Maastricht. James, whose private gallery is in London, speaks fluent Russian.

The lecture starts at 2pm and will take place in West Winch Village Hall with an entry fee of £10 each.