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Book 1. Max Vituk. Hallucinations

The book «Hallucinations» is united by the motif of place. This is a collection of several series created by Max Vityk in different workshops, in several countries - Ukraine, the Netherlands and Egypt. The question that arises in connection with these geographical and cultural gaps is: do distance, environment and context affect the artist's work? Especially when the artist's "mystical space" is his studio, rather than the fluid time and space outside it. How are paintings transformed by a change of workplace? How do these places interfere with the narrative and impose their own horizons on the story? What becomes decisive in a particular place? And are there distinctly Ukrainian, Dutch or, for example, Cairo stories?

Book 2. Max Vityk. The Outcrops

Max Vityk, an American artist and geologist of Ukrainian descent, has created an ambitious series of works called The Outcrops. It is inspired by the outcrops of bedrock caused by erosion and human activity. In this series, Vityk outlines the geological scale and, using foam materials and enamel paints, depicts millions of years of earth's evolution. This combination of materials creates textures that are remarkably similar to rock formations, spreading across large-scale canvases. As a member of the new generation of abstractionists, Vityk draws on the monumental layered painting of the New York School. His colour system creates a symbolic layering of geological time, from the white of the ice age to the blue and green of life emerging from the sea and moving to land. At first glance, Vityk's geological abstract expressionism seems to be completely non-figurative; in fact, Outcrop reproduces the most real of objects, namely the soil beneath our feet.

Book 3. Max Vityk. The Warriors of Light

"The Warriors of Light" is an album by one of the world's most successful Ukrainian artists, Max Vityk. The publication presents the artist's latest series “Warriors of Light”, which was created under the impression of Euromaidan and the revolutionary events in Egypt, where Vityk now works. In addition to the works themselves, the album contains texts by:- Nahla Samaha, Egyptian-Canadian writer and art editor (Cairo);- Anneliese Bruns, entrepreneur, art advisor and writer (New York), head of Tang Art Advisory and Catapult Art Management.