America House opened an exhibition of abstract paintings, "Iron Endurance" for the Defender of Ukraine Day, which is celebrated on October 14. The artwork by Andriy Baranovsky, an ATO veteran and active participant in the Revolution of Dignity, are an emotional reflection of the tempestuous events of recent years. Andriy Baranovsky is a defender of the Motherland, but his vocation and professional interest is art. That is how the artist’s vision of the situation is expressed in his mastery. "The incredible combination of grief, humanity, the joys of life, suffering I felt with all the fibers of my soul. Iron did not withstand what people had to withstand " — Andrew.

This series of works was the completion of an important stage in the life of Baranovsky, it enabled the artist to rethink his own experience of the past and to move on. The project was dedicated to the courage of Ukrainians. Despite the tragedy of modern events, there is always hope: "The artist always has to seek his own truths ... I paint to bring beauty to the world" - Andriy.

About artist

Andriy Baranovsky is a contemporary color master. Born in 1964 in Dobrivody village, Ukraine, he now lives and works in Kyiv. From 1984 to 1989 he studied at the Kyiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art and Design named after M. Boychuk. Afterwards, he entered the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine. In 1989 Andriy moved to the U.S. and participated in a group exhibition at the Ukrainian House in Chicago. Since that time, he began to work much more, drawing on different techniques, as well as studying painting, design, photography and sculpture. Andriy's works are in private collections in Canada, the USA, Ukraine, Germany, Australia, Russia, and Great Britain. Andriy Baranovsky is a member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine. Mr. Baranovsky participates in many Ukrainian and international exhibitions. One of the new, but already beloved, areas of creativity of Andriy is religious painting. The mosaic icons, made by Baranovsky, decorate the Rizopolohchyshsky monastery temple in the Kyiv region.