ARCHITECT BOHDAN BOBERSKYI: BUILDER OF THE UKRAINIAN WORLD IN POLAND

Abstract

The study of Bohdan Boberskyi’s figure draws attention from the perspective of a specialist, architect, artist, individual, and influential public figure operating under the counteraction of a polarized Polish society and authorities in the mid-to-late 20th century. The research problem lies in defining the specifics of the author's architectural practices, the validity of volumetric and spatial solutions, his organizational role, interaction with the environment, as well as examining the level of creative autonomy under socio-political pressure. The study aims to comprehensively analyze the peculiarities of Bohdan Boberskyi’s individual style and the creative evolution of Ukrainian sacred art in the context of 20th-century events. Achieving this goal involves systemizing the artist's creative heritage and determining his role in developing the Ukrainian cultural space within the pan-European context. The research methodology includes comparative, stylistic, and iconographic analyses, archival research, and the analysis of the architectural design process. The culturological approach allows for viewing the author as a bearer and representative of the creative process. The study employs a systemic analysis of the creative personality within the cultural space, alongside an approach to defining the regularities of national form generation. It provides an assessment of the developmental sequence of artistic and architectural forms, identifying the connection between the artist's work and leading European and national modern art movements and styles of the mid-to-late 20th century. The research results reveal the mechanisms behind the formation of Ukrainian national features within the post-war Polish architectural environment. For the first time, it examined how political, social, and cultural phenomena determine the emergence of new forms of creative interaction and innovative authorial practices within the architectural context. Conclusions. The analysis covers the methods of creative collaboration, as well as the actualization of spatial ideas within the historical realities of post-war Poland