Modernism and Performance in Ukraine: First Half of the Twentieth Century

The paper studies the literature on the understanding of artistic modernism and performance in Ukraine in the context of their artistic manifestation in the first half of the 20th century, and highlights the main directions of research of these phenomena. The reasons for the growing interest in performance research are clarified, its complexity and ambiguity are emphasized. The aim of the work is to investigate and systematize the existing theories regarding the formation of artistic modernism and performance in Ukraine, to identify the main directions of research into these phenomena. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research were the following general scientific approaches and methods that enabled considering artistic modernism and performance from different vector positions: the systemic method made it possible to investigate modernism and performance in the system of world and Ukrainian art of the first half of the 20th century; the structural-functional approach facilitated the analysis of the regularities and formative principles of the performance and considering the art of the 20th century in its integrity and harmony; the method of generalization enabled outlining the place of performance in the worldview paradigm as a result of the analysis of ambiguous formulations and statements regarding the phenomena of artistic manifestation and performance, which were represented in various sources.