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You may have seen the latest iteration of "do it" when it was revived last year in a pop-up installation at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens. Initiated in 1994 by curator Hans Ulrich Obrist as a forum for challenging the idea of the exhibition as a singular event limited to specific spaces with a limited timeframe, "do it" consists of a set of artist-produced instructions that can be carried out by anyone, any time; the exhibition's "works" consist of the instructions themselves, as well as their realization as an event or product. "do it" started in 1994, and since then has been revisited in museum installations across Europe and the U.S. and in multiple publications. do it: The Compendium, published last year by D.A.P. and Independent Curators International, compiles all of the instructions produced so far by participating artists, including written contributions by Yoko Ono, Damien Ortega, Pipilotti Rist, Dan Graham, Marina Abramovic, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, and Rosemarie Trockel. The ongoing show exemplifies the process-based, diffuse, collaborative, and decentralized nature of the art of the 20th century.

Stanislav Rodych

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Not only artists, using bodily fluids, are currently on the rise. After all, what else, if not a paintbrush, can best and most accurately depict what you see or imagine? Here we learn about extreme artists who reject the convenience of traditional techniques and paint with their noses and even their genitals or eyes. Take, for Tim Patch. He is commonly known by his professional stage name Pricasso, which he took after the great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. He has an unorthodox method of painting using his genitals for that. This unusual case patch has been doing for more than 10 years. And its popularity is growing year by year.
In one interview, Pricasso said that portrait work is the most challenging type of painting, so he set himself a goal of painting an accurate-looking portrait within 20 minutes. Due to normal paint containing lime, which erodes the skin, Pricasso makes his own water-based paints. His paintings go for $299 to $1000.

Albina Zemskova

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You may have seen the latest iteration of "do it" when it was revived last year in a pop-up installation at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens. Initiated in 1994 by curator Hans Ulrich Obrist as a forum for challenging the idea of the exhibition as a singular event limited to specific spaces with a limited timeframe, "do it" consists of a set of artist-produced instructions that can be carried out by anyone, any time; the exhibition's "works" consist of the instructions themselves, as well as their realization as an event or product. "do it" started in 1994, and since then has been revisited in museum installations across Europe and the U.S. and in multiple publications. do it: The Compendium, published last year by D.A.P. and Independent Curators International, compiles all of the instructions produced so far by participating artists, including written contributions by Yoko Ono, Damien Ortega, Pipilotti Rist, Dan Graham, Marina Abramovic, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, and Rosemarie Trockel. The ongoing show exemplifies the process-based, diffuse, collaborative, and decentralized nature of the art of the 20th century.

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Murals - modern art with an ancient beginning.
When our ancestors showed their emotions with a controversial pictures  in a cave with a piece of coal, they hadn't thought that centuries later this type of art became into something more than just a picture, into something remarkable and stunning.
Some would say that murals this is just a big picture on a wall, but for me, this is a part of the wall.  Mural is more than the picture, it's a part of you, of your life, of your environment. Buildings with murals get a new view with deeper fillings. Some could be open to interpretation without no predefined meaning, others could shake you to the core or leaves you confused.
This type of art requires a huge amount of preparation. You can't paint just what you want. You need to research the area, find an exact building and don't forget about special equipment.  Moreover, you need to coordinate your picture with the government and discuss it with locals.
As a result, it can be a picture on various topics but it should be memorable with a powerful statement or out-of-the-box with blowing your mind.
When I am going through the city and find a new mural I fill fascinated and astonished by it. And I really get the kick out of it.
And don't forget that the mural on your building makes your accommodation different from others and increased the cost of your flat.

Dima Hryshchenko

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Butter sculptures are sculptures carved in butter. The works often depict animals, people, buildings and other objects. They are best known as attractions at state fairs in the United States as lifesize cows and people, but can also be found on banquet tables and even small decorative butter pats.
The history of carving food into sculptured objects is ancient. Archaeologists have found bread and pudding molds of animal and human shapes at sites from Babylon to Roman Britain.
Let`s learn how to make your own butter sculpture.

You Will Need:
* Butter
* A cool room
* Ice water
* Materials for the framework
* Sculpting tools
* Food coloring

Step 1: Find a cool room
Find a cool room in which to work so your butter doesn't melt as you sculpt.
*Tip: Today, Tibetan monks create their works of art in rooms kept at 32° F.

Step 2: Pick a subject
Pick a subject. Let your mind run wild. Butter sculptors have created everything from The Last Supper to Elvis Presley.

Step 3: Soak the butter
Soak the butter in very cold water in order to remove impurities and give the butter an extra- smooth texture. The amount of butter you soak depends on how large you'd like your sculpture to be.

Step 4: Build the frame
Build a frame to hold your base in place. Traditionally, bamboo sticks were fashioned into the framework, but you can use wood and/or metal.

Step 5: Dip hands in ice
Before you start sculpting, dip your hands in ice water. Your hands must be kept practically numb, or your body heat will melt your creation.

Step 6: Knead the butter
Knead the butter into a paste that's free of air bubbles.
*Tip: Add food coloring to the paste, or parts of the paste, if you like.

Step 7: Butter the base
Load the butter onto the base, and begin shaping it with your hands.

Step 8: Fine-tune your design
Fine-tune your design with tallow tools. Use modeling tools for smoothing and contouring large surfaces, and sculpting tools for intricate detail.
*Tip: Many household items, like shoe horns and manicure instruments, can be turned into sculpting tools, so use your imagination.

Step 9: Keep it cool
Once you've completed your masterpiece, store it somewhere it won't melt before the big reveal.

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I'd like to remind you of my city - Kharkiv and the uninhabited part of my city is the works of Hamlet.

Hamlet Zynkovskyi is an Ukrainian street artist that is loved by all citizens of my city. For years he has been painting his artworks in hidden parts of the city and Kharkiv authorities long struggled with him and painted over his work. But during this time the locals loved him so much that he was left alone.

His artworks are very close to me and everytime when I find them they always touch a nerve. All of his works have strong message. You'll never know where you can find it again, most of times you just walk through the city and come across them.

Similar street arts give the cities its impeccable uniqueness

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Ok. We can discuss Abstractionism – like kind of Modern Art.
I know, that in our life people try to push the boundaries or show that some simple things aren’t what they seem to be, BUT
To be honest, it leaves me confused.
On the one hand, these pictures are out-of-the-box. You can look at them for hours. Unorthodox and, probably, sophisticated.
On the other hand, this kind of art is very controversial. You need a few cans of paint, paper and ….that’s all!
You pour out and mix paints. You don’t need to think about the final product. It will be as it will be. And in this case, I have just one question - Why is it so expensive?!? It blows my mind! Paint explosion on a piece of paper shouldn’t cost so much!

Ann M.

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Frankly speaking, I am not a modern art buff and to complete this task, I had to surf the Internet to find any interesting example. And I've found it – the art of topiary. This kind of art is starting to become pretty popular in Europe, including Ukraine. The common topiary, that usually can be seen in the local parks and squares, is trimmed in the simple shape of cones, cylinders and cubes, which can be combined together to create more sophisticated sculptures. Although, sometimes the gardeners have allowed their imagination go out of the box and create some exquisite forms: a person, an animal or even some unorthodox things which cannot be recognized so easily. To be honest, sometimes the whole exposition of green sculptures can be so sophisticated and dazzling at the same time, that it shakes me to the core. Furthermore, it requires a lot of patience to cut trees and bushes in such a spectacular way. Don`t you think so?

Tetiana Halenova

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A few years ago Kyiv became one of the world capitals of street art. The impetus for this was several art initiatives at once, such as Art United Us and Dynamic Urban Culture Kyiv, in which the most famous mural artists were invited to the capital to create their works here.
Geo Leros, the initiator of numerous murals in Kyiv and the installation of new benches in Shevchenko Park, became the curator of the "More Than Us" project.

8 artists from Brazil, Switzerland, USA, Costa Rica, Spain, Belgium and Ukraine worked on the project. The result was fully painted vaults of the platform - the space between the author's frescoes is painted with a floral ornament.

A large-scale surreal painting of eight murals was completed at the Osokorky metro station.

In this remarkable work, the artist uses animals from the Red Book of Ukraine, as well as plants, flora and fauna. On the left is a bear, a representative of Western Ukraine, with an integrated Lviv town hall. The case is Korsak, a representative of the eastern part of Ukraine with the integrated Donetsk airport. Between the two animals, there is a traffic light in the form of the coat of arms of Ukraine, which shows the direction of the territories of our country.
Olha Chudinovych

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It is often said that art is an expression of one’s soul and when the medium of art is an animal’s back, it is rather fascinating.
Today I'd like to mention Belgium artist Wim Delvoye (who is a vegetarian, by the way) and his tattooed pigs.
Controversially, Delvoye had the tattoos inked onto the skin while the animal was still alive.
Cartoon characters, religious iconography, and a host of other designs are tattooed onto the back of this stuffed pig.
His projects are consciously provocative, pushing the boundaries of art and ethics. They are very unorthodox, very out-of-the-box.
He began tattooing dead pigs in the early 1990s, but in 1997 he started working on live animals, intending to challenge the art market by creating living works of art.
The inspiration to tattoo pig’s backs came about as he thought of ways to fascinate people without doing the obvious.
There is a second layer to it: by tattooing the animals and filming them he gives them more personality and wants to raise their value from food to actors within an art performance.
Chinese seem to have been hypnotized by the pig tattoos. This form of artwork gets even more appealing with the prospect that a single pig could fetch up to $70,000 depending on the design on its skin.
Don't you think it's overrated?

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The phrase "picture on the wall" can evoke controversial emotions - graffiti, wall inscriptions and other similar art objects can be perceived both - positively and infuriating due to their poor quality, labeled as vandalism, bad taste.

The important positive functions of murals are to increase the attractiveness of urban space: colorful dazzling drawings enliven the monotonous spaces of typical buildings in residential areas and industrial zones. On the other hand, they can be aimed at emphasizing the features of the area,  can not only complement or build on the historical image of  locality, but also completely change it, push the boundaries, create a new image of a place that will eventually replace the old one.
But there is a second layer: the artists convey their feelings and experiences, draw people's attention to important events, make a powerful statement for the wide audience, express their reaction to certain situations.
The present has made its corrections into mural art, which cannot remain aloof from the war events in Ukraine. The whole civilized world has stayed with Ukraine and is looking for any way to help resist russian aggression. Artists all over the world through their works  give a standing ovation and extreme support to the defenders of Ukraine and the courageous Ukrainian people who defend not only their independence, but also  the right to peaceful existence of the whole world.

The picture above -  is the mural  of the artist TVBOY from Spain. The girl depicted in the mural traces the letter O of the word HOPE, a symbol designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement in 1958, known as the "Sign of Peace."
A surreal present, when children are forced to hide from bombs, leave their homes, remain orphans. Ruined childhood. And this is only a part of the terrible realities of today.

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I would like to tell you about a remarkable project «Shukai!».
«Shukai!» is the history of Kyiv in bronze mini-sculptures.  It colored me impressed.
The author of the project is a guide and "Kyiv manager" Yulia Bevzenko.
This project is for the Kyiv's citizens to walk around the city without a guide, just by themselves, with family or friends, to find the sculptures and talk about them with others. Each sculpture contains a QR code that, after scanning, opens a page with detailed information about the history of each sculpture.
The project includes 37 sculptures and new ones are being prepared (I have found only 21 of them).
The first of them was a miniature monument to the famous Kyiv cutlet. It was opened in January 2018. It`s really exquisite.
The last one is a mini-sculpture dedicated to the Ghost of Kyiv. For me it is the most moving, memorable and remarkable. The inscription on the sculpture "Touch me - victory is near", shakes you to the core.
This project pushes the boundaries of usual walks in the city, allows you to learn something new, so try to find at least some of these sculptures.  You will get the kick out of it :)

Inna

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Modern art is not only a chronological era in art history but also a philosophical movement. I’d like to tell you about a unique spin on installation art, about something sophisticated and remarkable.
The world was changing and art needed to change too. Artists were fed up with gallery system and the commercialization of art. They began to push the boundaries: instead of paint brushes they started using bulldozers.
Earth Art (or Land Art) is a movement in which artists transform natural landscapes into site-specific works of art. You could say land art existed thousands of years even before oil painting – and I didn’t color you impressed by this modern version.
But in 1970 the idea of the Land art was about a desire to take art out of the white box of the gallery. Museums are still places where the artworks are locked away from time. The Land artists try to create something that time is supposed to change.
The Earth Art is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land itself into earthworks or making structures in the landscape using natural materials such as rocks or twigs. It becomes not only the site, but also the canvas.
On the picture you can see a famous Spiral Jetty. The jetty is a pioneering piece of the Land Art movement of the late 1960s and 1970s in the United States. Robert Smithson was an unorthodox author. He made a powerful statement.
Smithson created this Environmental artwork in a ”terminal lake” – the Great Salt Lake in the middle-of-nowhere Utah, far away from the commercial and academic strictures of Manhattan, the heart of US modernism.
This mind-blowing sculpture was rooted in an industrial culture by putting art outside in the world. It became a part of the process of nature. It still  exist now without isolation from the world around. There is a second layer - the Spinal Jetty has become a handy visual metaphor – a symbol of climate change.

Novikova Nataliia