Portraits Zvereva of «House Naschokina»
ARTinvestment.RU   03 октября 2007

Designer Zverev - legend post-modernism, one of the most prominent figures in the non-art. 55-year-old artist, who died in 1986 from a stroke, has received a fantastic informally known lifetime.

Until 21 October 2007 «House Naschokina» (Vorotnikovsky trans., 12) last exhibition «Anatoly Zverev Portrait», the exhibition which includes some 100 works.

Designer Zverev - legend post-modernism, one of the most prominent figures in the non-art. 55-year-old artist, who died in 1986 from a stroke, has received a fantastic informally known lifetime. And fame is not the word. Recollections of his contemporaries - it is rather adoration, worship of the creative genius and joy. Clearly, there are complaints on «incommodious» lifestyle genius, his drunken violence, mental illness, but the critical assessment of creativity - almost never. Only a genius. To say that something drastic to take only a colleague, so few people pay attention to this, because the artists in general are rarely praised each other.

At a time when «Other Art» is experiencing a boom of interest in a solvent, with the advent of greater transparency, relevance to the creativity of the leaders of «other artists» become more balanced and therefore more critical. No doubt that Zverev - an artist with a spark of God, of course, did not appear. However, it is understood that not every artist's touch is precious. It is believed that the best expressionist work Zverev made in the period from late 1950 until the 1963rd - a small piece of a length of 4-5 years. Talent, of course, so has not disappeared, and push in all the years, it is increasingly easy to cover the shaft of things, made to order: bow to the portrait of a sponge, to cats, dogs ... Zverev who himself felt that began to draw not a wish, but as customers wanted. However, it is a massive demand for money. Talent drinks easily, but, despite the rolling of the publication in the publication of a stamp to say that Zverev ended in the early sixties, it is not quite right. At least, not so categorical. Reducing the whole, of course, was obvious, but the outstanding work and appeared in the late seventies and eighties. For example, in the legacy of the eighties, when Zverev had significantly fizzle out, it is possible no-no and meet some inspired landscape with pine trees. And without doubt, as in the authentication. And such a thing does not suffer from poor periodnosti: Today will cost, for example, 35 thousand dollars, with the prospect of two years to grow at twice the price. Another thing that inspired upscale items at Zvereva in the seventies-eighties had become rare exceptions.

However, without good «Zvereva» a collection of «other art» will continue to be considered incomplete.

I had to meet the assessment that the legacy of the artist is about 30 thousand works. Doubtful, probably tenfold lower. Where more confidence to other estimates of collectors, which is really good is not more than 10% of the original works Zvereva.

portrait genre are the major works of the artist. Organized a two-session with the kind, they say, was worth 200 rubles. In comparison, almost as much in those years was the fee for the concert Iosif Kobzon, one of the most highly paid artists of the USSR. But Zverev, the memories, too, did not leave the audience with the concert. Vedlivy glance - screw up one's eyes - a pause - and then leap to the sheet - pribautki - spray paint to all sides - the trade: «Smile» - and twirl «AZ». Eyewitnesses keep this enthusiasm to this day. Portraits also allow only a guess ...

Paradoxically, in spite of fame and unconditional membership in the first several artists Sixties Anatoly Zverev today can be considered one of the most undervalued artists. It would seem, «shot» has all the significant figures of post-modernism: Rabin, Nemukhin, Rukhin, Tselkov, Krasnopevtsev, Schwartzman ... Yes, almost all of what they list. And Zvereva - lull. And this is an explanation of the market.

thing is that for the growth of capitalization should be more or less full of high-quality labor market. There should be regular sales, which set price targets and create an understanding of how much should it cost and how fast to grow in value. Must be a turnover and the prospect. Then purchase acquire investment component, and even create fashion for the artist. And if the sale of things are worthy of a single character, the natural market promotion artist fails.

Here is the whole paradox. After Zvereva has beautiful legend about the most talented artists in the sixties, but still very few masterpieces. This situation prevents a substantial increase in the prices of his work. It turns out that even the good things the artist is difficult to sell on good price, because there is no perfect buyer in the transaction understood that a good price, as well as confidence that the work will be able to benefit, and then quickly sold. Why such a catastrophic shortage of highly skilled Zverev works? Recall that Zverev not a studio easel painter. Good «oil» from wandering expressionist could get, to bring this difficult character to work with a long persuasion, care, providing the necessary material, so in proper comfort conditions (for example, somewhere in the country in Bakovka). Or, if you are lucky to do without excesses, in the housing session. Often, whether the artist was able to create such conditions? That's what it is ...

So good times were so rare. Part received some manner of meeting Kostaki burned in the country, part of the collector moved to Greece, he sold another part of collectors. This is the thing, and appear but rarely.

In fact, since 2004 the world did not consider any of the auctions Zvereva outstanding level. The latter are more or less remembered something - landscape oil «Pines. Nikolina Gora, Rublevka »1968, which in 2004 was sold at Sotheby's for 38 thousand dollars. Today, after three years of such work, you can ask a little more - not at times, which is typical of the works of other Sixties first magnitude. This is despite the fact that the «Pines ...» fit the model of nearly ideal investment Zvereva. Large commercial size, a high degree of completeness. Besides oil. Let say that Zverev not feel so well this technique and it is beautiful paper with watercolor. About Vladimir Yakovlev also said that its elements - gouache. However, oil in all of these reservations as worth several times more expensive and worth it. Plus, more liquid and rapidly growing in value.

A portraits ...

It is also worth watching: any thing you can see the true genius of print. Is not that worth while absolyutizirovat creative evaluation. Zverev did feel a hoaxer who knew his own worth, and praise him to be reckless not like ...

Source: www.afisha.ru