«Russian project» Vika Myunisa
ARTinvestment.RU   27 октября 2007

From November until mid-January at the Gallery of Gary Tatintsyan will be shown «Russian project» Myunisa Vik (Vik Muniz, Dr.. 1961) - the famous American artist of Brazilian origin.

From November until mid-January at the Gallery of Gary Tatintsyan will be shown «Russian project» Myunisa Vik (Vik Muniz, Dr.. 1961) - the famous American artist of Brazilian origin. Its main finding creative, more precisely, its technological side - the interpretation of the classic works of art made in everyday materials and recorded in the photographic technique. In other words, if you ignore the concept, philosophy and the whole intellectual side of creativity (ie most important), then do the next thing. Take the work of, say, the museum's classics (not necessarily Leonardo, come and Warhol). Analyzed. After that (probably, in-floor formwork) is going to repeat it. In the course of a tinted plastic, grit, wood, metal, toys - in general, any material that will give the necessary texture and the play of color stains. Sometimes this can be compared to the mosaic (but not always). Then with the «mosaic» recurrence is high-picture photography, which greatly limited edition prints (say, 3-6 copies), and the mosaic safely destroyed. After an interesting fotointerpretatsiya that Warhol is sold for about 100 thousand dollars. (The case, incidentally, is not far-fetched: 15 October 2007 at Sotheby's for a relatively small work Myunisa «Nine Jackie (of Warhol)» (2001. Photography. 101,6 × 80) was sold for about 90 thousand dollars, converted from pounds .) If it came to money, the formal side of the investment is. A methodology artprice.com conditional $ 100 invested in art Vika Myunisa in 2000, the second half of 2007 turned into 225 dollars. By the way, the market works Myunisa fairly extensive. The database artprice.com in 1995, contains records on 323 auction results only for one only photos Myunisa. A gallery auction market much more.

Getting Started «Russian project», Myunis otsmotrel many works of Russian classics, selecting of the masterpieces of art that most like it. In the end, chose the works of Kazimir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, V. Vereshchagin, M. Vrubel and I. Mashkov. The specific product is not called before the opening. However, at the invitation ticket, you can see a fragment Suprematist compositions of Malevich, and in the works Vereschagin is not difficult to guess the most vivid impression is able to «The Apotheosis of War». Soon see.