Regular annual fair of antiques, works of modernism, and jewelry was the fifth time. To the delight of the audience a number of galleries in this year included a display of bold modern art. Just added a lesser severity participated in the Salon and the Dorotheum auction house Bukowskis - in the gallery usually shows that the competitive participation of trying to avoid. According to previous publications in the press are aware that plans to appear in the cabin were the same organizations and auction Hotel Drouot, but this time there was no such party. Maybe just a step by step what.

to admit that 40% of the positive experiences provided a first stand of the fair - the territory старожила Salon MWFAF - Galerie Le Minotaure. The high wall was left virtually Shpalernaya hang gouaches Russian Parisian Andrew Lanskoe - great illustrations for «Genesis». U «Minotaur» there were 45 such works, which asked approximately 360 thousand euros. Ideologically quite similar graphic cycle Lanskoe did and «Dead souls» Nikolai Gogol. Isolated sheets of abstract figures, the combined text of Adventures of Chichikova in the world's auction were sold for approximately 10 thousand euro per gouache. In this light, the price for the entire series does not seem exaggerated.

In the center of the French «Minotaur» - medium canvas Vasily Kandinsky «murky red». This is in 1927, completed the transition from expressionism to abstraction, and the canvas has a strict geometric pattern. Many Europeans creativity «father of abstraction» associates precisely with such works, but not bright improvisations 1910-ies, which, in fact, define a new vector in world art. Still, the geometrical «murky red» good: aesthetic, аккуратен is compatible with a modern interior. Not for him asked about 2,8 million Euro, which is comparable with the prices achieved at auction.

On the wall of the right - one of the most attractive of the cabin. Recent triptych «Adam and Eve» Sixties Vladimir Yankylevsky. The work may be initially conceived as a product of the museum's size, when the gigantic size (nearly five meters in width and more than a half meters in height) is not a disadvantage. Left and right parts (usually in a triptych illustrating the male and the female principle) splits installation insert, in which «bas-relief» means made allusion to the emblem of the essence - «information and Yang». Prigashennaya range of left and right parts of the picture stresses the center. And in general, looks easy, interesting and modern. For all the beauty, in addition to the major exhibition history, gallery of «Minotaur» requested reasonable money - 150 thousand euro.

The core of its mass, the Salon exhibition was familiar and even somewhat expected. Western gallery had to get used to the tastes of Russian consumers. Therefore, it was a lot of Chagall, is still a lot of «Russian Paris» (de Stal, Lanskoe, Poles and others), more than a Picasso and the Impressionists. Clearly, vendors feel the demand to work with the price of the order of 5-30 million dollars, for example, smart «Woman with flautist» Picasso, which is worth approximately $ 19 million (Gallery Lindsay Romero), or a picture of Paul Cezanne, which was reported the press is about 28 million euros (Gallery Schmit), «sound» have only one price. However, these prices are more the exception to the salon - the weight of objects were represented more accessible. For example, a large still life of 1917 painted a key figure in German Expressionism, Max Pehshteyna in Geneva Gallery Artvera's worth 1 million euro.

thought that actively promote artists, immigrants will continue after the departure of the work in Europe. While it is recognized that in the impression formed of the extent and abundance of all the works alone, Yuri Cooper (Kupermana). His gray cutlery (spoons, forks), and the brush above the height of human growth in cross-section beam frames always attracts attention. Especially buyers with budgets of 50-80 thousand Euro. The latter, incidentally, will be able to communicate with the author himself. Cheerful Cooper in effect scarf (where f without artist) himself was present at the Salon.

Here is some epatazhnyh things that can disturb the harmony of exposition or exhibition principle of good neighborliness between the actual art and antiques, you can say and was not at all. Why afraid? What will grobiki with Warhol as the last salon? Well, at this time were grobiki with Barbie dolls that look smarter than twice repeated jokes. Wax portraits Abramovich, Prokhorova and иже with them? Well Pinchuk portrait of the same series just glittering in «Ridzhina» at Art Moscow. All in all, this series of works, José Maria Cano probably correctly attributed to the production of souvenir, though expensive - to 35 thousand euros for a portrait. In short, in «News», all went well chinno-nobly.

More from memories - sculpture «philosopher» Auguste Rodin - the product, known in Soviet textbooks to all schoolchildren. Students have grown, prospered, and is, in principle, can buy their own Rodin. For example, at the Salon, or after it. In short, «philosopher» is not unique. Judging by the captions, scheduled to be up to 25 copies. Thoughtful intellectual with a bronze cast in the Salon of 1998 (Roden died in 1917) and has a number 7 /25.

In fact this year the organizers Salon MWFAF is not afraid to experiment, significantly increased the educational role of the cabin. Well, how else would Moscow saw contemplative, a Japanese impressionisticheskih submitted Tokyo Gallery Shirashi, or Chinese, or Australian painting at the intersection of design? Receive As always super so soon MWFAF status as the most prestigious commercial art event in Moscow, nothing threatening.

Vladimir Bogdanov

Sources: www.moscow-faf.com , artinvestment.ru