Perm Legendary landmark — inscription "Happiness not far off" — restored. The initiative showed by the citizens themselves. writes portal Ura.ru.

community Members "Perm Active" social network "Vkontakte" said that caring people of the town repaired the famous art-объект "Perm happiness" on the embankment of river Kama. Earlier it was noticed that the design once again corrupted: the letter "E" broke off.

One of the most unusual and well-known modern monuments of Perm is located on the embankment of the Kama river, near the river station. The work of the "Perm happiness" was created by the artist Boris Matrosova in 2009, during the large-scale project "Perm — cultural capital", which was curated by gallery owner Marat Gelman.

even Though art-объект filmed in well-known domestic television series and films, he is not under the protection of the state – city government did not allocate money for his next fix after damage by vandals or random passers-by (one in the letter "H" accidentally entered hydrocyclic, however, he admitted his mistake and he fixed it a dead letter). Therefore, the inscription each time reinstated by enthusiasts.

Boris Matrosov — modern Russian artist. In 1986-1988 were in the group "world Champions" (G. Abramishvili, Konstantin Latyshev and Andrei Yakhnin and, at the initial stage, K. Zvezdochetov), famous for his conceptual performances. In the list of auction sales Boris Matrosov is a canvas "is not China": on the auction Vladey Vladimir Ovcharenko in 2013 he was sold for € 3,000. And in June 2015-го three of Matrosova "untitled" with a picture of a plastic bird on backgrounds of different colors have been sold at a London auction Maxim Boxer at 750 pounds apiece.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: ura.ru, artinvestment.ru