Art or vandalism? The artist placed the portraits on the buildings of St. Petersburg
ARTinvestment.RU   27 декабря 2017

Artist Vladimir ABiH stylized portraits under the masks and placed them on the facades of the houses in Saint-Петербурге. City officials his idea was not appreciated

Mysterious mascarons depicting a mustached man in glasses and often with a crown on his head, began to appear on facades of buildings in St. Petersburg a few weeks ago. The mystery of the emergence of new architectural elements were soon discovered. The responsibility was claimed by artist Vladimir ABiH stated in social networks, their actions "selfish desire to get into the story." According to the artist, in this age of selfies and constantly updating news feeds "to carry out the leap into immortality, to become a fossil, it is possible only through the past, mimicking the already existing historical contexts. Embedding in architecture of Saint Petersburg, mimicking the masks on the facades of buildings, I place their self-portraits in an attempt to make history out of turn".

the Idea Abia to its subscribers in social networks like. And, according to the artist, during the installation of the mascarones building on passers-by also did not show indignation about his actions. However Saint-Петербургский the Committee for state control, use and protection of monuments of history and culture (KGIOP) the opinions of fans Abihu did not share. The Chairman of the Committee Sergei Makarov invited the artist to "make history" in another way — for example, to help in the restoration of the existing monuments of history or to transfer funds for maintenance.

the Building, which appeared mascarones-автопортреты Abihu do not have the status of monuments. But if you continue ABiH will post that-то on buildings-памятниках, administrative proceedings can not avoid it — warned of the artist in KGIOP. "Otherwise you can really get into the story out of turn. Book with this story called "the Code of the Russian Federation about administrative offences"", — quoting Sergei Makarov.

Sources: rg.ru, 5-tv.ru, artinvestment.ru



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