Died sculptor Nikolai Silis — last of the group "Loess"
ARTinvestment.RU   15 ноября 2018

He was the youngest in creative group "Loess" (1954-1968), where are along with him was part of Vadim Sidur (1924-1986) and Vladimir Lemport (1922-2001)

Nikolay Silis (06.06.1928–13.11.2018) — is a graduate of the art school, as Siddur lemportom. In 1954, a group of young sculptors "Loess" (named for the first letters of names of participants) was deprived of the first prize of the open all-Union competition to design a monument in honor of 300-летия of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia. They won the award was unexpectedly replaced by incentive: who-то of the highest artistic circles decided that the while early. The participants "Loess" showed unprecedented boldness and appeared in print with the article "Against monopoly in sculpture". The scandal broke, but the sculptors managed to defend their positions. Group "Loess" what-то time managed to get the orders of the art works on design of buildings and territories. But almost always, the approval of projects took place with the battle. In the days of unopposed socialist realism they sharply criticized for formalism. And not only criticized, but also operated: cut the finished bas-reliefs, was removed already installed sculpture. In particular, for their sculpture "Solenoid" before the Institute of physics in Krasnoyarsk had to stand up to the team to write letters to the top, as the authorities were against it. After the departure of the Siddur and the collapse of the group, Silis and Lemport quite some time worked together. And their workshop was "underground" club where you are going and informal artists and representatives of the liberal intelligentsia (Yuri Norstein, Julius Kim, Bulat Okudzhava, etc.). In 1980-х years Silis focused on experimental small sculptural plastics, and some of his statues were produced in the USSR in large quantities. In 2000-е he fell in love with the bronze medal, said he began his "bronze age". In recent years passed a number of his personal exhibitions and exhibitions of the group "Loess". One of the largest held in 2015 in the Arena.

Nicholas Silica was 90 years old.

V. B., AI

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