Painting and Graphics Taira Salakhova fund «Catherine»
ARTinvestment.RU   16 января 2009

From 16 January to 1 March in the halls of the Foundation of Culture «Catherine» exhibition will be the artist Taira Salakhova

From 16 January to 1 March in the halls of the Foundation of Culture «Catherine» (Kuznetsky Bridge, 21 /5) will be one man show artist Taira Salakhova .

Tair Salakhov - sign the figure for the domestic arts, a founder of «severe style», a living classic, a lot done, not only for the art itself, but also for the artists. Nearly thirty years Salakhov held management positions in the Union of Artists, which gave him the opportunity to support young artists, to support students Surikov Institute and «bear» nonconformists. With his direct participation in the late 1980's - early 1990's in Moscow went solo exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg, James Rozenkvista, Gunter Yukkera, Francis Bacon, Jean Tengli, Giorgio Morandi, Janis Kunellisa, Gilbert and George. But the official could not obscure the Salakhov Salakhova artist who created more than 60 years of creative work of hundreds of paintings and graphic works, of which several dozens of law are considered masterpieces of Russian art.

Under on the 80 th Anniversary of the master retrospective exhibition will be presented as the most famous works by the artist, and familiar to Russian audiences solely on publications in catalogs and monographs paintings from museums and galleries in Azerbaijan: «Morning train» (1958 ), «Reservoir» (1959), «Prague tunnels» (1961), «Portrait of the poet Sabir» (1962), «The Maiden Tower» (1969), «New Sea» (1970).

One of the leaders of «severe style», in late 1950 - early 1960's Tha'er Salakhov headed youth revolt against the falseness of socialist realism of Stalin's time, on the one hand, and painting for the painting - on the other. Social realism in a smooth manner Salakhov prefer dynamic and graphic style Deineka Alexandra and the modernism of Cezanne, whose work met with even during the war childhood in Baku, and canonical subjects of Soviet art - the truth of life, which was looking for oil, the fishermen and the nature of the native Azerbaijan. Created more than half a century ago, these paintings and are not lost its artistic and historical credibility, perhaps because Tair Salakhov a rare and precious gift for an artist of epic compilation.

But Salakhov - this is not the only artist «truth». His hand was not only the most well-known, but probably the best contemporary portrait genre - the pearl of the Tretyakov Gallery: «Aidan» (1967), «Portrait of composer Kara Karaev» (1960), «Portrait of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich» (1974-1976 etc.)

Retrospective Salakhova has become an occasion to present the audience his new work, as well as a number of works, almost unknown to the general public, such as a monumental canvas «You, humanity!», written in 1961 shortly before the first flight into space. At the time this picture, which could become the symbol of the new Space Age, was condemned as deeply formalistskaya. And just today we have a unique opportunity to discover this unexpected masterpiece, in which romance «severe style», has already mastered Earth space, deep oceans and the depths of the earth, to soar into the future.

Source: ekaterina-foundation . ru