Today, 11 August, at 19.00 in the Small Hall of the State Center for Contemporary Art opens exhibition «In search of meaning: the work of Alexander Ney from the collection of the NCCA and private collections», which is held in the annual international festival of contemporary art collections . It is dedicated to the 70 th anniversary of Russian artist Alexander Alexander Ney , now living in the United States. The exhibition - paintings, drawings and sculptures, representing half the master.

Alexander Ney is one of the few artists who were born in Russia, of which acquired an international character rather than a European or American. His work so unusual, that, of course, extends beyond the boundaries of one culture and do not fit into the framework of the prevailing traditions and fashion trends. Ney Creativity is difficult to classify because of its diversity and originality. It is universal, understandable and close to anyone, and at the same time, it is deeply filosofichno. His works are the result of individual development, study of ancient civilizations and contemporary cultures. In his works you can see the influence of Asian sculptures, the African totemnyh images, ceremonial masks, and objects to Native Americans, Mesopotamia and Egyptian art. He often turns to forms of Cubism and Suprematism, and also draws inspiration from the works of predecessors - Pablo Picasso and Jean Dabaffet.

He was born in 1939 in Leningrad, survived the siege. In the late 1950's, he studied at art school at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leningrad, then in the school at the Institute. VI Surikov, as well as in the Leningrad State Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Ilya Repin. During the training, her classmates made an impression on his bright personality and unique look.

In the 1960's, the artist taught at the Leningrad House of Pioneers. Among his pupils was the future writer Sergei Dovlatov and master print Lev Moross. Later, he worked at the State Hermitage Museum in the restoration department of the gold frames and rare coins. In 1969, her work as a painter and decorator with the artist movie EE Eneem the film G. Kozintsev «King Lear». For the well-known interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy, they were created wall paintings, monumental mosaic composition and properties.

In 1972, her left from the Soviet Union in France. His work, exhibited in Paris, made a deep impression on the American artist Elaine de Kuninga, wife of Willem de Kuninga, which had considerable support artist in immigration to the United States. With the help of Leo Tolstoy's daughter Alexandra, as well as support organizations FREE ( «Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe»), in 1974, settled with her family in New York. In the first year of stay in America was organized by the five personal exhibitions, one of which was held in the library of the Port Autoriti in one of the buildings of the World Trade Center. Over the past thirty-five years of his work involved a large number of group and personal exhibitions. Designer Jen Moore for several years used the work of Ney to design showcases famous Tiffany jewelry store on Fifth Avenue, which previously exhibited the work of Andy Warhol, James Rozenkvista, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns.

In 2008-2009, the National Center for Contemporary Art received a gift from Alexander Ney, two paintings, drawings 7 and 6 sculptures, created in different periods of creativity.

Ney Works are also in the collections of the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, State Museum of Fine Arts named after AS Pushkin, Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of modern art ART4.RU, as well as in the collections of many Russian artists, such as Mikhail Grobman , Igor Makarevich , Alexander Yulikova , Shelkovskoy , Leonid Lerman, Mikhail Shemyakin , Vladimir Yankylevsky , Okshteyna , Grisha Grisha Bruskin , Emilia, and Ilya Kabakov .

Source: ncca.ru