In the gallery "FotoSoyuz" an exhibition to mark the 80 anniversary of the famous novel by I. Ilf and E. Petrov "Golden Calf". A photograph of Alexander Grinberg, Emanuel Evzerihina, Anatoly Yegorov, Boris Ignatovich and other authors

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in the gallery "FotoSoyuz" (street Pokrovka, 5) opened the exhibition "The Golden Calf" in the reflected light of national news in pictures, or "dream come true idiot "».

«Glohnesh here at work. Great milestones forget! .. Real life passed by, happy sounding and flashing shiny wings ... » And yet, these winged phrases from the novel" The Golden Calf "for 80 years, since it is known that I. Ilf and E. Petrov worked on the novel in 1929 -- 1930 (then called "smooth operator"). What is not an occasion for celebration of word and image!

several generations of "The Golden Calf," served as a kind of quotations, a collection of aphorisms cheerful at all times. Who among us has not sinned "Borrowed wit", quoting without quotes whole passages from the "evergreen" novel? And although much of this book may now seem like an anachronism, and some funny gems terrible to say, are indecent, or (who would have thought) politically incorrect (such as, « you are not in church, you will not be deceived "), nevertheless" The Golden Calf, "remains the most beloved and popular adventure novels in Russian.

Things are moving, ladies and gentlemen of the jury ... already 80 years old, started as ...

Here is some photographic imagination, or, if you want, "speculation" on "The Golden Calf," a photographic chronicle of the country. Do join us in an easy assumption, do a simple thought experiment: Ostap Bender and K + only that here there were or could have been ...

heroes of the novel, plot reversals, or referred to the events had their prototypes and primary sources. This apparent "health" a fact revealed to us is truly a gold mine. We compared the text and context Ilf-Petrine era and tried to submit photos of domestic classic 1930 as documentary pictures of the Golden Calf ».

The exhibition presented a galaxy of classics: Alexander Grinberg , Emmanuel Evzerihin , Anatoly Yegorov , Boris Ignatovitch , George Lipskerov, Mark Markov -Greenberg , Michael Prekhner, Max Prekhner, George Petrusov , Victor Ruykovich, Alexander Ustinov , Ivan Shagin , Arkady Shaikhet .

I must say that the photos and photographers that, in many respects a remarkable time lucky. By the charm of a past age inevitably mingled with nostalgia. People, things, machines, urban landscapes look, not enough to say otherwise - they now seem to us much more romantic, "photogenic" modern "counterparts. Add to this a genuine enthusiasm of pioneers, trailblazers. "Creation of the masses" then it was completely sincere, and both internally - everything was new. Therefore, the modern "golden calf" chronicle seems to us incredible seasonally. Fast moving consumer goods and unification in the clothes and thoughts in its infancy. It is not entirely eroded the inertia of the elements of the free NEP. Looking at the faces of people of the "era of optimism, we are impressed with their authenticity, naive immediacy and openness. So said, so moved, so really look Femina, accountants, engineers, executives or "captains of private capital. Apology of the poor and the persecuted pedestrian is now a sad smile. Look at the streets of Moscow 1930 - a paradise for pedestrians and motorists.

A technique! Looking at it in old photographs, we can not but admire. Technique was the embodiment of engineering genius and simplicity, "visibility" of mechanics. From cars to Singer binders - a few easy movements wrench. Any thing is currently in its immediate scope, cause and effect relationship is extremely visualized. Never since the time the planes and cars will no longer be so attractive beautiful as "Hispano-Suez", or ANT-20 bis - Committed and unsurpassed masterpieces of engineering genius.

has received, from the hall note with a question from a skeptical "experts" pictures - "And what do you have another spiritual father to all his famous masterpieces? It would be something new "- answer" quickly, witty and characteristic for us. " First, not all yet known, and secondly, comrade, you did not try the same thing loud and prinarodno say somewhere in the Tretyakov Gallery, with paintings such as "Ivan the Terrible kills his son"? ( « Need to kill these experts »).

Commissioner exhibition
Viktor Molchanov

PS Now in the best houses in Europe to give the gold strainers is mauvais ton. Instead, picture as a gift more and more into fashion. Increasingly, ladies and gentlemen, without a good picture of the guests do not go.

(violate the integrity of the text of the press release editorial commentary AI did not, therefore, in parentheses after the original text, we note that the picture I. Repin, which is popularly known to as "Ivan the Terrible kills his son, the State Tretyakov Gallery is called" Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on Nov. 16, 1581 ». - AI .).

Exhibition of great masters of Soviet photography works in the gallery "FotoSoyuz" until January 19, 2010.

Source: photounion.ru