"Artists of Freedom: Anatoly Zverev, Vladimir Yakovlev
The Gallery "House Nashchokina (Vorotnikovsky per., 12) continues the exhibition" Artists of freedom, representing the works of famous non-conformists of the twentieth century - Anatoly Zverev and Vladimir Yakovlev . The exhibition includes approximately one hundred paintings and drawings from the collection of galleries and private collections. The exhibition presents a unique biographical material, photographs, dedicated artists.
Anatoly Zverev is widely known in Russia and abroad as a master of free improvisation color patches and linear rhythms. Vladimir Yakovlev - creator lyrically naive and at the same time expressive works that reflect his distinctive, deeply vulnerable inner world. With the difference in a few years they rapidly entered the artistic life of Moscow in 1950, when the art was dominated by the method of socialist realism. However, they both opted for the personal independence as a precondition for free creativity.
Gifted by nature of the beast painted since childhood. At the end of handicraft school, he entered Moscow Art College 1905, but was soon expelled for free disposition, and "slovenly appearance". Later, he was already working as an independent artist, pushing himself to the horizons of the "other art».
Vladimir Yakovlev, the grandson of the painter and stage designer Mikhail Nikolayevich Yakovlev , as a child and dreamed of becoming an artist. Interest in the visual arts was awakened in him in his teenage years. Their "universities", he held the publishing house "Art", where he worked first as a courier, and then as a retoucher and photo library custodian.
Like many artists of their generation, VI World Youth Festival in Moscow, with its atmosphere of openness and direct dialogue between different cultures finally bury the myth of socialist realism as the only correct method of art in art. Creative impulse for Zvereva and Yakovlev was the familiarity with contemporary Western European and American art.
Anatoly Zverev, "is developing rapidly and unstoppable, constantly testing new forms, fusing different styles and artistic vision, and in this bright alloy was born infinitely variable, but always recognizable, "Zverev style." The very way of life made him part of the history of the national vanguard is already at the turn of 1950-60-ies, from just a talented painter Zverev has become a symbol of the free "unofficial" art ».
| portrait of poet G. Aigi. 1966 Source: Press Release Gallery "House Nashchokina» |  Vladimir Yakovlev Landscape with a white flower. 1968 Source: Press Release Gallery "House Nashchokina» |
Vladimir Yakovlev, going through a brief period of fascination with the lyrical abstraction, he turned to figurative art, working on the creation of images symbolic and meditative character. However, an important stage in the formation of Yakovlev begins with a search for individual artistic language, which are inherent in the internal breakdown, heightened emotional tension, affectation lines and rhythms. Paintings Yakovlev - a world of insecure reality of simple objects, shapes, animals and flowers, "each of which was an option, or rather a mirror of his inner world».
For Zvereva and Yakovlev Arts was not so much a way of existence, how much meaning and justification of life. Being disinterested, they worked much fruitful. It is no coincidence, each of them at the beginning of his career was marked by connoisseurs of art. Zvereva first opened taught VGIK A. Rumnev man superior culture. A little later, his work began to buy G. Kostaki, the largest collector of Russian avant-garde. Adding to his collection of works by contemporary artists, Kostaki soon drew attention to Vladimir Yakovlev. Talent of this celebrated artist novice and connoisseur of the other Russian avant-garde art at the beginning of XX century, N. Khardzhiev.
 Anatoly Zverev Jazz. Trumpeter. 1972 Source: Press Release Gallery "House Nashchokina» |  Anatoly Zverev portrait of his wife. 1964 Source: Press Release Gallery "House Nashchokina» |
Zverev soon began to exhibit abroad. Thanks to the famous French conductor Igor Markevich Russian origin of his exhibition in 1965 were successfully held in Paris and Geneva. Yakovlev's popularity in the West helped to close friends, and especially G. Aigi. The first solo exhibition was held in Copenhagen in 1976.
Official recognition of artists museum community has been possible only in the perestroika years. In 1990 the exhibition "The Other Art" at the Tretyakov Gallery Yakovlev was taken from the orphanage, which became the last sad refuge of the artist. By this time, Zvereva was no longer alive. It is no coincidence artistic heritage of these two masters of native art is represented in our major museums are not the best work. Most of what has been created by them in the most fruitful period of creativity, is now in private collections in Russia and abroad.
«The great confrontation" of the official and unofficial art, which began in the period of Khrushchev "thaw" and lasted for several decades, has created many myths about artists, among them - the myth of the drunkard and the Holy Fool (Anatoly Zverev) and the myth of the half-blind artist who suffered from a mental illness (Vladimir Yakovlev). However, over time, these seemed to be stable stereotypes have given way to deeper understanding of art of these two great masters, whose life and creative life was dramatic, but does not interfere with creative expression. Today, Anatoly Zverev, Vladimir Yakovlev took their avowed position in the history of Russian art of XX century.
The exhibition shows documentaries about Vladimir Yakovlev and Anatoly Zverev.
curator - Sergei Alexandrov, a famous collector and scholar Vladimir Yakovlev and A. Zverev.
exhibition will run until May 10, 2011.
Source:
Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov, AI with the exhibition "Artists of freedom" and a discussion forum participants AI is here:
Painters freedom. Anatoly Zverev, Vladimir Yakovlev, in the House Nashchokina ».
Vladimir Yakovlev , reporting from the exhibition "Artists of freedom" in the House Nashchokina ».
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