Memorial exhibition at the Institute of Russian realistic art combined 16 large-scale paintings of Helium Korzheva not previously exhibited in this country. Exposure drafts and completed the sketches for the basic picture

Institute of Russian realist art
December 12, 2012 - May 26, 2013
Moscow Derbenevskaya nab. 7, page 31

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in Moscow at the Institute of Russian realistic art with the support of the Government of Moscow opened a memorial exhibition of "Helium Korzhev. Bible through the eyes of socialist realist ».

Helium Korzhev M. was born July 7, 1925 in Moscow. In 1950, he graduated from the Moscow Art Institute named after VI Surikov, where he studied at the Sergei Gerasimov. Widely known artist was in the 1950's and 60's, when his works were presented to "raise the flag", "Love" and the famous series of works "Scorched by the war." Korzheva works - it is always a direct dialogue with the audience. His art draws attention to the ethical issues, different social urgency and force feedback. Artist formulated his artistic credo, and this: "Life is art, art is for me simply loses all meaning. And in the work I most cherish freedom. Freedom - is to write what I want, and as much as I feel, and I can ».

creative way Helium Korzheva , whose name has become world famous, and creativity has become an integral part of the artistic heritage of Russia, is divided into several stages. Among the iconic paintings - famous triptych "Communists" (1957-1960), "Lovers" (1957-1959), "Yegor-flyer" (1976-1980), one of the artist's favorite series "Scorched War" (1960) , surreal "Mutants" ("Tyurlikov") (1980), an allegorical cycle of the lone hero, Don Quixote (1990), and finally, philosophical and metaphorical cycle "Bible eyes socialist realist", he worked on in recent years and in which Bible stories show how social realities of modern Russian history. The loop, which were included in the exhibition of the same name, can be considered in a sense the culmination of a creative way Korzheva. Artistic truth, social relevance, moral ideals exhibited by the artist in his work throughout the work, significantly affected and intensified in the biblical and evangelical compositions over which Helium Korzhev worked until his last days.

Exhibition" the Bible through the eyes of socialist realist ", on which work began with the direct participation of the painter, brought together 16 large-scale paintings, not previously exhibited in this country, as well as numerous sketches for them, allowing the author to trace the movement of thought, and his search for a new plastic language. Exposure device as a kind of temple for a canvas awning fabrics reminiscent of the Old Testament and of the Tabernacle, and the artist's studio. Outside the show screens are being broadcast movies "Helium Korzhev. Biography, "" In the Artist's Studio "and" Painting Helium Korzheva "created for the exhibition by the Institute of Russian realistic art.

Biblical cycle Korzheva filled with special personal meaning - a look at the story of the artist is not always corresponds to the canonical interpretation. Korzhev managed to create their own, a powerful and controversial, the system images. The artist presented the Bible through the eyes of a man whose life was spent in the Soviet Union, where the ideological and creative installation is considered biblical themes as the theme of artistic works. This explains the desire of the author to emphasize a particular perception of the Biblical stories. His Bible - the Bible through the eyes of socialist realist, although, strictly speaking, Helium Korzhev was not. Korzheva biblical cycle - is a confession of the artist. That confessional idea originally was decisive in his career.

paintings on evangelical themes allowed the artist to express his attitude to important moral issues. Staying within a certain image-plastic system, the biblical cycle marked the advent of a new stage in his creative quest to master.

Source : press release of the Institute of Russian realistic art