Gallery "Our artists",
19 September @December 21. 2014
Moscow Sechenov pereulok, 2

Today in the gallery "Our artists" exhibition "Aristarkh Lentulov. Flesh things".

Aristarkh Lentulov — one of the major Russian artists of the twentieth century. Pyotr Konchalovsky, Mikhail Larionov, Ilya Mashkov he founded the Association "Jack of diamonds" and was his constant uchastnikom@

In spite of fame Lentulov in our day is definitely not receive the attention they deserve. About him there is only one modern scientific-популярная book (E. B. Murin, S. G. Jafarov "Aristarkh Lentulov", 1990, M., "Soviet artist"), there is no systematic catalogue of his paintings and drawings, and the last retrospective was held 27 years ago. Realizing that no reproductions of the albums may not reflect the scenic splendor of the works of Aristarchus Lentulov, and two-три masterpiece in the exhibition of the Tretyakov gallery — not the whole artist, and makes sense to promote the idea of it to a wide audience on the "St. Basil's Cathedral", the gallery "Our artists" set about creating vystavki@

a Tireless experimenter, in 1910-е years Lentulov explored a number of the latest trends. His works are dated to the tenth year, — powerful samples expressionism, created parallel to the experiences of this movement in German painting. Bright colors, sweeping a letter, brittle contours, uneven rhythm, exaggeration characteristic of diptychs "Men and women" and "the descent from the cross" and "Crucifixion", "Greek", "Three male figures", "Suitcases. Still life". All these works participated in the first exhibition of "Jack of diamonds" and inexorably become "a slap in the face of public taste". So, diptych "Men and women" challenged not only pictorial manner, but in fact, portraying dressed women and naked men. The painting "the Crucifixion" was removed from the exhibition by the censor. Color energy, power, rhythmic and plastic expressiveness, and often — enthusiasm and irony, will be to distinguish and subsequent pictures master@

Journey to France-Италию in 1911-1912 the years expanded ways of creative follow — cubism, Cubo-futurism, simultaneism, orphism, — launched a new experimental possibilities. Crimean work "Children with umbrellas" 1912 characterized by a new color scheme, it has more dynamics, transparency, and incorporeality, freedom. "A woman with a harmonica" 1913, shocking about epic in the film, the most outstanding experimental work of the author in the genre of female portraiture, and "Roses. Still life", written at the same time in Kislovodsk, demonstrate "simultaneities harmony based on dissonance" (J. Boalt). Both work in 1913, when they were created two of the most famous works Lentulov — "St. Basil's Cathedral" and "Moscow". Lentulov, quickly mastered the opening of the artists of the West, together with his colleagues went national putem@

"the Church in Alupka" 1916 — lightweight, lace, sweep — the musical work of the author at the exhibition continues the study of the dynamic plasticity of old Russian architecture, forms and rhythms which sounded great Panna@

finding a balance between the objectivity of shape and detachment from the concrete to the pictorial to create a generalized image of a bright artist continued in a number of landscapes, which he generally preferred, including Nizhny Novgorod and the New Jerusalem in 1915-1917 years (Nizhny Novgorod, 1915; "River. New Jerusalem", 1917; "Gate with a tower. New Jerusalem", 1917). Virtuosity and artistry Lentulov to use graphic tools allow the artist to achieve a completely new result. According to Fedor Lentulov, great-grandson of Aristarkh Vasilyevich, "taking all the best, he never rested on its laurels, and successfully found using the principles have transformed their next dragging him over".

In a brilliant "Portrait of A. S. Khokhlova" in 1919 and wonderful "self-Portrait with violin" approximately the same time Lentulov "turned again to the once traversed, but not completely exhausted analytical cubism". The artist retreated from the decorative decisions, and monochrome and volume of these works, their tuleushin density testify about classicnote. This is also evidenced by a series stanitski landscapes on the theme of the Trinity-Сергиевой Lavra ("Landscape with the pink tower", 1920, "Landscape with chimneys", 1920, "Landscape with trees and red tower", 1921) — "Swan song" big hudojnika@

Special attention is the work of "a World celebration, liberation" of 1917. Written during the world war and the February revolution, it has absorbed all the turmoil and the energy of the moment, anxiety and delight the expectations of a new era. Shining like the sun, it heralded the birth of the "new Adam".

the phenomenon of the moment, the ecstasy of what he saw, whether it be a portrait, landscape, still life — that's what motivated the creativity Lentulov. "Lovely flesh of things", which Jacob Tugendhaft seen in plots of the artist's paintings, was a reflection of his passionate temperament, and the power of the impressions left us casts his unbridled imagination, creating a perfect art formu@

Its of little interest to the texture and density of the depicted objects, he was concerned with the ephemeral flesh impressions of her and he felt the need to transfer to canvas. It is the ability to see the essence of things and phenomena are distinguished from the great painter radooga@

Being extraordinarily gifted artist Aristarkh Lentulov did not create its avant-garde theory, but made a great experimenter and gave Russian modernism unique "luntolovsky" intonation. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication of memoirs by A. V. Lentulov. The typewritten manuscript was kept in the family, it has been repeatedly quoted in the literature for different reasons and in connection with different artists, but never published Telekom@

Источник: kournikovagallery.ru