Exhibition of the sixties Valentina Vorobyova in Moscow
ARTinvestment.RU   09 января 2017

12 January 2017 at the Moscow exhibition hall "Gallery A3" opens exhibition of the artist-шестидесятника Valentine "enemy of the people. Distant and close"

The Gallery A3. 12-22 Jan 2017
Moscow, Starokonyushenny lane, 39

"enemy of the people", let me remind you, this name is not only the exhibition, but the resonance action of the novel Valentine about the life of the artistic underground in the Soviet Union and the fate of the sixties in exile. The name, the essence, turned into the current role of the artist. Readers good: the book is in one breath. But many of the sixties shudder from the mere mention of the name of its author. Humorous, sarcastic, lively, expressive, with excesses and neglect to detail the story Vorobyov, if not destroyed all the myths built about that time, gave a very realistic explanation of many processes and actions. The artist knows what he's talking about. Since the mid-1960-х to mid 1970-х sparrows was one of the most active representatives of the artistic underground in the USSR and a party to the illegal market. By the way, it Vorobiev invented is hated by many of the term "dip-арт" — slang names of contemporary art of the time, the main buyers of which were foreign diabetici and correspondents. "The term "dip-арт" I figured it out, — told Vorobiev in an interview with Alexei Shulgin, — and blurted out in the basement Nemukhin in 1969 on the question of American Astrakhan: "So you pop-артисты?" Me: "No, we deportista!"".

From the beginning of 1960-х years Vorobiev participated in the resonant informally or inadvertently allowed exhibitions. One of the brightest episodes of the biography, the artist considers the organization in 1961 of the exhibition formalists in Tarusa — soon after the scandal closed. But the peak of his confrontation was, of course, participated in the "Bulldozer exhibition" in 1974. With Rabin, Nemukhin, Komar and Melamid delivered, Masterkova, etc. From the exhibition on a wasteland in Belyaevo preserved even black-белые photo Vorob picturesque "star", is damaged in the course of "improvement works".

a year later, in 1975-м, Valentin Vorobiev emigrated to France. The exchange of information was gradually lost, the artist disappeared into Parisian life and in a few years was almost forgotten in Russia. As is often the case.

By the beginning of 2000-х paintings and gouaches Valentine in Russia, remembered mainly by art historians. Not yet got the daring "enemy of the people" and "Leftists". And now actually is a new acquaintance of the public with the artist. I don't know if the exhibition at least a few works 1970-х years. I would like to. It seems that at least the thing with the posters was one of those times. However, one of the works in 1971, remember those who followed the recent sale of the collection Bar-Гера on Sambisa in November 2016. Then a big abstraction Vorobyov "Scrap in Europe" was sold for $9 400 in the conversion of pounds. Most likely, in Russia.

More I will not speculate, soon you will see. The opening of the exhibition "enemy of the people. Far and close" will take place on 12 January 2017 at 19:00. This is the official time shown on the website exhibition hall. But probably all will start earlier — five or six in the evening. This account will be clarification from the organizer and curator of the project Alexei Shulgin.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Source: a3gallery.ru