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«Helium Korzhev. Bible through the eyes of socialist realist "
Institute of Russian realist art
December 12, 2012 - May 26, 2013

Go to exhibitions in pyatnadtsatigradusny frost - it is fun. In addition and not a central location, new, apart from the usual artistic routes.

Exhibition and museum complex "Institute of the Russian realistic art" (IRRI) has opened a year ago, in December 2011, in one of the old buildings of the Moscow cotton-printing factory. At the end of XIX century factory called manufactories Tsindel, took almost nine acres on the waterfront in Derbenevskaya Zamoskvorechye and produces a variety of cotton. Now, after restructuring and major European-it turned into a business park, "Spassky yard." In the restored red-brick factory buildings settled crowded offices, and boiler room with high brick chimney magically transformed into a museum.

Actually no special magic is not required, and that's certainly a lot of money has gone - here is expensive, solid and serious.

The owner of the museum Alexey Ananiev (personal wealth $ 1.9 billion, № 40 of the Russian businessmen in the list of Forbes) and his brother Dmitri owns PSB - one of the leading private banks in Russia - and also collects Russian and Soviet realist paintings of the twentieth century , for which the museum and got. Began as a translator from the Portuguese in the Committee of Youth Organizations of the USSR, Ananiev now become orthodox husband, who is a remarkable beard, has three children, and on Sundays the priest ministered to the Moscow church of Holy Trinity in silver.

In addition, he thinks about the glory of famous Russian patrons and its museum defines as one of today's best collections of paintings national realistic school XX century. Ananiev feels real bearers and one of the main functions of a museum called enlightenment - "It's important for people to understand that the term" modern "is not a synonym for" abstract "," conceptual ", and any other which denies the classical school as the basis of artistic language."

And, actually, why not? Why not attend a wealthy collector of such a problem, because it is a private museum and can allow the owner to show distinctive character and a special look. That's just these grand statements are not supported in painting from the collection. On three floors of the museum - nearly 500 paintings (this is just part of a huge collection of Anan), which clearly belong to a bygone era, even if all of a sudden and dated two thousand years. There's a reserve, where time stands still, and the art world of the twentieth century, as it never existed.

And at the same time it is a good collection, it has a first-class work, and it is part of the history of Russian art, worthy of attention and study. The collection is very colorful, the exposure does not add to her order, but still looking at eeinteresno. Large multi-figure canvases Gavrilova, parade Luchishkin, portraits and Samokhvalova Deineka, Konchalovsky late still lifes, sketches Sergei Gerasimov and more. Spoiled the eyes of some post-modern art paintings want to attribute any social-brush artist or one of the reincarnations of Ilya Kabakov.

The post-war painting - the most representative section of the collection. A lot of big names and works of art - the cream of the official Soviet art. However, nothing new IRRI does not show, because there is the Tretyakov Gallery, with its key art of the twentieth century, and the museum makes sense to look for some own specificity. Just do not need so many aggressive denial and pathos in policy statements - why assert themselves at the expense of someone else, rather than to try on your own interesting stuff to understand the processes taking place in the Russian art throughout the century.

In addition to the permanent exhibition (which will be updated from time to time), the museum promises to show exhibitions. And the first of them was the exhibition of Helium Korzheva "the Bible through the eyes of socialist realist».

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Korzhev - the painter who created their best work and has been recognized in the sixties of the last century - the time of thaw, the time of addition of the so-called "severe style". Although Korzheva often attributed to this style, he preferred to call himself "the sixties." He really guided by different values than speaking at the famous exhibition "30 years of MOSH" and received a scolding from Khrushchev artists. They - the modernists and Korzhev consistent realist, true vyuchenik Surikov School and also a sincere follower of Soviet ideology. Talent and sincerity made him famous triptych "Communists", a series of "Scorched war", "love" the classics of Soviet art. A hysterical realism to the point of naturalism became the hallmark of his painting, acting not only compatriots - in 2005, the exhibition «Russia!» In New York's Guggenheim Museum, next to the icons of Rublev, "The Appearance of Christ to the people," Ivanov "Black Square" Malevich did not lose the war maimed soldiers Korzheva.

Still Korzhev - a tragic figure. Man System (People's Artist, winner, academician, longtime chairman of the Union of Artists), constantly repeating that it is absolutely free and does not think without freedom is no life, no creativity, he is hardly survived the collapse of the Union and did not accept the new reality. And freedom was not the one familiar.

Feeling the soil under their feet carved personified caricature surreal series 80's "Tyurlikov" where all the evils of the new Russia take the shape of the mutants, a certain similarity of characters Bosch or Goya. In 1993, the series showed Vladimir Ovcharenko, in his "Regina." The next hero was Don Quixote, have turned Korzheva of "Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance" in a stern warrior, foresees a tragic end. Finally, the last major cycle - biblical scenes, the first sketches of which appeared in the late 80's.

The last five years of his life Korzhev preparing for the exhibition, which has agreed, after long and careful persuasion Anan, but in August 2012 the first died. The exhibition was opened under the author name without him.

Exposure equip Yuri Avvakumov always interesting to work with the space. And this time it happened, except that the floors are too shiny. The perimeter of the room draped simple canvas and recalls the atmosphere of an art studio (or a mobile church, as we are assured in the museum). Canvas for small hidden room where they show a film about the artist. The central part of a rectangle with two aisles separated booths sophisticated gray. On the inside of a half dozen large paintings of biblical scenes, and outside the preparatory sketches for him.

Korzhev often said that looking at the biblical story through the eyes of Soviet man. Then why is the Bible? Perhaps, in the eternal and timeless book artist trying to find the plots from bygone foot support? But without faith there is no grace.

The heroes Korzheva too human scared, hurt, sad. Mary heard the good news, in desperation compressed on the floor and does not feel it has fallen to the share of happiness to be a mother of the Savior ("Annunciation"), dead snub Christ has risen ("Lamentation of Christ"), and only Adam and Eve, deprived of paradise overcome all and live a long time ("Adam and Eve in their old age").

Cycle, which was extended for a quarter century, is heterogeneous. Blades 80-90s ("Deprived of Paradise"), could be the beginning of a new phase, and their style is reminiscent of neonaturalizme European and American art of the last century. It is no accident Korzheva love in America - in Minnesota, at the Museum of Russian Art TMORA, kept a good collection of his work. But by the end of the two thousandth before us again, old friend and his usual tools - fragmentary composition, close-ups, heavy texture, low-key color. Only smaller firm tragic reliability, and is often responsible for the expression piercing eyes, eyebrows and facial grimace house.

Want to talk about almost too imposing in the context of the contemporary art world. The first names that come to mind - it's Andrew Wyeth, or perhaps, Lucien Freud. And it is not fun to read materials about the artist in the Orthodox newspaper "Tomorrow", which the authors are trying to turn back the clock and lock master in the crypt.

Fresh air, the open world and friendly curiosity and would like to wish the new cultural institutions as a whole, because it is its owner, Alexei Ananyev belong great words, "to impose its values - the most harmful, you can think of." And then, perhaps, the museum will be more attentive and active audience, and it is very sad to roam the halls of the elegant and the beautiful iron staircase, inherited from the manufacturer Tsindel, all alone.

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