Petersburg boycotting Glazunov picture?
Ilya Glazunov on the eve of opening his own exhibition, "Artist and Time" quarreled with the guidance of an arena, where the posted 119 of his paintings. The artist was outraged to learn that in St. Petersburg, there are no posters, anticipating such a huge event. Also arrived in St. Petersburg was found that there is no one master to mount pictures.
Manege has not provided the artist work, and he immediately had to call the "landing" from Moscow. Thirty students Glazunov settled in a hotel nearby, day and night, they pounded with hammers, in time to collect the huge paintings ("Dekulakization", for example, 8 to 4 meters, and the "market democracy" - 6 to 3) for the arrival of the audience. In the Arena periodically grad light, and work stopped. Artist so worried that I almost came to a nervous breakdown.
- My pictures simply boycotting a hometown - outraged Glazunov - and this is the first exhibition in 11 years. I already called the Committee on Culture, and they were surprised to learn of the opening day for me. Nowhere in the world I have not seen such an attitude to yourself! The only advertising - banner that hung for two days before the event at the center. I have already expressed their claims management, but they are only vaguely apologetic.
This situation is due to the fact that Arena did not carry out artistic activities for three years. But before the vernissage of Ilya Glazunov in this room there was an exhibition and sale of fur coats. According to former employees of the hall, who are qualified to work with pictures, they were fired and they took a cheap labor force. New workers can only move windows and clean up the territory.
The opening was waiting for the governor Poltavchenko. Ilya Glazunov had already had a talk with him about the creative ugliness, and the mayor promised to take action.
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