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Nicholas Vologzhanin
I was fortunate to grow up in close proximity to the powerful aura of the man.
One of the most vivid and powerful artists 60-80-ies.
He has always been at the center of artistic life, was a cohort of such great artists as Vladimir Nemukhin Nicholas Vechtomov (Member BOB unfortunately already dead), Sergey Bordachev (Incidentally, some time he was a member of the liberal Yabloko party, but the party life not for non-conformists), Dmitry Plavinskiy, Anatoly Zverev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Anatoly Kitaykin Boris Beach - and not to enumerate all - and I was lucky I was able to touch some of these people in my childhood, when laying the essence of man. It is their unusual world left me deep impression. I think that they have made an invaluable contribution to the fact that we are free men.
More often still, I had to deal with Nicky Vologzhanin. The artist with the face of Jesus, who has deep his faith and worked in strict accordance with the internal spiritual orientorim good and evil, flowing energy. His canvases - a storehouse of knowledge.
It so happened that he became acquainted with my father and they found each other that enabled them to create. Of course, my dad is not a creator in the true sense, but a lot he discovered it was because of Cole. Vologzhanin also was not losers. Often help of my father allowed him to move on, create and discover new facets of this world. So close were my parents Volozhaninym that he trusted me when no one else to leave me. Kohl was a wonderful teacher, always find how to entertain your baby. He drew me, something told me. Growing up, I felt the man how difficult it is. unpredictable thinker who sees the essence of peace and striving to show it to us. Global picture Vologzhanina decorated our house, looking at them, I grew up. His irrepressible temper completely transfer the pictures, with the bad heart to deal with them is impossible.
Once we went four (Vologzhanin Dioniiem with his son and father with me) on the Volga, under Kalyazin. Kohl worked, bringing nature to the canvas. I was lucky enough to observe how the world changes to his canvas. How many themes for reflection in his words ... He, incidentally, is also rampant poet, the roar of his poems are always with me.
Alas, time has not spared us. 90-s ... The crisis is not so much the state as spiritual. Toppled ideals devalued ideas, nonconformists no longer held in high esteem. Culture of mass consumption szhiraet islands of independence, the islands of creativity.
Devalued work, it replaces the bast forgery, happily bought up lumpen suddenly occurred as a "middle" class. Over time, they will no longer be interested in it, fascinated by the construction of shabby houses and travel to Turkey and Egypt. Although near the toilet you can always hang something strange that was something to think about being there.
At the same time, in general, and ends with Russia's history Vologzhanina. It is awaited exhibition in Europe, he will continue to travel around the country, but real, profound creativity in the past.
We have long ceased to communicate, the last time I spoke to him in late 2005, but it is not so important. That hurt, he ostvail in me still allows me to look confidently into the future and see the world a more extensive, colorful and know that there's always something, then it can not understand until the end.
Nikolai! Good luck and creative power, the patience of all, do not be disheartened. You are the creator of the future, have always been at the level evpropeyskogo understanding of art. What we only need to reach out to you, hurrying to understand the reality.