Simon Faibisovich, the exhibition "Evidence" on Gogol Boulevard, 10

[Vladimir]

In MMSI on Gogol 10 to Feb. 28 last exhibition "Evidence" Seeds Faibisovich. It so happened that one of the most talented Russian artists for several years, fell out of the rotation. He remembered the experts and the audience had time to forget. Think of it helped Auctions Phillips de Pury, and later supported the initiative of Sotheby's. Tendering Faibisovich opened just two years ago and once with an incredible gepom up. In October 2007, at the tender Phillips can say triumphantly sold three works Faibisovich. The most expensive was giperrealisticheskaya work is "Soldiers" from the cycle "Stations". Three-meter canvas in 1989 was sold for 311 thousand pounds, at that time was more than 600 thousand dollars It was a six-fold excess of estimate. Six months later, another zapomnimayuschiysya result - 264 thousand pounds for the work of "Beauty" from the series "Festive march of workers. Already Sostheby's, but with the usual multiple exceedances.

Over three years of work Faibisovich exhibited at auction 26 times. Probably a lot, now is a "overproduction" and went not sold, as well as the price correction. There conditional mathematical statistics that the annual price of Faibisovich adjusted downward by 37%, but in all such figures are cunning. Even in difficult times masterpieces remain in the price, and subside mostly medium and weak work. Talked about the money, now about the exhibition.

Ideologist "obviously" was made "Regina", Vladimir Ovcharenko. Almost all the works of exposure Signature Courtesy Regina Gallery. The exhibition clearly divided into two periods of work: mature 1990-e (1993, 1992, 1995) and the late 2000's (2008 and 2009). Striking differences. Frankly, the sky and the earth. Maybe because 1990's too good. There all: scale experiments with optics, hard work and, most importantly (!) Positivity even the most absurd stories. Even the fake Day demonstration resolved not as a reproach, but in a cheerful manner. A colorful optical experiments, layer decomposition! And those colors! Sometimes even Rothko's not something that just resting, but hesitantly sits down on the sofa.

Bimillenary - this is a Faibisovich. Is striking that in the hall - about 20 enormous works, all the photorealistic, and all made in the period 2008-2009. How can such Stakhanov labor achievement? The only explanation - the secret to the new technologies. Such as printing on canvas. That is, the machine can print paint on the canvas the image, and its details can accentuate the brush is manual. Perhaps this has been done (just in case show Macro). Some viewers do not like it. But I think that is normal. First foolish to ignore the progress and the second priority today is the idea (to paint, to be honest, and "Chinese" can). Someone with the change of technology feels the loss of energy. But I think that the fault of subjects. Where there is positive (the cycle Razgulay 2008-2009), everything is more or less well. And as soon as life begins study of homeless and marginalized (cycle "At the bus stop", 2008), it somehow does not go. Anyway, that enlarge photo of Boris Mikhailov to the three-meter values. To the west of the museum space - yes, but in other spaces such stories provide hard.

But in general, the overall conclusion - look necessarily. Particularly the nineties. Such a chance does not often fall.

In the photo, open the exhibition: Semen Natanovich Faibisovich, art historian Andrei Tolstoy, director of the museum grounds Vasily Tsereteli (Jr.) and gallery owner Vladimir Ovcharenko (senior). + Guest Francisco Infante (he has a smart exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery now).

Vladimir Bogdanov, to be continued.