About art ... and not only

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When art begins.
No, no, I'm not talking about "who you are, masters of culture." It is not about "party-nation-ideological." It is not about "which side of the barricades." Another thing missing. Yes and no, to tell the truth, to date, no barricades. Is that the virtual. As there are no people with "who" could join the happy voluptuous mergers and acquisitions referred to the master.
I'm on the other. I'm talking about personal choice. Especially that word "choice", indeed, in the singular, it becomes even more significant than all the more and more emasculated remnants of the meaning of the same word, but in the plural. "Election" does not solve anything. They simply do not. There are only choices. The choice that requires not just a responsibility but also the behavioral taste, sense of style.

When Andrei Sinyavsky delivered his famous formula of his "purely stylistic" differences with the Soviet regime, this statement seemed to many then too aesthetic, too snobskim, defiantly reckless, almost shocking. I do not rule out that some outrageous on his part had taken place. However, the motivation of artistic gesture or expression is often incommensurate with the historical fate of the utterance.

This formula is surprisingly not out of date - but with each new era of changing its point of application. It seems to be no Soviet power and have long gone, and "stylistic differences" increasingly deepened, become more apparent, if not fatal.

It's not just that the current political and social life is different by some unimaginable and hard to describe mediocrity and bad taste, extremely high even in comparison with the very Soviet, in which stylistic hole zashtopyvalis ideologically mature posters and portraits of the "members".

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It was once thought and is, alas, so far, that art does, so to speak, and beauty. That his task, so to speak, to please the eye and ear caress. But the aesthetic and ethical not registered at different addresses. They are, if anything, are not legitimate without each other. That is why we use from time immemorial verbal formula "faux pas".

When goods disappear from the public such basic categories as dignity, conscience, compassion, honesty simply yes, here come to an end and the fate of the soil, and it begins just thing, and art.

Art sometimes consciously, often unconsciously, and assumes the functions of the organs of the social organism that does work. The artist feels his responsibility is most often intuitive. This question is not personal courage, and intuition, personal temperament, and, sorry for the pathos of professional duty. He is an artist, doing nothing special, it just fills the empty vessels of the content.

That is why I now seem to be so interesting and extremely important street sweeping forms and genres of contemporary art. It is art, busy, not only because of what society has turned away wearily. It is hard and not always politely confronts society large mirrors that are not always able to turn away. Society is usually not very much, and understandably so. And so is art can not look down as a hooligan and anti-social. But art, sorry, no other way can. And it should not. Otherwise it ceases to be art, but will be in the best case design that is just part of the joy in his eyes and ears Pats.

For the same reasons I well understand why in recent years, many artists, writers, artists, musicians, and no earlier seen in the increased social activity, it suddenly became active and make exercise a distinct socially significant gesture.

I can understand why this is suddenly very successful and renowned architect initiates a protest against the mass transfer of a trade union in any indecent "fronts." I understand why an academic musician, conductor and armchair philosopher publicly declares its public position, which is deprived of the conductor's desk. And I well understand why the chamber composer, who would only sounds of life are not spare, comes to 31 of any month of the Triumphal Square, then a few hours it becomes again a chamber composer, but with a slightly different meaning of the word "chamber". And I was very clear when a tiny experimental theater spectacle puts the case materials Magnitsky.

Please still understand me correctly. I did not put anyone in a sample and did not need not call. The degree of social activity or passivity artist (and not just an artist) depends only on his personal temperament, and, I repeat, personal choice. I'm just saying that I understand very well the motives of those who today feel the imperious need for a socially significant gesture of protest.

But I must confess, not quite understand the motives favorite director, speaking at a rally in support of Valentina Matvienko. No, not at all blame: it was for me as a great artist, so it remains. That is - I do not understand. However, only the mind can not understand.

Citizen-conformist - it is unpleasant, but that's understandable. Nonconformity is always in the minority. Artist-conformist - is, in general, a catastrophe. First of all, for the artist.

Yes, we will overcome the many temptations of either, or they give. Most often, both.

Sometimes the temptation to glory or ignominy. Glory, of course, no small thing for an artist what to say. But there's always the question remains, what is this glory.

Sometimes the temptation of money. But who has anything against money for you! But we should always remember that for the money, of course, you can buy freedom. But for the money and it could be sold. And, alas, it happens, at least in our latitudes, where more often.

There is a temptation to fear. Fear of repression, exclusion and poverty. Yes, this is a serious thing. Heroes, consciously willing to prison and bag, small, and their unity. But there are times when the disgust, contempt, Aesthetic intolerance of what you are surrounded, are stronger than fear. And a sense of inner rightness stronger than fear. And the sense of loyalty to the chosen thee way stronger than fear. Yes there are a lot of that stronger than fear, and all other temptations.

Now, too, is fear. No, not the same. Another. Fear that state something that is not finance. That someone will not give money to any festival. What you will not call at a reception in the Kremlin. What you will not let the "people's artist." Yes there are a lot of all the insidious dangers lying in wait at every turn of a thin and nervous servant of the Muses.

Everyone who has not quite overwhelmed by these horrors of the pitch, I want to still say: "Life is short, friends. Hold on a little bit. Pozortes No, do not spoil his obituary. Feats of you, no one needs. But there is always a choice".

Lev Rubinstein

[Moriakoff]

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