"The Russian Berliner" Basil Masyutin in Galeev Gallery

[Vladimir]

One of the specifics of the gallery Ildar Galeev - the ability to effectively facilitate the return of unjustly forgotten names. This restoration of historical justice. Another name - Masyutin Basil (1884 - 1955), representative of the "Russian diaspora" willy-nilly. Personnel artillery officer. Illustrated the "Golden Fleece", participated in the exhibition modernists "Garland." Then he fought with Germany in World (judging by the dramatic photos). In 1920, shortly after the opening of the first solo exhibition, he emigrated to .... Germany. There was a book illustration (books by Pushkin and others), making ad (watch Glashutte, Lufthansa). The Germans would see it ekpressionistskie phantasmagoria of 1918, a series of "seven deadly sins" that Masyutin like thunder to the line of "degenerate art" - these things are so in tune with the brave German expressionism. Then we know that: a war, then win, then camp in the Soviet zone of Berlin, and accusations of complicity with - so that's life has been. Fate-turkey.

Archive Masyutin rescued a German-researcher. According to the materials in the 2003 monograph was written in German. Now made a beautiful book in Russian. This exhibition - a spectacular comeback.

Honestly - the exhibition looked with great interest. A bold artist. And yet modern. Phantasmagoria of Bosch, and in the spirit of Kafka - it was necessary to have the courage and independence to develop these themes in 1918. Consonant with nearly half a century later, subjects can be seen in the sixties - Yankilevsky, Sveshnikov. It is amazing. Absolute bridge. And, of course, the pivotal theme of the exhibition - his series "Seven Deadly Sins." I would have thought it was an echo of the traumatic experience, the sublimation of the horrors of war. But it does not converge. Boards made in 1907. Images of the same shrill. And surprisingly, throughout the cycle (and it works thirty, if not more) metaphor of sin artist expressed without the use of the image of the skull. In general. He appears only once - in the topic of the death.

Read more - here: http://www.ggallery.ru./ru/events/34
The exhibition runs until July 1, 2012.