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"The art of flying the nature of some conceptual or detailed poeticheskchyu metaphor - both for him and for me was extremely important. Despite the bohemian, Sooster was a man of meticulous and corrosive. Its purely Estonian desire to systematize the knowledge he struggled dictate to me. And he was right. Gradually, step by step, we entered into new areas of culture and did not waste time on reinventing the wheel ". He arrived in Moscow to somewhere in 1955. Then we met and until his death, were inseparable, and have done a lot together. Despite the long years spent in the camp, in the shape and behavior of Hulot was not the slightest hint of internal repression, shattered, handicap. On the contrary - those years were for him an excellent school of life. In the camp he met and became friends with a beautiful and education in human beings. ... Do not forget that he himself was perfectly formed, mainly in Western culture. His teachers at the Art School in Tartu, and then in the Tallinn Institute were artists "Paris School. And now with this baggage - - Unusual and varied knowledge, and with the spirit of free communication, we are absolutely not typical, but which has prevailed among Estonian intellectuals, Sooster appeared in Moscow. "

Y. Sobolev .- In Sat: "Other Art". Moscow 1956-1976.

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"The art of flying the nature of some conceptual or detailed poeticheskchyu metaphor - both for him and for me was extremely important. Despite the bohemian, Sooster was a man of meticulous and corrosive. Its purely Estonian desire to systematize the knowledge he struggled dictate to me. And he was right. Gradually, step by step, we entered into new areas of culture and did not waste time on reinventing the wheel ". He arrived in Moscow to somewhere in 1955. Then we met and until his death, were inseparable, and have done a lot together. Despite the long years spent in the camp, in the shape and behavior of Hulot was not the slightest hint of internal repression, shattered, handicap. On the contrary - those years were for him an excellent school of life. In the camp he met and became friends with a beautiful and education in human beings. ... Do not forget that he himself was perfectly formed, mainly in Western culture. His teachers at the Art School in Tartu, and then in the Tallinn Institute were artists "Paris School. And now with this baggage - - Unusual and varied knowledge, and with the spirit of free communication, we are absolutely not typical, but which has prevailed among Estonian intellectuals, Sooster appeared in Moscow. "

Y. Sobolev .- In Sat: "Other Art". Moscow 1956-1976.

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Khrushchev MANEGE

 On arrival in Moscow Hulot yet started looking out to the public. It hurts - that way if he chose, or mistaken, and one way out - to put the work on the public.

The first exhibition was, it seems, the Taganka. Exhibited Belyutin with his studio and a group Hulot Sooster - Yuri Sobolev, V. Yankilevsky Ernst and unknown, who had also joined them. The exhibition was very successful, and they decided that they will continue on exhibit in this lineup. Soon, they were asked to exhibit in the hotel "Youth". All went there, mounted the exhibition, and waited for the opening, which, according to the plan was to be held at seven o'clock in the evening. Suddenly someone comes from the Central Committee of the Komsomol and proposes to transfer the exposure to the stables, which opened an exhibition dedicated to the 30 th anniversary of Moscow Union.

It was in 1962.

In Manege them took place on the second floor, all night, they hung their paintings. They said that maybe in the morning perhaps Khrushchev himself. At about midnight came the Minister of Culture Furtseva her suite, she walked through the halls. In the first room of the second floor located Belyutin with the Studio, in the second room - Sobolev, Sooster, Yankilevsky, in the third room - the sculpture of the Unknown. Hulot went home at night, he could not calm down, all told, as the powers that be eyeing the value of the paintings, as agreed to buy after the close of the exhibition. It was morning. Hulot, in a black suit from frachnogo cloth and a white shirt with a butterfly, in good spirits returned to the stables. He believed that the "boss" of the country recognizes their art.

I came to the exhibition by twelve o'clock, and heard about what happened scandal. It was all a trick in advance, later said Hulot. After the defeat on the first floor Nikonov and Falk, Khrushchev asked the chairman of the Union of Artists Gerasimov: "Well, where these abstractionists?"

"There, bitch, bastard, blue all over, shaking like jelly. Bastard he is, but I still treated him with respect!" - Fumed Hulot. Khrushchev was an important figure for Hulot. He denounced Stalin and freed prisoners, exonerated the innocent.

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Khrushchev walked across the room, went to the blue picture Hulot and asks: "What's that?" "Lunar Landscape" - is responsible Hulot. "And you, that was there, asshole?" - Has become wildly yelling Khrushchev. But Hulot says: "I imagine so." "I will send you to the West, a formalist, no, no, I will send you, no, I will send you to camp!" - Went on the rampage Khrushchev. But Hulot says: "I was already there." Then Khrushchev said no, not send, and will be re. Hulot was very nervous and excited, he is worse say in Russian, instead of hissing pronounce the letter "s". A newspaper later wrote that artists beg and Meca, when we talked to Khrushchev, but in fact it is so Yulo said, but gazetypochemu hiding something that Hulot is not very well spoken in Russian. Recovery, who whom invited to participate in the exhibition, complicated but I think that the Komsomol invited Belyutin with B. Zhutovski, which then complete their education in his studio. Belutin and yelled at his company, iznichtozhit Sooster, Sobolev and Yankylevsky, calling all the pederasty, Khrushchev was going to continue the pogrom, as the room broke into Ernst Unknown and dragged him to his room to display sculpture. "Where copper stealing?" - Khrushchev asked. "Into the garbage collecting," - replied Eric. He steadfastly held, was not afraid to Khrushchev felt was right. Eric fought on the front, was wounded, had the Order of the Red Banner. He was the only one among them a member of the Artists Union. It was a battle, strong, powerful man.

Razdrakoniv all and yelled to the blue in the face, the leader, accompanied by hushed suite, which is still the night before so admired works, left, ordering the confiscation of the CE pattern and cause of all the square Nogina, the Party Central Committee.

Hulot most of all remember the beautiful young poetess Bella Akhmadulina, she edinvennaya not afraid to ask: "What will happen now with our husbands, brothers, friends, how will we live?" Deputy Minister of Culture, Kuznetsov said that the work will still give everything. In fact, the picture was returned after six months, and there was no work. If my parents we would not have helped and are not fed to Tenno, I do not know how to survive.

 

after the scandal

 
Gradually, slowly Hulot again began to receive orders. Often under the pseudonym-Smorodin. Yuri Sobolev, at that time was working in the publishing house "Knowledge". Artists wanted to prove to Khrushchev that they were not any rogues, and thinking, cutting-edge artists. They collectively decided to publish a book-magazine "Science and Humanity". The book was published by "Knowledge". I do not know whether she came to Khrushchev, but we still did not work. Hulot ran for publishers. That he managed to get a book published by the geographical literature, the publishing house "Kid", where the main artist was V. Statsinsky, who tenderly treated Hulot. Statsinsky is supported Hulot in this difficult time.

Soon after the exhibition at the Manege Tennochkoy we went to Tallinn. Tennochka immediately fell into the arms of her grandmother, and I expect artists, eager to hear the story of how Khrushchev berated Sooster. Hulot was, as they say now, a man of the year. I left the house early in the morning and came late at night. I went to Tallinn workshops and homes of artists.

In the first place I visited old friends - and Valdura Eetlu Ohakas, Henna and Esther Roode, Heldur Viyresa. Then it was the turn of the younger generation. First, of course, Tõnis Vint and his wife, Mare. Screw - the most refined of all the people I've seen artists. Mare - my beloved artist, clever and charming. They led a bohemian life - the day asleep, and in the evening their house was open to the artistic elite. The whole apartment was a black and white - couch, floor, table, pictures in black or white frames. Then I went to Malle Leis, they, along with her husband Villa showed me his new work. I told Yuri Arrak about the exhibition. I saw Leonard Lapin, Heinz Valk and Malla. They all respect and love Hulot and were concerned about his fate. On this trip I met a wonderful man Jaan Klysheiko. Jaan thought Hulot leader of new trends and a real philosopher. Sam Yan - photographer, he has an amazing photo archives, and I hope that someday he will in order and publish it.

After MANEZHA Hulot was silent, concealed from us to participate in exhibitions abroad. He tried not to disturb their loved ones, but we can still learn about everything - his friends blurted out, then asked a surprising question, as they show abroad? Hulot himself, too, might have forgotten on his desk a magazine or catalog with articles and reviews. In those days, he exhibited in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Spain. They wrote about it in European and American newspapers.

CAFE "artistic" and basement AT KRASIN

 Meanwhile, the Yulo's dream come true. Hulot and Yuri Sobolev chosen cafe "artistic". They managed to convince the staff that the cafe is not the main plan, but the atmosphere is important, namely the desire to visit this place. The waitresses were treated to a café coming artists, poets kindly as his friends. In Moscow, formed a tiny island, looks like a small cozy cafes of Paris, Vienna, Tallinn and Tartu. It was possible to spend all day with a cup of coffee. Hulot enjoyed the ability to go there, meet with friends, designate a business meeting. You could talk to frequented cafes, a theater critic Sasha Asarkanom, who always sat in the corner and something to write or read. There could philosophize with Yesenin-Volpin political or poetic theme. And our apartment at the same time has become a haven for many people. Ira Uvarov wrote: "In those days we all long time and talked to each other, but did not to stuff more people than in the basement on the street Krasin". On Tuesday evening the entrance to our apartment was completely free. Most of our Tuesdays attended Y. Sobolev, R. Minna, E. Nutovich, V. Yankilevsky, L. Tokmakov with his wife Irina, V. Pivovarov, VI Uvarov, I. Kabakov, A. Bulatov, V. Voroshilov, brothers Alimov . All enjoyed our meetings and our modest tea. Once on one show we Hulot noticed a small painting with a locally bright colors, which strangely got along on this small canvas. We met with the author. It was Oleg Tselkov, while he had just designed the most fashionable Moscow show - "The sword of Damocles" in the Theater of Satire. Very modest, unassuming in food and clothing, he visited our Tuesday along with his wife, Tatiana, sometimes brought a half-liter. At such a mob of vodka was not enough, and then folded and ran over a bottle at Mayakovsky Square, to taxi drivers at the restaurant "Beijing".

Soon, we now have another remarkable man, Arkady Akimovich Steinberg, a graduate VKhUTEMAS. Arkady Akimovich freed from the camp and settled first in Tarusa. After moving to Moscow, he led the training of translators at the Central House of Writers. He was accompanied by modest sweet wife of a young artist and poet Mikhail Grobman. Ira then studied at the Lenin Pedagogical Institute in the Faculty of Russian language. Misha is rarely accompanied by his wife, Ira Vrubel-Golubkina. Sometimes our loved ones were whispering about the fruitless courtship Steinberg, and someone smiled slyly. Ira Vrubel-Golubkina was as pure as an angel, and Grobman confident in his wife. Ira and Anya Arcadia bound literary interests. They always sat next to him, and he refined gentleman, then poured the tea, then puts a piece of cake, and both smoked cigarettes incessantly. I am also very fond of Arcadia Anya. It was as if from another planet, with a good education, with manners. He predicted a bright future, but the arrest broke all these hopes. Sometimes it is a lot of interesting and telling, and it was not clear, it is true story or fiction. Sympathies to our house and our gatherings have found, perhaps, a special place in his heart. And not only me as a hostess, but also for paintings Hulot.

 
Together they made a book that is Hulot illustrated his poems, and we once again have been invited to visit him. Met us with his wife, Valentina G.. In her youth she was probably a dazzling beauty, but two arrests Arcadia, two boys, whom she brought up alone, a hard life left its mark, moreover, she smoked a lot, but still retained traces of its former beauty. The sons grew up and also became an artist. Boris Steinberg I do not know, but with Edicom Steinberg I am connected, as they say, bosom love. From the first visit I liked this little thug with gypsy eyes amateur orgies and women. We Hulot has long been considered his work, and long Edik reasoned with Hulot on high themes. He wore a fur white military coat, always open, accompanied by tall women, very beautiful, big-eyed, arrogant, who looked on all with a contemptuous mien face. Along with Arkady Edik became frequenter of our creative meetings.

One comes Edik quiet-quiet, neck cross, and beside it a tiny lapwing. Tonyusenkaya this, but it is clear that clever and cunning. Her name was Galochka Manevich. At that time the fashion she dubbed this disbelieving hooligan. Then they married and began to live in an apartment, furnished with mahogany furniture, a wall draped with icons. Edik became obedient, intelligent, but when it Galochka turn, immediately three sheets to get drunk, then asked for forgiveness, again began to work, he painted.

Every Tuesday, come to my favorite artist Alexander Kharitonov. Sasha has always sat in the corner, trying to be innumerable, and drew, painted, and then gave me the drawings. One of them, a boy with a flower, I am leaving for Israel, gave the museum in Tartu. Alexander Kharitonov was completely Russian, a Russian artist, he was some, I thought, Nesterovsky. He was kind, shy, always smiling. Once he came with a girl, not a Chinese woman, not a Filipina, and declared her his wife. Later she told me cry that Sasha something very nice, but how drunk, throws her on the street and all night in the house does not admits. Sasha, when I reproached him, grumbled, protested, and turned away.

They came to the young artists who are very respected Hulot: Belov, Klyachko, VA Duvidov, Yuri Krasny, Pozharskii, Boris and Sergei Alimov. Every Tuesday to us navedyvalsja Nutovich Zhenya, a photographer from the Tretyakov Gallery. He looked with loving eyes at Hulot, in his work. Eugene was an avid collector, and all wanted to get as much work.

He came Zhenya Bachurin. He was very vulnerable, always hurt, angry that he is considered more a singer than an artist. Now Zhenechka became generally known bard. He has a song dedicated to the memory of Hulot. Great ornament of our evenings were Velikanov Sasha and Kolya Epov. Theater artists, two handsome, conquerors of women's hearts. They soon attracted the attention of the entire female half of the audience. In those days I succeeded with great difficulty to get radiola "Latvia" and records of the Beatles. Lord, as we were then chased for this wonderful music for the long lohmy, like the Beatles, for pants and jackets. Hulot, too, grew his hair under the Beatles.

Late in the evening, after closing cafe "artistic" appeared theater critic Sasha Asarkan. Sasha was a man not without some oddities. The room in which he lived, there was literally nothing, some piles of newspapers, and in the middle, between them - the path that led to his humble bed. Winter and summer, he went to one and the same shirt in the winter it is complementary beretochka, but always sticking a cigarette between his teeth. In one of Tuesday, he showed up at our shaven, bathed in a warm jacket, wrapped in a mohair scarf, a cap on his head. His eyes sparkle and he smiles enigmatically. And here she comes, which proved to be my girlfriend salon Irochka Uvarova, and also all the lights.

Sooster LI My Sooster. - Tallinn: Avenarius, 2000. - 176 pp.

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AGAIN BOOKS ...

 Shortly before the new, 1963 Yulo met theoretical physicist Victor N. Reed. Publisher 'Knowledge "started production of the book" Physics - near and far. "Art editor appointed Yuri Sobolev, compiler of the book was a cane, and instructed to make drawings of Hulot. Hulot first took hold of the scientific illustrations and was fascinated. He said that if I had been born again, it did not there would be no artist, and would be a physicist. It was a two-volume set devoted to the consideration of the fundamental problems that have arisen at the intersection of science. The book translated into Japanese, but for re-Yulo, unfortunately, received nothing. Hulot Later he worked with Reed on the book Algebra harmony. Most visited us, fell in love with Victor Tennochku. He said Hulot, so that what you are intelligent, beautiful and talented son. Once, he said, you and Lida die, I'm sure it is adopted. Hulot terribly angry, and I tried to turn everything into a joke.

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For a book about physics publishers offered to illustrate the science-fiction story "The Fall of a supernova." In the same year Hulot illustrated for publishing "The Art of" book on the history of the gramophone. Hulot enrolled in various libraries, up to the district. He rummaged in the piles of old magazines that our neighbor kept in a dark room, began to buy books. Hulot choked on illustration, but not from the work itself, but from the need to meet and talk with the party leadership publishers, who better than he knew how to draw book. Alterations tormented him, and in the evening, he complained and grieved.

In one of these evenings, when our guests left early, and Hulot was terribly depressed, descended to us artists Eliseev and Skobelev, bringing with them the backbone of the Contemporary. This company offered Hulot draw play Aksenova "Everything for Sale. They came quite drunk, discussing his crazy idea that they must play three of the artist and that each of the artists would design one act play. The first step - Skobelev, the second - Eliseev, and the third - Hulot, and overall artistic direction it too. Oleg Efremov rose, fell, got up again and with tears in his eyes said Hulot: "Well, explain it in your picture, eh?" Well, explain how it all mean? ". Oleg Tabakov and his tiny wife, L. Krylova, too, begged Hulot tell about my discoveries in the arts. Of course, none of this venture failed. He has designed performance of the main theater artist Pyotr Kirillov.

I am going one day at work. At a stop on Sadovaya waiting trolley. Suitable elegant, slim, well-dressed man, bowing to me and says: "Hello, how are you, as Hulot?" - And I answered: "Sorry, I do not remember." "I am Boris Alimov, my brother Sergei came to see you on Tuesday. I - the main artist of the journal" Knowledge - force. "Remember it now?"

Indeed, not to remember all those who came to us.

I remember the artist Leonid Lamm. Lamm, Sobolev, and Hulot for three hired one of models and wrote it, and maybe lyubilis, who knows? Lamm has always remained silent on this subject, Sobolev protested, and Hulot argued that it is necessary for creativity.

By evening the company grew, all the noise and arguing, about movies, films, performances. And suddenly - silence. Appeared Mikhail Grobman, Misha at the time was like a statue - mikelandzhelovsky David. He spiritualized his personal experiences, all that most artists of our time not seen or understood. All slackened when he came Misha, and started the main theme - the Jewish question. Misha told us about the Promised Land, about the Six Day War, and we all rejoiced at the victory of Israel. Hulot rejoiced with us and then discussed it with my father. Mischa then argued that the world center of art must be Jerusalem.

SWEET LIFE

 At the same time our friend Ilya Kabakov bought his first apartment and invited us to the housewarming. The apartment is located in Kursk Station, a new house, one bedroom, while almost no furniture, but with a fridge. We Ilyusha already had a little daughter and wife, oddly enough, called Irochka. She was one of the main experts on the Polish cinema. She was not very pretty, but as soon as she began to speak, everybody forgot about it and listened, his mouth open. Ira in the evening cursing Ilya, not exactly for the fact that guests brought, without warning, or for the fact that the chairs were not enough. But I was envious that they have such a large, bright apartment, so even with the parquet floor, so we also have a ... Hulot protested, saying that so and so, we will, in fact all of the basements were being evicted, and the money anyway. Ilya - yes, he is lucky, republish it all the time, he has money. Hulot, I'm not persuaded, and I do not understand why we need to continue to live in the basement. So, thinking we have come to our house on the Krasin and saw a huge great machine of the American Embassy and the messenger, who handed us an invitation to the reception. Celebrated the friendship of some Soviet-American artists. Our yard audience stood in a daze until the limo was out of sight.

I was afraid to go, but curiosity got the upper hand. Donning a new red suit, wearing a very long earrings with pearls and climbing in the tall English shoes, which were great to me in two sizes, went to the reception. Going was hard, and Hulot angry: "Well, why did you bought them, well, why?" And I have not got the other, and so wanted to be like in such fashionable black boats. At the reception was a lot of artists. Brusilovsky and his tiny wife, a translator. Tolia its very richly dressed, for it has always been black velvet dress with a huge lace collar, from which it was barely visible. Sam Tolia, ironed, combed, with a smile, then talked with one American, then another. Were Zhutovski, Bulatov, Vassiliev. Important sitting director Gerasimov and his wife, actress Tamara Makarova. Hulot all the time we wore glasses with a drink and tiny sandwiches. Many of our friends walked, staggered by the abundance of food and drink for free. Ambassador's wife, a beautiful woman, which is slightly hudozhnichala and patron of our bohemia, showed his work hanging on the walls of the house. Soon all this pall, seemed boring, and we left.

 
Walking along the Arbat, we got to the theater actor, where he was a good restaurant and a lot of interesting cine audience mixed with all kinds of rag-tag. There, we decided to have dinner. We have long studied the menu and finally settled on lamb stew and Pozharsky chops. I am Irina and Ilyusha Kabakov drank something out of pineapple, white wine and champagne, and Hulot, as always, vodka and beer. Nice walk. There, for the conversation we learned that it turns out that his mother was well acquainted with the family of my uncle, and that, come on Ilya septuagenarian anniversary of my uncle, we could all get acquainted with much earlier, immediately after our arrival in Moscow. "It's a pity, - said Hulot, and Kabakov, - how much precious time is lost." Then we began to discuss how we will go to the House of Journalists, which will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of "Knowledge - The Power."

Organization decoration this holiday instructed Boris Alimov, Sergey Alimov, Boris Lavrov and Mikhail Grobmanu. At the entrance they built the doll, but the authorities deemed it obscene and ordered him to withdraw. There were posters, it was beautiful and fun, scurried pretty familiar faces Oleg Tselkov and Tani, Nusberga, A. Velikanova, Kabakov, Romadina, Biesty, Epova, many journalists and editors working in this journal. Then they showed us an American film producer Kramer. It was the anti-war painting "At the last bank. The film shocked me, I went for a long time under the impression from this film. Then there was the dinner at which Boris Alimov gave the mug Leonid Finkelstein for the fact that he was partial to their colleagues, all those suspected of disloyalty and would not let a trip abroad. Alimov did was right. Finkelstein did not return from his first trip abroad in England.

 

AGAIN UNKNOWN

 Soon Hulot's birthday, we waited for the guests. On the table was a bouquet in a vase of chrysanthemums. Hulot, joyfully anticipating the delicious dinner and fun evening, walked around the table, rubbing his hands, and arrange wine glasses and wine glasses. Popped minute Ernst unknown, stood at my broken piano, congratulated Hulot and fled. "What happened - I asked Hulot - why so quickly gone Ernst?" It turns out that he has lodged in his studio haired Jeanne, an actress from the theater of Stanislavsky and his wife Dina, after learning about it, took her daughter and left the house. After talking a bit on this topic, we spent the whole evening drinking, dancing, singing, and then together with her friends arranged this concert. All fun until the morning. In the morning I left the theater on tour. Put me on the train and waved to me, Hulot disappeared, and the train drove off, I do not remember in what city. I was in the same compartment with his girlfriend Larissa Reysler and actor Ian Krasnyanskiy. The fourth was not long before it moved from Tallinn Nikolai Alexeyev. On the table were already fried chicken, pickles, radish, well, and, of course, vodka. Kolya sat sad-pregrustny, and I have to cheer the company began telling the past stories, well, history with Ernst Neizvestny. "Oh, - cried Kolya - so it's my wife, Jeanne!" "Well, then do not worry, it will not last long," - I tell him. But Kohl and he quickly consoled.

Sooster LI My Sooster. - Tallinn: Avenarius, 2000. - 176 pp.

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FRIENDS Come to Moscow

 I returned from a tour and were thrilled that her honeymoon came to us from friends Ülo Tartu, Lembit Saarts with his young wife. We spent time "exclusively". Hulot all the time something was singing, he pointed me to the reception a lot of money, and we wandered around Moscow, went on exhibitions. Evening talking. Yulo said that this was not so fond of his former idol, Picasso, that had already gone through this period, but the love for the Piero della Francesca and stayed with him from a young age. Hulot, laughing, lit a cigarette and said: "Oh, do not be angry at me, ma'am, but I would really like to live as the aristocrat Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who broke with the society and spent all his days in a brothel. What a pity that I I can not live like it, but how would like. "

Then a friend and co-defendant Heldur Viyres. They Hulot also ran to museums and shops. Hulot Heldur acquainted with the life of the Moscow artists, taught his book-layout, but I Heldur went to concerts at the Conservatory. Heldur was subtle connoisseur of music.

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In his rare days off Hulot liked to go out in our garden, next to the house, for some reason known as "Sofeykoy. There we had cordoned off their own territory. In the middle of a garden on the pedestal stood a large bust of Lenin. Hulot sat under it and began to draw the children in our yard. They crowd ran to him and held together with their parents live part. Everyone wanted to get a portrait as a keepsake.

Much time spent in the studio Hulot. Hulot and Ilya Kabakov, together shared their dark, damp studio, and shared their meager meals. Ilya Kabakov is very friendly with Hulot, he was his closest friend until the last minute. Kabakov wrote a very serious book about creativity Sooster.

Hulot liked to cook incredible meals and all the boasting about his recipes. Kabakov recalls a meal: "First, put on a hot skillet chops to eight cents, slightly roasted, then topped up with hot water Hulot, and bark all boils, put slices of melted cheese, onions, spices and everything that was in our workshop, then all ate it with an incredible pleasure to us and our occasional guests.

 

NOT A MEMBER OF THE UNION

 Big events unfolded in our lives. Ilya Kabakov, a friend and ally, has built a studio and began to help Hulot seek the same building permit. All the lofts in the house belonged to the Union of Artists of the Kirov, and Hulot had not been admitted to the Union. The first idea that we should still try to join the union. Hulot was nervous, worried, he knew that his paintings, none of the authorities and do not look like no one wanted to understand them. After much debate and persuasion Hulot nevertheless agreed to submit work for the commission. First round - good luck! Second round - passed! But the third ... Comes home and says: "I have laid their pictures, they look, then - a long silence, begin to walk up and down, and then burst into a terrible cursing, shouting -" Get out! ". I collect their pictures, link them in the hallway, suddenly I heard again my name is. Again, spread the picture again silent for a long time looking. Beyond this case and did not go. "

When Hulot died, the Union of graphs, whose chairman was Vasin, decided to write a family of 200 rubles. Then it was big money. Kabakov was happy to inform me that there is a solution and that can go and get money. Then suddenly something with this case faltered, after a few days comes Vasin, and says: "Imagine, I could never have occurred that Hulot is not a member of the Union of graphs. We are, unfortunately, nothing in this situation we can not do, for assistance you refused. " "Such an artist, not a member of the Union!" - He grieved.

Yes, the artist Hulot Sooster was not a member of the Union. In the journal "Literary Review" for 1992 was written: "Yulo Sooster - uncommon phenomenon in the development of our schedules 60-ies." How much strength and health has been lost because of this idiotic for membership.

Recently Hulot hated the book. He suffered greatly, which is of great fame as a graphic artist, rather than as a painter, although that painting was suttvorchestva. Each book he illustrated, never went smoothly. Always finding fault with his drawings, always forced to alter to suit to popular taste. And he believed that there is life on Mars, that there is another world. He wanted to test ourselves, to try it. Above all, he wanted to feel that people will feel when approaching death. I know what heaven and hell, I feel pain of purgatory. He repeatedly told me that he wants to know what feels murdered. Once he pulled the rope around my neck and began to drag, waiting for the nausea. After nausea occurred most sweet feeling of ascension to heaven, and then he let go of the rope.

He often stood in the pouring rain, listening to the thunder and lightning, he was lying in the snow to freeze, he tied himself to a tree at night because he wanted to see the moon and stars in his sleep. Lord, that just never occurred to this crazy artist. He took morphine, smoking hashish. And all this in order to learn how to transmit human emotions in drawings and paintings. He wanted to love all women in the world: thin and thick, beautiful and terrible, blondes and brunettes, red and chestnut. He wanted to embrace the boundless. He ran around in a cage like an animal, annoyed to the animal market is that it does not understand. Topal feet in a rage, and anger drowned in wine. But having slept through the night, got up, smiled, and diligently to work. I do not remember that he ever talked about sin and repentance. I do not remember that he delved into the mysteries of religion. Hulot was wrong. He was very educated, well-known Bible. He loved to talk about the origin of the world. He knew the rites of Muslims, Catholics, Lutherans and Baptists. With my father, they talked about the rites of Judaism. It was all interesting to the whole thing was.

Sooster LI My Sooster. - Tallinn: Avenarius, 2000. - 176 pp.

[Vladimir]

Tjutchev, there are no words. Excellent comprehensive collection of material. Super. Thank you.
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Tjutchev, there are no words. Excellent comprehensive collection of material. Super. Thank you.
V.

Please, Vladimir, but my credit is low. That you very much for the article! And Sooster, in itself a very good artist! A remarkable artist with an interesting, bright destiny! Though film shoot! Make it about the subject, it is a pleasure ...

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YOUR STUDIO

 Ilyusha Kabakov still managed to gain permission to build a workshop for Sooster, and Hulot rushed to Estonia to raise money. Almost all expenses paid for his father and his second wife, Linda, who was chairman of the kolkhoz in Hiiumaa. Missing money he borrowed from her sister Meedi, from his cousins and cousins. Then he met his former fiancee, Eileen. Belle did not want to wait for him and married another. Yulo said that if Eileen was free, he was obliged to marry her, despite the love for me, but, fortunately, this did not happen. Hulot was disappointed a meeting with her. Eileen put on weight, was sad, not very happy in marriage. In the picture we had something similar, in my life I have never met.

Having finished their business in Estonia, Hulot hurried to Moscow. The House on Kirov was huge, multi, densely populated, with luxury cast-iron gates. Once a certain joint-stock company built this house, called it "Russia - the house-a dream" and he was close to the famous VHUTEMAS. Residents were very unhappy with the construction of the attic studios for artists. Workshop for Hulot architect designed the David Kogan. The house was considered lucky, but for Hulot became fatal.

Finally Hulot wait for completion and was ready to move to the workshop. I am worried that we Tennochkoy stay in a wet basement. When in Moscow, many of our friends were getting an apartment, Hulot zaboyalsya Housewarming, because every time I was worried, worried, jealous of the pure, beautiful housing. Hulot knew that after the next warming will talk about the lamps, furniture, and yet most Hulot all this was not necessary. "Here, look, a box of vodka. I keep my library there. Moving - took the box and drive calmly. How convenient!" - Told me Hulot. Just to have him paint and brushes, only the pictures were written, is the only thing he was really needed.

ENEMY GLAZUNOVA

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 Once we arrived at my friend Helen and Lily. Lily had an affair with then chief editor of the magazine "Technics Youth Vasily Zakharchenko. Zakharchenko was supposed to be in the evening in the studio of Ilya Glazunov, and Lily has to request that we, that is Hulot, Helen and I would have escorted her there, because one and uninvited to appear in the workshop Glazunov was her uncomfortable. Hulot flatly refused, and drove the three of us. Workshop Glazunov was big and comfortable. Sat there surrounded by the maestro of some heinous Komsomol bosses. They talked about socialist realism, the youth shows, the buzz was about the artists. Zakharchenko was not there, apparently, sensing a trick, he called me and, referring to employment, refused. We all waited for displaying artworks. The work was his wife, Nina Benoit. I was annoyed, and the whole show somehow crumpled. We are home, came to say goodbye to the elevator. Glazunov asked me: "Who are you?" "Lydia Sooster" - I replied. He was very angry, and muttered that if he knew, neither of which would not show the work of his wife's ideological enemy.


 

Farewell

 
Leonard Danil'tsev, secret poet and literary critic, worked all his life as an artist-designer in the Lenin Library. With Hulot their love tied to art, to poetry. He married singer Lydia Davydova chamber ensemble from Andrew Volkonskogo "Madrigal". Their concerts are musical events of life of those years. We try not to miss. And in a break see Kabakov, Khrzhanovsky, Schnittke, Batashov, Sobolev ... Hulot was very fond of music, it taught by his parents, who sang and played on different instruments. But the special love Hulot had for the Beatles. He collected a small library, and when he worked, often singing. He rarely attended the Conservatory, says that listening is not in the hall, and in the lobby, and I kept trying to convince that Bach, Weber, Beethoven's better to listen to at home. I did not agree with Hulot and loved continue to walk in the conservatory.

Somehow preparing the workshop, we decided to arrange a farewell party. All who belonged to the magazine, "knowledge is power", and those who visited the cafe "artistic", accounted for approximately one and the same circle of artists. Unknown, Sobolev, Kabakov, Zhutovski, Yankilevsky. Soul of this circle was Hulot Sooster. They were all united dream to escape to the world stage. On the evening came all. Hulot sat, as always, calm, surrounded by papers, smoked his pipe and continued smoking Bulgarian cigarettes "Sun" or "Shipka". Yulo said not often, but, if it had to be about something to tell or explain, all treated in the ear. But he went on, burning fingers, sipping his cigarette, drawing with the fish cubes and ovals.

After a dinner with a drink Hulot and Misha Grobman decided to gather up a few of clubbing for a couple of bottles. Not very long, they roamed, perhaps, reached the "Peking" taxi drivers. They returned in high spirits, flushed from the cold, everyone in the hands of the bottle. We put the booty on the table. Excellent, Polish! "We, shine, shine, shine!" - Muttered Hulot. We quickly spill, uttered a toast to the art, for the brothers-artists, sip and ... "What is it?" - Screams Grobman, growls Hulot. Horrible op throughout the company. Well, you must, water, fake! Although the factory plug. The company swore, and with even greater fervor continued to abuse power, the right artists and MOSH. Then a similar episode was a novelty, not something that now, unfortunately.

After moving to the studio Hulot was rarely occur at home, and we began to quarrel with him. Hulot came home, bathed, changed clothes, ate delicious as could Hulot, joked, drawing, playing trains with Tenno. Then it was good.

In one of the parishes Yulo showed up at our camp, our friend Roman Sef, who tried to settle our relationships. "How much do you want money for a month?" - Asked me, Roman. "Well, perhaps a thousand," - I replied. "Well, - says Roman - Hulot promised that the money you will have. But it Hulot will come home only on Wednesday, Saturday and half on Sunday. And the rest of the work." I agreed, but now I think that was wrong. We had to divorce. I was supposed to be free.

I was young and attractive, many more pouhazhivali, hunt would be for me. I also felt that the artist's wife must help him to carry his cross. In fact, I had to throw everything to hell, to hell. And I was afraid of losing more lives Hulot, thought that will not survive this. I remember her loneliness, moments of despair, anger, jealousy. I remember suffering that behind me stretches a long chain of his infidelities and that all our friends know this. But no matter how I grieved, does not know how to help themselves. Theaters and concerts are not saved, and have a lover I can not imagine. Now I think that's a fool, blockhead some sort, how many beauties missed, how many neglected. Silly was! I was afraid to leave Tennochku without a father.

We moved and cheered up, arrange the furniture. Pictures I have not had, and Hulot promised to write me something specially for

 
home. Kitchen ordered at my favorite theater carpenters. My brother David drew the drawings desk, shelves and stools, and I had all dyed in red, black and white. Shops in our Aleshkino, of course, there was no school is not built, the sidewalks are not paved, and around the clay, and I was drowning, barely pulling the shoes from the mud. We had to get up with the Tenno at six in the morning, go to the old school, and then he had to wait for me in our old house before I came out of the theater. Products had to pull from the center or Tishinsky market - potatoes, meat, cereals, sugar, and even with the cargo from the subway to go half an hour by bus, standing on his feet, holding the bag. I hated that his new apartment. Arrive with this incredible weight, and on Saturday ponaedut guests, all eat, and then drag, carry. Suddenly, on, happy moment, we met Oleg Tselkov, they bought an apartment not far from us. Oleg all boasted: "Oh, what How nice!" A single house among the fields and forests. " He really liked this solitude, but gradually all filled up and he found himself in the ring of houses. Magnificence disappeared, but the apartment was good, two-bedroom, one room - his neat shop.

In our Aleshkino we went skiing. The slopes were so steep that you could even ride on skis. Oleg Tselkov, Hulot, Tenno, Victor Reed and I often went into the woods. Victor taught Tenno down, I did not want to learn, but we reach the bottom, and Hulot and Oleg calmly rolled down. Once Hulot drew our attention to this silent blue space. Everything was permeated with sparkling light, and against this background towered skyscrapers. All he had seen resembled a Martian landscape. Hulot was mesmerized by this magical view, sparkling stars, sparkling snow. "Here, - said Hulot - and think of nothing else, just write the picture."

Sooster LI My Sooster. - Tallinn: Avenarius, 2000. - 176 pp.

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"glass harmonica"

 
In February 1968 in the journal Children's Literature "was released a reversal of Hulot, with his photograph. Article written Viktor Pivovarov. He recalled how he first got into the studio and was amazed at the fantastic Hulot disorder, but on the other hand, the strict rhythm of things and thoughts expressed by an extremely simple and strong as a bell. Hulot was very pleased with the article, he walked, he rubbed his hands, and said: "Here, he lived, at last!". He was grateful Vite for this article, for the fact that he had been assessed.

Director Andrei Khrzhanovsky proposed Hulot make cartoon "Glass Harmonica" scenario Shpalikov. The composer Alfred Schnittke. The second artist was Yuri Nolev-Sobolev. The film was released in 1968. The art historian Irina Myagkova later wrote about this film in the "Decorative Arts": "Ruler, faceless correct administrative robot-man, machinery, trying to turn off the sun, immerse people in the dark cave, let the will of the dark passion. In the absence of light, people turned into monsters in Goya's grotesques and Bosch. Fine art savagely destroyed, the clock on the square overwhelmed, and reverse time, carried with them running wild and people, and the city. The town was turned into a dark maze of stone not covered either by nature, no music, no beauty. City Zamyatin and Orwell. The little harmonica becomes a powerful body, under the wonderful sounds of music Schnittke all alive, all soars in a colorful, sunny sky. The struggle of light and darkness. "

Film editor A. Snesarev was a man of vision. He understood the significance of the script, director and all brilliant. Thus was created a film that went into the golden fund of the Soviet cartoon 60's - 70-ies.

It so happened that the daughter of Arcadia Snesariev, Hope, became the wife of Tenno Sooster.

No one then could foresee a reversal of political events. Premiere filmaprishlas on Czech events. Any manifestation of free thought were immediately stopped, and the film has been shelved. Andrew Khrzhanovsky unexpectedly, in spite of age, called on the army. He had to serve as a lieutenant in the Navy. All thought it was a punishment. And the film has been shelved, where he spent twenty years. Returning from the army, Andrew could only secretly to show the film at the studio and sometimes at their evenings in various creative unions.

Hulot, made a second film with director E. Hamburg, who invited him to art director. The film was called "Beware of wolves!". Hulot is not like the movie theme, and it is with great reluctance, only because of the straitened circumstances, has agreed to work. The only success was an excellent group to pick up for work on the film. Hulot very ashamed of this movie and did not want one of his friends to see.

In life Hulot was rather eccentric, and in the studio, he did not change their habits. He paced the studio barefoot, once put his face and hands in a photocopier, smoking where not allowed. The company gathered on the film is warm, both for work and for drinking. Hulot is influenced young artists and animators in the sense of avant-garde views on art and creative freedom.

Sooster LI My Sooster. - Tallinn: Avenarius, 2000. - 176 pp.

«The glass harmonica." Animation: http://mults.spb.ru/mults/?id=1292

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''ICE BOOK "

 Publisher Izvestia suggested Hulot illustrated book Lenin Prize Johan Smuul "ice book".

It was a very honorable job. In connection with the growing popularity and the large number of proposed orders Hulot tried to find more productive ways of working. For example, working on "Ice Book", he came up with this: painting on glass, creating just the negative, from which you can make a positive image. He took in this case, for example, the method engraving. On another occasion, he made several engravings of impressions, so as not to draw a few times ink drawing. And after that handles watercolor and gouache, looking for the best, colorful solutions. Finally, figures for "Ice Book" were ready, and I had to myself Johan Smuul confirmed their agreement. Hulot rushed to the native Tallinn, Smuul to the hospital. Johan Smuul liked the pictures, he endorsed, and Hulot's hoping that it will not be the last work together. In Tallinn Hulot had visited and a furniture store, brought us the most expensive wall in our new apartment. They Tennochkoy constructed bookcases, shelves for dishes, for TV and radio. Everything was beautiful, even elegant, and Hulot promised me to write new pictures for our comfort. Meanwhile Hulot breathless from work. He already nebegal for publishers, the editor found it themselves, and now he could choose.

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Shortly before his death, invited Leonid Kheifets do play Krechinsky's Wedding at the Maly Theater. Hulot came and said: "I found a solution to the performance. Very original and contemporary, you might be interested. A huge chair for half the scene, the entire ramp, a chair, and all actors will peep out of this chair, as if through a keyhole" . Hulot was in a wild ecstasy of her zadumki. He still wanted to use the projection as to provide a picturesque spectacle of the performance. Commonwealth of the two artists - Leonid Heifetz and Hulot Sooster - based on an understanding of innovative ideas, but I cooled them down, saying that perhaps it could be done in any other theater in the Efros, for example, but not at the court Maly . Figures of the Maly Theater will never allow it to create. Hulot still went to the theater and even made some sketches, watching the actors, gazed at the boss, but it all ended so that he came and said: "No, it does not work, because the faces are not those names and not fit - Heifetz and Sooster. So ended this venture.

When Hulot died, the artist Boris Zhutovski came to Khrushchev, and said: "He died, whom you once reviled, Hulot Sooster." Khrushchev replied that he did not know then that he was told to go to the show and tell, he did so. Then very sorry. And for all Hulot was awful, until his last days he could not understand what was wanted of him, what is happening. He did not understand that art can do so, as you ordered.

He said that he was born free, but you have to live in a cage. All the time I was searching for ways how to get free, but in the last year before his death, he suddenly said: "And what does it matter in which the attic to work, just to work." Oh, how he suddenly became wrong! Tired of fighting? I forget how important it is to be free? Hulot almost never sick, almost never consulted a doctor, was a healthy man, with a very broad chest, strong. His father, uncle lived a very long time, but the mother Be'er sick and died not very old. Is she gave him her illness? But Hulot believed that he survivor. He always said that he would live a very, very long time, well, a hundred years before, but still need to hurry. Must have time to do much - paintings, graphic sheets, and a lot more to learn.

 

Kopilka SINYAVSKY

One day I was with his girlfriend Irina Uvarova conspired visit Sinyavskys. Sinyavskies returned from vacation, which they held in the North. Sinyavsky's wife, Maria Rozanova, gathered a collection of folk art, and this time they brought a lot of interesting things. There were sundresses, embroidered shirts, kokoshniki, decorated with pearls. We could not resist and, dressed in all this splendor, danced Boyarynya. Then came the master, Andrew Donatovich, we fuss and began going home. Before the front door on the wall, I saw a box, but in a box - the text: "Throw 10 kopecks, you will not be destroyed, but will help us build a new apartment. I was impressed. That evening I told the Hulot. "And here we are with you on this not guessed, when we had our Tuesdays, but there could be", - joked Hulot.

Hulot began work on a favorite book of his childhood - "Spring" Oskar Luts. He worked very long and meticulous. When he showed me the originals, which I initially did not quite understand. Hulot initially angry at me, and then began explaining to me. Hulot was a harbinger of a new vision for the future. It is her very much exaggerated, it was about, as the effect of "fish-eye" in photography. While in the Union because no one drew, it was extraordinarily fresh, unusual move for illustrating fiction. Then I thought it strange and unusual, even frightening. I thought Hulot, probably crazy, but now, over the past thirty years, this approach came in the visual arts and television.

Critic Yu Ya Gerchuk in the book "Soviet Book Graphics", published in 1986, wrote: "Yulo searching for new ways of illustrating science fiction. He read it not as youthful reading, as well as" quite serious, the most acute embodies a disturbing spirit of our age, literature. "Hulot was angry that his new ideas immediately used by other artists, appearing on the shelves of bookshops twins. He had time and again to seek new ways, although none of his epigones could not reach such a height, and reliable imaging.

I am desperate to say to him: "Well, what are you again lint on his next idea, looking, thinking. Look, there's an artist Lev Zbarsky considered the first book by the artist in the country, living in clover, is riding on a white Mercedes, but what about you? .

"He was lucky that the Soviet people almost did not know the work of Picasso. Zbarsky very cleverly uses it in his works, and I want my books to become the events as" Dandelion Wine "Bradbury", - answered Hulot.

At the time, Hulot and my father has a new exciting topic of conversation - the state of Israel. They were so happy victory of Israel in the Six Day War. One day, quite unexpectedly, Yulo asked me: "How do you Lidiilya (as he called me sometimes, when he was particularly tender; Lidiilya - our twin names, Lydia and Elijah, as he called himself in Russian), concerns to emigrate to Israel? ". I opened her eyes, thinking that misheard. No, he clearly asked my permission. He said that Misha Grobman already solved this problem. But while this is a great mystery. I do not remember how I reacted, I thought that everything that's somehow completely unrealistic, and Hulot with Misha dreams of a fairytale dream. I heard a lot about the Promised Land, of Jerusalem, of Jaffa. I read a lot about the outcome of the Jews from Egypt, the kings David and Solomon. I well remember the lamentations of his mother that some Yashka never gave my father no hours, no gold chains, which were transported with him to Israel, in the hope that his father will move there. Everything disappeared - and Yashka, and gold, and the dream of my father to live in Jerusalem. And now that Estonian Hulot dreams about this fabulous country. Yulo said nothing about the conspiracy Grobmanom and steadfastly kept them secret. Grobman left in 1972, after the death of Hulot.

Sooster LI My Sooster. - Tallinn: Avenarius, 2000. - 176 pp.