Alexander Ney. The exhibition "In search of meaning." NCCA. Photo

[Vladimir]

His ceramics, especially the mysterious terracotta - an ornament to any collection. Works of the Leningrad painter, sculptor, are in significant private collections of "other art", in the collections and exhibits at major museums in the country.

Alexander Ney (Nezhdanov) - representative rather quiet, metaphysical direction in "other art". What distinguishes it? Unique language, 100%recognition of sculptures from the 1970's, as well as the choice of topics, allowing just rely on the beauty and mentally escape from everyday life. Unlike many in his circle of artists concentrated primarily on the creative tasks, rather than protest. Relations with the system he learned otherwise, away from the Soviet Union 37 years ago, in 1972. Behind him were the experience of restorative work in the Hermitage, working as a decorator on the masterpiece Kozintsev's King Lear. But all this was a very long time.

Since leaving the artist has had time to give way to a generation. Adult son (came on the opening of the first exhibition of his father, quite well said in Russian) name is Joel. The West has long been all came together: career, success. In particular, New York is preparing a big exhibition project, significant commercial commitments, so in Russia at the opening of the exhibition could not escape. They say that like going to later.

The exhibition "In search of meaning: the work of Alexander Ney from the collection of Contemporary Art and private collections, opened in the center of Zoological street belongs to the category of mandatory for a visit. In such a concentrated form of Ney in Russia has not yet testified. Some of the exhibits brought a son, provided some museums, some masterpieces loaned known private collectors. Among the most impressive works - "One who seeks infinity Igor Markin of ART4.ru,« Saxophonist "from the collection of Alexander Kronik," Street Musician "from the collection of Gregory Starobintsa (very similar to the Jazz, sold last year at the MacDougall's)

Now about the money - the format requires. Database ARTinvestment.ru - 27 auction records. 22 of them - the results of sales of sculptures. By the standards of the sixties is evidence of a well-developed market works. Moreover, the market is enough clean, fakes auctions have not yet met (all indicators of AI for Ney green). What is not surprising. The auction price record for the artist - 13,25 thousand pounds (at that time, 26 thousand dollars), paid in 2007, the buyer mid-sized (32 cm) sculpture "awakened" in 1979. This high price may have a lot of explanations. Work "awakening" came in with MacDougall's provenance from the collection of Alexander Glezer, repeatedly published and participated in exhibitions. However, 13 thousand pounds - a record that is, the result is not typical, with a large overpayment. Can be considered a typical 3-5 thousand pounds for a Mid-size terra cotta and the order of 8-10 thousand dollars for complex large-scale sculptures of outstanding quality. For example, last November, in 2008, at MacDougall's was sold to a large 50-cm long terracotta "Jazz" in 1978 for almost 6 thousand pounds, a 9 thousand dollars. More recently, in June 2009 at Bonhams someone very fortunate to benefit, below market, buy an interesting sculpture "Victoria". A total of 1,920 pounds that is about 3 thousand dollars so that the proposal now is for any purse. And the same can almost say with certainty that the work of Ney today underappreciated and has high investment potential.
      
In the photo: the preparation and opening of the exhibition. At Vid_joel - Joel Ney, son of Alexander Ney

Press release information about the exhibition and the artist here: http://artinvestment.ru/news/exhibit..._gcsi_nei.html

[Vladimir]

1967_portrait Portrait of the artist. 1967
1969_misli Thoughts poet. 1969. Collection Joel Ney.
1969_vstrecha Meeting of Friends. 1969. Collection Igor Makarevich
1969_sibirskaya Siberian Symphony. 1969. Collection Joel Ney.
1969_domashny home comfort. 1969. Collection Alexander Yulikova
1972_voshod Sunrise. 1972-1978. Cardboard, acrylic. Collection NCCA
1978_ulichny street musician. 1978. Terracotta. Collection of Gregory Starobintsa

[Vladimir]

1980_poiski. Finding inner consciousness. 1980. Collection Joel Ney
One who seeks 1983_ishushii infinity. 1983. Collection of the museum of modern art ART4.ru. Provided by Igor Markin.
1987_sachs saxophonist. 1987. Terracotta. Collection Alexander Kronik.
1988_proriv breakthrough. 1988. Terracotta. Collection NCCA
1989_velich majestic. 1989. Collection of Ernest Speaker
1995_khranitel keeper of books. 1995. Collection NCCA

Fragment Specially made a close-up fragment of sculpture, to understand how this can be done. Ret looks unnatural, an illusion that the object is hollow inside - like "bubble" of clay. But it is actually not. Molded holes are all made with normal angles, not inconsistent with trigonometry.

[Vladimir]

2005_borec. Wrestler of the city. 2005. Brown terracotta. Collection Alexander Kronik.
2006_sosed Neighbor, 2006. Papier-mache, sand. Collection NCCA. Obviously, the creative bow Jean Dubuffet.
2006_princess Princess water spaces. 2006. Collection of Grisha Bruskin
2008_mechta. Dreamer. 2008. Collection of Olga Tamara.
2008_deti. Children in the forest. 2008. Based on the work of 1972. Collection Joel Ney
2009_nashli have found a way. 2009. On the basis of 1984. Oil on canvas. Collection NCCA
2009_zavetnya cherished door. 2009. On the basis of 1972. Collection Joel Ney.
2009_bratya Brothers. 2009. Collection NCCA

[Konstantin]

In my interesnoye work. Especially "holes", some additional plastic appears.

[Allena]

Not get to perceive this as ceramics. Full feeling that a hook connected: D: shy:

Vladimir, and you know anything about the details of this technology know?

[Сергеич]

Vladimir not asked at this show to sell something?

[Vladimir]

Reliably not know. The exhibition would not tell. Before the opening try to ask a man keen on how such beauty is. In response: "Sculptor-genius" Well, the same position. Again, if you look closely, then the nature of "injury" of clay can be assumed that all this "pit" of the stacks. So clay conventionally "pierces" an instrument of different forms under different bizarre angles. Sometimes it can be seen that the tool became a dangerous corner and smeared the neighboring holes. It is important that all openings are made from the outside, the inside is no "Copperfield." But looks very effective. About the technology could tell collectors. The exhibition saw Alexander Kronik, he reads the forum, suddenly write?

[Vladimir]

Сообщение от Sergeyitch

Vladimir not asked at this show to sell something?

No sense. Probably not. This museum project, the work of museums and important private collections. And why? Works Ney - not a deficit. You read that auctions offer quite a lot. And the prices - in the area of media accessibility.

[qwerty]

Сообщение от Allena

You know anything about the details of this technology know?

He works dental instruments.