Bob Koshelokhov

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St. Petersburg Public Organization
St. Petersburg Society "AZ"

The classics of modern Russian art

Bob Koshelokhov

30.04 - 13.06.2010

Opening of 29.04 from 19.00 to 21.00

ON THE WAY TO THE BEGINNING OF ARTS

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Boris Koshelokhov was born in 1942 in the Urals city of Zlatoust. In Leningrad, came to the 1962nd, entered the first year of medical institute. Until 1967, went through a lot of professions - was an electrician, driver, nurse, construction workers, participated in geological expeditions. Independently studied philosophy. Fine art of the legendary character of the Leningrad underground art has to do, by and large, by accident. Asked about the beginning of this way Bob (this treatment the artist considers it preferable) immediately calls time and place - in 1975, Saigon. One day there came a man and demanded "the philosopher". He pointed to Koshelohova. Man this was a Theosophist Vladimir Poletaev. During the first interview, which lasted for three days, Poletayev mentioned a familiar artist Valerie Kleverove. He said that you are supposedly so different - never to each other will not understand. Meeting Bob and clover (artistic pseudonym VK) was completed for Poletaeva unpredictable manner. 15 minutes later, after dating two of them left in the Pechora. Bob decided to help the clover. Made his room in a communal Mytninskaya at an improvised gallery, where he sold paintings clover. Fee not to take the money as soon as they found themselves in a pocket in a hurry to take a friend in Kupchino - happened, and the night. And once Clover said: "Bob - you're an artist." "He said because he felt ashamed, - says Bob - and I took it as a revelation. Believed and began to work."
In the fine arts Koshelokhov was tabula rasa. I knew that unless "Grachev" Savrasov yes "Morning in a pine forest." He knew that the artist painted writes. But the clover for some reason the paint used banned. "I was at a loss, and then suddenly realized that everything around - the shape and color, even from the garbage can extract images. So on this "concept" - the objects of the things found in the trash. All of them were created about two hundred.

Loss of Teachers and gaining YOURSELF

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November 2, 1976 Poletayev handed Bob 7 cans of paint and sketch economic invited to paint his room. Seeing what happened, he drove Koshelohova. "He says all go away, you have crushed me." Bob was afraid to confess to the crime Teacher, because he did not approve of painting classes. However, clover tucked into a corner and ordered to throw concepts. "Then I realized - recalls Bob - that the teacher has never been that for me to learn from the very beginning had to. Since then, any attempt to interfere in the creative process Klever suppressed Koshelohovym on the vine. "In art, he studied political surrealism. I did expressive works. In terms of creativity, we were initially antagonists.
Gathered around him like-minded people, Bob founded the group "Chronicle". We met on Friday, bringing the work (a pass to the meeting was "fresh" picture), discussed them, talking about painting. "Chronicles" was an attempt to create the picture of being that alone, says the artist, it was impossible. The group existed until departure Koshelohova in Italy in 1978. He stayed there, but not for long. A suite of rooms of Italian studio could ride a bike, but before meeting with fashion critics needed to wash your hair a special shampoo to smell right. "In general, I found myself out of the iron cage of gold. I do not care what the cell - the main thing, do not be in it." He returned, having decided that "even in the camp some broken bricks in the wall" will be able, eventually, work.

On the creative method

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"Painting can not teach. Painting - a gift of God. Smoker craft, of course, can not escape it. Learning to draw is not bad, but as a rule, it oppresses. Anyway, that learning to run on crutches. And when there is no crutches, there is no fear of losing them. Often the image is born directly on the canvas. extrude paint and pulling the her. Suddenly there is some association, some kind of connection - and all work is done. "
Having written a set of relatively small paintings, giblet feel for what is expressionism, Koshelokhov decided that he must go further. "Little things get the character of practical importance, are ornaments. I've always wanted to have a discussion, not to sleep." The idea to create great paintings in the environment of human habitation embodied in the grandiose scale of the project "Two Highways", the implementation of which the artist began in 1994. "Two Highways" - two ways of heaven and earth. The latter begins in Europe, goes through Africa, crosses the Atlantic, goes to America to Alaska, continues in Japan, Asia, Australia and encircles Antarctica through the end of South America. Following on the specified route, the artist picks peripheral vision images and archetypes inherent in man from the Stone Age to the present. They sealed in 1200 black and white sketches, each of which corresponds to 5 pastels (of 6000), which ultimately should translate into five square miles of painting.
"Since the rock paintings have always been madmen who wanted to philosophize visual side. Maybe I'm the same fool. Get articulate or not - I do not know. But I'm trying."

Apparently, the "highway" Bob Koshelohova have the same aspirations, which in 1976, rallied around him artists of the Chronicle. The idea of paintings being matured in the 70's, and the embodiment of its continuing for nearly twenty years now. This problem is unique in its complexity, and picked up her decision Bob Koshelokhov - artist, until all your mind come down. At the age of 32 years, mixing blue and yellow, he had experienced the joy of children from a miracle appearance of green paint. Starting his way with the development of ideas of artists Expressionists, he was not aware of their existence. "Wise men" compared his paintings with Rouault and Soutine, while his own ideas about art were based on illustrations from the "Native Speech".
Naive art? Not at all. Born in the art "remote" (which in 1970 was the Soviet Union), Bob Koshelohova projects were incredibly close "the capital" mainstream. Stylistically and in fact they fit perfectly in the context of Italian Transavantgarde came on in the late 1970-80s, are related to contemporary art trends of France ("Figuration Libre") and Germany ("Neue Wilde"). However, the scale plans of Boris Nikolayevich Koshelohova difficult to find analogies, and this makes the master is absolutely distinctive.

Maria Polyakova

St. Petersburg Public Organization
St. Petersburg Society "AZ"
St. Petersburg, Nevsky Prospekt, 60
Enter through the courtyard cinema "Aurora", 1st floor (right side)
Tel.: +7 812 570 47 37, office@ayaorg.ru
Curator Oleg Nazarov phone 8-921-941-89-56

The exhibition is open to visitors
30.04 - 13.06.2010
Thursday - Sunday from 14.00 to 20.00

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[Eriksson]

Oleg Nazarov, it is - a way an artist? Where can I buy his work?

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The artist is not expensive, works great 1,5 - 2 meters (an average of 2 - up to $ 5m). work you can buy in my gallery ... please write in a personal

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Photos from the opening of the exhibition

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Photos from the opening of the exhibition

[Vladimir]

Paintings interesting.
In the text may give the impression that Koshelokhov worked in isolation, albeit with "Chronicle", but in isolation from other groups. Is such a conclusion? Can you tell more detail about the range Koshelohova?

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Bob was never insulated, quite the contrary - in the 70's he worked with the nonconformists, the 80th was among the "New Artists" actively collaborated with the group "Engineers Arts" (they even made a cartoon of a few hundred of his works) To this day one of the main sponsors of the art center Pushkinskaya 10, ... often invited to participate Koshelohova then one is in another group exhibition (even with "Mitka "<!--~ a ~-->) even sure he respected persoonazh St. Petersburg" Saigon "(rave place on Nevsky Prospect in the 70-80s )

[Vladimir]

Context is very important. For Petersburgers many things seem trivial, but we need to chew - or at the names do not react.

Example, because: http://www.e-kozlov.com/EE/New_artists/index2.htm

Yevgeny Kozlov wrote about the new artists:

Atelier Timur Str. Voinova always them and left. We've talked about a meeting with Timur in the studio and not in the gallery "Assa". This is due to the fact that I was there exhibited at a time when he went with Timur and others in the group "Chronicle". I do not remember exactly when it began to organize an exhibition, but I still have pictures and write a pretty good exhibition documenting the Chronicle in March 1981, attended by Helen Figurina, Bob Koshelokhov, Timur and I.

From all I'd add novice collectors and investors: the inner sense of today need a closer look at Peter. There bundles of energy and prices are not sky-high.

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Сообщение от Vladimir

There bundles of energy and prices sky-high.

About the "cake" I do not know, but prices in my vzgyad, "not exorbitant" and would remain in the bulk.
That's all I'd add novice collectors and investors.