Dr. Sergey Zagraevsky
«Artist named Tube»
(notes on the Gallery of People’s Artist of the
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Was this a children's book - "the adventures
of dunno and his friends". And
was among the "kids" (friends Neznaika)
artist named Tube.
Let me remind those who in childhood did not
carefully read this book: when the balloon with all the "kids" was
cast in the city "Babes", the Tube there was demand portraitist. And
since all the "baby" required to make their
eyes bigger, smaller mouth, and eyelashes longer, then
finally cut the Tube template with the desired characteristics, applying it to
canvas and painted on it. They had only to give the hair and eye color you want, and the portrait as a whole - at least the similarity,
and all the clientele were satisfied.
Convenient, right?
It is a pity that the method of the artist's Tube is a temptation for many of
today's "masters". And example - gallery Znamenka.
Its owner and sole author, Alexander the maksovich Shilov,
followed the path of a Tube, only further. Tom lacked "Babes", and
Alexander the maksovich writes
"kids". He even gave his eyes a color, and
Alexander maksovich obvious
attraction to chernoochene
- apparently, he believes that so expressive. In the eyes of all the characters
get century-old grief Eastern peoples, whether mayor Luzhkov,
prefect Bryachihin,
disabled the Chechen war or a poor old woman.
And the rest is all as it should, at the highest
level. In gallery Shilova Znamenka
beautifully recreated the atmosphere of old style mansion, with
European-quality repair. On the skillfully painted portraits
all the folds of a garment. Magnificent design rooms,
play soft music, and guides penetrating broadcast to crowds of
"walkers" about what is written on a particular canvas. Besides
Alexander the maksovich
personally walks the halls and talking to people, and he knows how to do it
brilliantly.
But the paradox is that the personal
gallery completely ruined Shilov as an artist. In a
scale of one picture he is still the master, though salon. School Laktionova Alexander, author of the famous "Letter from
the front, makes itself felt. But I see a lot of work Shilov,
an Association with the Assembly line of the
Indeed, the portraits are as different from one
another, as cars "Zhiguli", and also differ
in color and the number of "deficiencies". There are instancesspetssborki"is
"substandard" - with abnormal proportions, volume and perspective... Nabout all the "brand" - dark eyes and a slight turn of the
head. It's obvious - wrote Alexander Shilov,
people's artist of the
Note - not
However, Alexander Frolov complain. Preparing a decree on awarding him the title of honorary citizen of
Given the works of Alexander maksovich in most homes influential officials, the
scale penetration of the follower of the artist's Tube in Russian life becomes
all imaginable limits and is becoming a national disaster. It's time to call on
the help of the emergencies Minister, Sergei Shoigu,
but I'm afraid he, too, hangs a portrait of the Shilov...
© Sergey Zagraevsky