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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The Museum of Russian Lubok and Naïve Art is hosting an exhibition called “Fathers and Sons,” dedicated to professional dynasties among naïve artists.
“The idea of the exhibition was born in the same way that a TV viewer has a question after watching the last episode of their favorite series: will there be a sequel? And here, too, this cinematic technique was used to answer the question: did the works of famous classics of naive art have a sequel? Did the pictorial language of naive artists influence their own children and what came of it?” Alexander Klenchev, curator of the exhibition, art critic, and head of the cultural and educational activities sector of the Ilya Glazunov Gallery, shared with “Culture of Moscow”.
Dynasties of masters are an important part of the history of our country, starting from Ancient Rus: jewelers, potters, furniture makers, toy makers and many others passed on their experience and skills to their descendants. The initiative to decorate everyday life “for oneself” — to paint the walls of the house, a spinning wheel, household utensils — also has a long tradition. This is how self-taught people appeared who dared to paint pictures “for the soul”.
With rare exceptions, they began to engage in creativity only when all the work had been done, the children had grown up, the cattle had been sold, and free time, which had been practically absent before, appeared. For example, this is how Lyubov Mikhailovna Maikova, Aunt Lyuba from the village of Selishchi in the Tver region, explained her desire to start drawing.
“We chose three life lines for the exhibition,” continues Alexander Klenchev. “The first two are naive artists, famous classics of the late 20th century – Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maikova, included in the World Encyclopedia of Naive Art. And the third is the artist Valentina Cherepnina from the famous family of naive art collectors Sergei Tarabarov and Evgenia Cherepnina. We gave viewers the opportunity to feel the common and different in their works, to find in them the answer to the question of mutual influence and the presence of “common DNA.”
The World of Naive Artists
Aunt Lyuba’s son, tractor driver Anatoly Maikov, once said: “I can draw a hundred times better. A mother paints worse than a child, and these weirdos buy them and even pay money – nothing compared to my salary.” This is how the works of Anatoly Maikov ended up in the collection of the Museum of Russian Folk Art. He was born in 1939, began drawing when he was over fifty, and managed to paint no more than 30 hardboards.
“The main feature of naive art is the author’s special original view, and this view, of course, is largely influenced by his life. Often, a representative of naive art is a person who has lived for a long time in one city or small town and through his special original prism of the creator tells us stories in paintings,” explains Alexander Klenchev. Thanks to the exhibition, one can understand how life and everyday life are seen in the Tver and Ivanovo regions, as well as in Moscow.
Life, notes the curator of the exhibition “Fathers and Sons”, of course, is changing – globalization is penetrating the most remote corners of the world, and some experts say that modern naive artists are not as “naive” as the authors of the late 20th century. This is partly true, but nevertheless, naive artists continue to appear, create, surprise with creative energy and unusual plots of their paintings.
“Naive art is a term that has not yet been fully formulated. But all experts agree that it is not a type, not a genre, not a trend, but a special artistic phenomenon. There are no conditions for the emergence of these creators – no one knows why an original artist suddenly appears. One can definitely say: these paintings convey some kind of original energy that attracts thousands of visitors and leaves no one indifferent,” says Alexander Klenchev.
The exhibition “Fathers and Sons” will last until August 31. Purchase tickets You can find it on mos.ru.
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