"Summer" mood by Mikhail Aldashin

Each creator has his own understanding of how art has an impact on people’s lives. Some believe that it should expose the ugly side of reality, while others should help to live. It is the second point of view that the famous animator, screenwriter and artist Mikhail Aldashin adheres to, whose personal exhibition opened on June 18 at the Rosa Azora Gallery in Moscow.

He puts not so much his life experience into his work as rethinking it - those lessons that he learned from life, those bright truths that he could understand. Therefore, each of his paintings is like a piece of a summer day. Joy, happiness, love, friendship - appear in his work through simple, but understandable to everyone images. Not surprisingly, he became the brightest representative of modern Russian animation. Cartoons from the Mountain of Gems series do not leave indifferent either adults or children. There is no falsity in them, there is no emphasized childishness, but there is sincerity that everyone needs!

Mikhail Aldashin strive to express kindness. Animated films "The Other Side", "Christmas", "About Ivan the Fool", clear evidence of this. All his paintings are surprisingly simple, but deep. The image of a dog on a leash, as an allergy of freedom of choice - even from the prison window you can see the stars. And so with every picture. Visual simplicity, depth of meaning.

Memories of his own childhood became the main theme of most of the paintings presented at the exhibition. Bright images that bring joy. Isn’t that what most people lack? The exhibition will last throughout the summer and will affect half of September. It is worth seeing not only families with children, but also all people who rarely experience bright emotions. Summer needs the soul even more than the body!

Eve Istr