Valentin Vorobyov. Enemy of the people. Far and near Automatic translate

Since the artist Valentin Vorobyev went to live in France in 1975, a lot of water has flowed. Even more water has flowed since his birth in 1938 in Bryansk. But even more than the leaked water, rumors and myths swirl around Valentin Vorobyov.

Who is he an artist or a writer? Who is he a loser or a hermit sage? Who is he a provocateur or a saint? Who is he an emigrant or agent? Who is he French or Russian? Who is he, Valentin Vorobiev?

The pages of his biography are intricate, the facts from his life are always with sharp corners. Anyone who wants to know him better should read his scandalous book "Enemy of the People." Why did this book cause a general scandal in Russia? Read the book. A motley string of names - Tabor, Falk, Kostaki, Zverev, Nemukhin, Masterkova, Shemyakin, Glazunov, Tselkov, unknown and still everything, everything, everything - like a bright sign, attracts reading. Fun, but after a while a bitter precipitate is felt. What is fiction? What if it’s true?

Who is Valentin Vorobiev? Thousands of works. Most are scattered around the world. Latin America, USA, Canada, Europe, Russia. In Russia, Vorobyov’s works are shaded, each has its own destiny, its master and a whole (almost detective) story. Because their author has never bronzed (although he knows his own worth). "Living skinny men like me were against the rams!"

In one of the letters, Vorobyov claims. Living against the frames. He writes a great esthete.

Who is Valentin Vorobiev? Member of the Bulldozer Exhibition. Not a fake, but a fighter in a wasteland. Permanent author of the Israeli magazine "Mirror". The author of "Grafoman" and "Levakov." Cave Decorator. He fights peaks with God on a lonely road. And he is an anachore, constantly in dialogue with God. Valentin Vorobiev, finally, my respondent.

Who is he? “Vorobyov’s painting, like his prose, has a“ breath of time ”(writes famous collector Mikhail Alshibaya. And artist Mikhail Grobman echoes:“… they told him to write physiological essays to us in the newspaper, which he did, and became famous not only as an artist, but also as a writer. ”

"Valentin Vorobyov is completely recognizable." - proclaims his friend, musician Kamil Chalaev.

“However, there will still be pictures, where will they go?” - indefinitely adds the poet Konstantin Kuzminsky.

Who is he Valentin Vorobiev? It’s easier to answer you yourself by visiting his new exhibition in Moscow.

The exhibition runs from January 12 to January 22, 2017.

Opening will take place on January 12 at 19.00 Admission is free.

The gallery is open daily, except Mondays from 11.00 to 21.00