Exhibition "Honey Spas" by artist Julia Mamontova

HONEY SPAS: Artist Yulia Mamontova and the Gosha Kutsenko Charity Fund “Life with Cerebral Palsy” hold an exhibition for emergency assistance to Yegor Kondratyev

From August 22 to 29, 2019 in the center of Moscow in the legendary “Hands Up! Bar "Sergei Zhukov will host the charity exhibition" Honey Spas "by the artist Julia Mamontova. The name of the exhibition emphasizes the author’s rare technique - encaustic - creating paintings using hot beeswax. The main and noble goal of this event is to help patients with cerebral palsy, in particular, the ward of the Gosha Kutsenko Foundation - Yegor Kondratyev. All proceeds from the sale of paintings, which will be presented in Hands Up! Bar ”will be sent to him.

The editor-in-chief of the magazine “Life with cerebral palsy” Mila Solovyova: “We often hear: beauty will save the world. But how exactly? I believe that help should begin with support for those in need, and the exhibition “Honey Spas” provides an opportunity to support them through art. The beauty of the paintings, the originality of the technique, the style of the author - all this makes the exhibition a special event, but the main thing for me is to help the wards, and I’m glad that the artists are ready to cooperate with us and make the world a little better. ”

Visitors will be able to not only see, appreciate the painting technique “encaustic”, taste the aroma of beeswax enough, but also purchase paintings by Julia from different series - “Modern style icons” 2016 ”,“ Soul and body “2017”, “Grapes” 2018 ”,“ Flora and fauna "2019" worth from 6 thousand rubles with a one-click payment for collecting to Yegor Kondratiev: https://cplife.ru

Artist Julia Mamontova: “I am happy that I have mastered the genre of laborious encaustic, requiring both patience and inspiration. This ancient art is rooted in the distant past, with early Christian icons painted in this technique. “I will be glad if my paintings find a lively response in the soul of each guest, and their acquisition will go to a noble cause!”

Address: Moscow, Tverskaya, 22, the legendary "Hands Up! Bar”by Sergey Zhukov

Opening hours: August 22 - August 29, 2019 from 18:00 to 06:00. Free admission.

About Julia Mamontova:

Julia Mamontova, a new name in Russian contemporary art, became the “Artist of the Year” at the 2019 Art & Business Awards. She was born in the Komi Republic and graduated from Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikova, currently lives and works in different countries: Russia, Greece, USA (Los Angeles). Julia perfected her skills at St. Martin’s Central College of Art and Design in London and long ago found her niche in the visual arts - encaustic.

Encaustic paints were popular in Roman, Byzantine, Egyptian art. This technique and the materials used provide the work with durability and color fastness, for example, the famous Fayum portraits of the 1st-3rd centuries are still preserved. Today, few artists are engaged in professional painting with hot wax and pigments, since simpler, cheaper techniques have appeared, and amateur paintings created by irons with wax crayons are often given out for encaustic. But Julia seeks to rectify the situation, revive the ancient art technique in Russia, taking into account all the subtleties, and again make it relevant.

Julia Mamontova is the pseudonym of the artist Julia Zabrodina, which was not taken by chance. She received it from the famous merchant Vasily Timofeevich Mamontov - great-grandfather of Julia through her father. In the XVIII-XIX centuries, he was engaged in the trade and delivery of goods from England to Arkhangelsk and the Urals along the Mezen River. Inspired by the story of her family, Julia took her last name for a pseudonym.
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Egor Kondratiev Diagnosis of cerebral palsy, ankylosing spondylitis. Russian screenwriter, underwent hip joint replacement procedures, implantation of screws in the spine. Now he urgently needs surgery on the cervical spine.

Fund “Life magazine with cerebral palsy. Problems and Solutions ”was founded in 2009 (published 4 times a year). The founder of the magazine is actor and musician Gosha Kutsenko. Each issue of the magazine is dedicated to the history of those who daily make their little invisible feat, opening up new opportunities and the desire for life.