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"elabuga - love is my"
Valerie Ilyich shimanovskiy - radical of elabuzhanin.
Here it grew, it graduated from the artistic school (first
release). He was the student of the well-known artist
(then yet not avant-guardist) Of zinnura Of
minnakhmetova. Furthermore, finished the philological
department Of the elabuzhskeyeo pedagogical institute.
However, after several years of work by teacher it
nevertheless preferred stezyu of artist.
After service in the army Valerie Ilyich lives in
Nijhnekamsk, but connection with The the elabugoy he
does not lose, constantly being here first in parents,
then in the creative matters. With the group of
lower-Kama artists "screen" it repeatedly
participated in different exhibitions in the artistic
salon of elabuzhskogo museum- preserve. Furthermore,
many years ago, when yet not there was artistic salon,
but was only showroom on the Kazan', first personal
exhibition, which opened the activity of this hall,
there was the exhibition of the vanguard skill Of v.
shimanovskiy.
Recently it seriously was absorbed in by the new form
of contemporary skill, postmoderna confronting on the
face, simply elegant game and creative contact (also
with the echoes of classical philately) - meyl-artom
(mail art). On this form of depictive and post skill
with V. shimanovskiy conversed our correspondent a.
kuklin.
- Valerie, describe that is mail-art?
- Mail-art - this is the skill of the formulation
of post envelopes and postcards. It was conceived in
Europe. By the first with this variety of depictive
skill began to be occupied avant-guardists in 50-60- e
years. To Russia meyl-art arrived years 10-15 ago
because of our artist- dissidents, who live and work
in the West. For example, this well-known artist, as
Kotlyarov, until now, is one of the chief me1l-
artists in the world.
It is here important to refine that the work of
meyl-arta is not any post envelope or the postcard,
which designed the artist or simply amateur, namely
that, which traversed mail and contains post dies,
inscriptions, gluings. In this sense post workers are
the co-authors of the works of meyl-arta. And in this
interest.
- A long ago whether of mail-art it did
appear in our region? And how it is generally extended
in Russia and in the world?
- in our region of mail-art it appeared literally
in last year. Therefore, until now opposition meets on
the mail. The workers of many post offices simply
reject to assume similar letters and postcards,
referring to post rules. I specially studied these
rules - it is forbidden nowhere, there is nothing such.
Today in the world there exists the order of two
thousand me1l- artists, and per year it leaves on the
average of 20 thousand post sendings of meyl-arta.
Unfortunately, in international mail-art projects
Russia cannot be met almost.
- describe about your new in meyl-art
project.
- thus far I participated in the project "Alyonka",
initiator of which were Ivan zemtsov, artist from
Yoshkar-Ola. Several months ago after I learned about
the forthcoming celebration of the 1000- anniversary
Of elabugi, in me appeared the idea to organize its mail-art project. I decided to make something personal
for the city. Is called this project "elabuga -
love my".
- how much already in you was assembled
works within the framework of this project?
- order of eight. There is work from France from
the artist Of denis
charmot, very known in the world mail-arta. It, by the way, advanced in the Internet
some my works, connected with other projects.
Furthermore, me supported artists from Nijhnekamsk -
Tatiana Makarov, Anastasiy viktorov. From Yoshkar-Ola
- Aleksey klyukin, Ivan zemtsov. Sasha nasekin from
Cheboksari - deserved artist Of chuvashii. I sent
letters with the explanation of project and the
stories about Yelabuge (about that, who here lived,
than was famous and beautiful city) to artists from
Belgium, Switzerland, France. To Japan I sent postcard
to Mark Hammond, it it finished and sent conversely
(on the theme Of tsvetayevoy). I think, for the
foreign artists - great pleasure to participate in the
project from Russia, where tyuere is no meyl-arta as
yet actually.
- by what you do plan the total result of
your project, dedicated To elabuge?
- 4 he would want to finish this project in the
fall of 2007 and to organize exhibition in Yelabuge. I
want - and I hope, this will come out - to combine
exhibition with the presentation of mail-art of the
book about Yelabuge. Author's book. Each page in it
will consist of the letter or the postcard, which
passed on the mail. Plus to everything some my
author's texts against Yelabuge, poems. Everything is
very laconic, it is visual and it is gay. The main
thing - is gay, with the joke, by humor.
It would wish so that in the project "elabuga -
love my" would take part and yelabuzhane. To all,
who to me will write, otvechu in the style of
meyl-arta. 4, of course, I will foresee, that for
those, who will want to participate, in Yelabuge there
will be the difficulties with the workers in the post
offices. It is here necessary to appear patience and
perseverance. But to write me is possible with the
address: 423578 Nijhnekamsk, Tatarstan, the rest of
chemists, d.e', kV. 25. To shimanovskomu V.I.
- thanks. Successes to you, Valerie Ilyich!
We will await your of meyl-art of the exhibition and
book.
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