Аннотация: The Monologue about some the monuments from Zurab Tsereteli
The Monologue about some the monuments from Zurab Tsereteli
There was information about the celebration of the 85th anniversary of Zurab Tsereteli. I remembered: recently in one of the notes his name was mentioned among the awarded "cultural figures".
As for his creativity, the monument to Peter I (Moscow) is very famous (mostly negative opinions) .
As for me personally, the so-called "Alley of rulers of Russia" seemed me conceptually doubtful and outrageous because of the absence of historical delicacy.
No craving for creativity Tsereteli I have not experienced. So it turned out that it (this creativity) - in itself, and I - in itself.
If round date, decided to look at article in Wikipedia.
I typed "Zurab Tsereteli"in the search bar.
It turned out that there are two articles:
"Tsereteli, Zurab Konstantinovich (b. 1934) - Soviet and Russian sculptor.
Tsereteli, Zurab Semenovich (1953-1992) - Soviet football player".
I turn to the article about the sculptor.
The article is quite large. All to read it - somehow I have no the patience and desire.
I begin with the monument to Peter I in Moscow. A much I about him (the monument) heard, perhaps in some magazine saw, but now the time has come for a closer look at the photographies.
A strange impression. General feeling: disharmonious composition. But each person has his own sense of harmony. If to evaluate more rationally? - Ridiculous, nonsensical the monument!
There is a separate article about this monument. I pass to it. That's very unpleasant to read all this. Plus hints on the circulation of financial flows.
I looked at the photos taken from different angles, I read a little about the monument to Peter I (of course, this monument need to be dismantled!) and passed to the "Alley of rulers of Russia."
The idea of this "Alley" seemed to me doubtful, still when I learned about its creation. To put next to each other busts (monuments) of historical figures of different historical weight and value - in it there is, to put it mildly, some thoughtlessness.
It seems, Military and historical society is involved in this "Alley"?...
In the article about the "Alley", seems, there are no photos. But there are references. I move according them. More or less close-up photos of all the busts.
Especially long I not consider these photos.
What are my impressions? Several busts seemed to me similar to each other - as if they were sculpted (created), with using of a one model-man.
The bust of Stalin - in general - I liked it.
Gorbachev's image somehow imperceptibly reminded me the Shevardnadze's face.
In General, the very idea of this "Alley" have caused at me some strange associations - as if I saw the creation of some otherworldly mind.
Back to the article about Zurab Tsereteli.
A Yury Luzhkov's role - it is possible to guess it with confidence.
But if to look at earlier period?
"Honorary titles
Merited Artist of the The Georgian SSR (1967)
People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1978)
People's Artist of the USSR (1980)...'
What was so interesting in 1980? The XXII Summer Olympic games in Moscow? Perhaps it is necessary "to dig" in an issue of changes of "team of leadership"? So it's a bit of historical research should be done.
I switched to online publishing. "An, no!" "At various times, the artist led the most ambitious projects: in 1970-1980 he was the chief artist of the USSR foreign Ministry, in 1980-the chief artist of the Olympic games in Moscow...".
"About such people as Tsereteli, they tell "the last from Mohicans". It is really a figure of giant scale. He made much to save in Russia in the most hard times all system of the Russian Academy of Arts, and it is his huge personal merit", - the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on culture Vladimir Tolstoy told in a conversation with the correspondent of TASS.
I am not going to call into question Vladimir Tolstoy's statement.
Therefore, I complete the writing of this text.
As for the monument to Peter I (Moscow) and the "Alley" - they are the inappropriate sculptural objects. I hope Vladimir Tolstoy (someday) will understand this. To put nearby the monuments to Thaddeus Bulgarin and to someone from the great writers - to such a [...] in Russia have not yet reached.
However, there is the monument to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in Tomsk. If to trust to the photos, this monument looks oddly: an ugly man with an umbrella. But, nothing, the inhabitants of this Siberian city show patience: "Can be, the sculptor not Chekhov, but the own personality, perpetuated ...".
January 4, 2019 16:02
Translation from Russian into English: January 4, 2019 18:21.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Монолог о некоторых памятниках от Зураба Церетели'.