Simple primitivism. Complex primitivism. The works of the Ossetian artists Naïve Art brought to Moscow

Simple primitivism. Complex primitivism. The works of the Ossetian artists Naïve Art brought to Moscow
25 July 2016, Monday
Highlander

The exhibition of naive art  demonstrates the works of the Ossetian artists, which opened July 21 at Gallery A3 (Starokonyushenny per., D.39). The exposition presented at the annual August festival of "South Ossetia", which every year introduces the viewer to the culture capital of the republic.
 
Naive Art and South Ossetia - an unusual combination. However, the naive and primitive - interesting and original art layers Ossetia. At the beginning of the XX century in the Caucasus, two masters lived. Soslanbek Edzieva and Sicko Karkusov doing unusual tombstones, creating sculptures that are, in fact, were the first examples of naive art in these parts, according to the TV channel "Culture".
 
Plastic tricks two masters became the basis for the creation of modern naive artists Ossetia. Presented at the Gallery A3 Exhibition - collection Gassieva family.

 

Head of the family artist XCAP Gassim, the exhibition presents his work began to collect pictures of the Ossetian artists in the 70-ies of the last century. Subsequently, the collection was continued by his son - Topa Gassim, who is the organizer of the exhibition - "Naive simple. Naive difficult. "

Part of the exhibition have made paintings of professional artists who used his work in plastic finds folk artists: Olga Maltyzova, XCAP Gassim, Vadim Bezhanov Sergei Gassim, Dmitry Thomas and others. "Highlight" of the exhibition are the works of this "naive artists" in South Ossetia.

One of them - Boris Dzhigkaev - candidate of technical sciences, began to paint only 50 years old. In his paintings he depicted what he saw around him: the face of his beloved people, life and traditions. Creativity another nugget - Hadzhumara Sabanova - allegorical: each viewer sees a picture in their own way. The form chosen naive artists seem uncomplicated, but behind it - a lot of sense.

 
These paintings - not about Ossetia and the inner world of the creator, who lives in South Ossetia. Although the creators themselves insist naive art - universally. Artists combines internal age - all of them little children television channel Culture.
 

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