Girl in the Garden (2006) 绘画 由 Sergej Jakovlev

stopped my studies at the technical university in 1980, when I have decided to devote myself to art. My teacher Vitaly Stasevich, on the speciality of Fine Arts at the pedagogical university (where I studied in 1981-1986), helped me to understand that this devotion could be a meaning of my life. The life of my teacher and friend Victor Reikhet, professor of St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (where I studied in 1987-1993), was a complete realization of such meaning. Since 1995 I am a member of Professional Creative Artist's Union of IFA (UNESCO). Now I am a painter in Sweden, president of the non-profit cultural organization International Society of Artists (geocities.c0m/i_societyofartists)


PHILOSOPHY AND CONCEPT
Art is unable to be a server or material. It is also not peculiar to man to be a means.
Man is always the purpose.
An artist's life is a struggle without stone in heart. It is a struggle for the rights of art in people's consciousness.

THE GOALS AND STRATEGY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS
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The goals of the Society

1. To restore a prestige of Art all over the world.
2. To make Art widely related to people.
3. To unite artists living in the different countries.

Strategy of the Society

1. To advocate for Art.
2. To create ISA centres as non-profit cultural organizations in different countries.
3. To seek financial support for ISA centres.
4. To coordinate cultural cooperation among ISA centres.
5. To cooperate with different cultural organizations all over the world.

THE ARTISTS' STATEMENT
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Now is the time to talk about the destiny of Art globally. Andre Malraux said concerning our time: " The 21st century will be spiritual, or it will be nothing". In contemporary society, when spiritual vacuum can be filled up by horror, one can understand the prophecy of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: "Beauty will save the World".

People are tired of politics and business, because a Human Being is not a machine or robot feeding his/her own physical existence only. People must have an alternative. What should be giving us a real feeling of life? On what terms do society and communication function? Art is the ONLY alternative because of its unlimited capacity to investigate deeply an understanding of what a Man should be.

Art appears in communication between artists and the world. If Art could be widely related to People, then much of inspiration would be born. A better understanding of the role of Art could help in the contemporary world.

The existing art market is mostly not responsible for the destiny of Art. Art is considered just another commodity or product. The talented artists, who have devoted their lives to art completely, are sometimes unable to earn a living by their professional work. The lives of many true artists are impossible. Besides the taxes equal to the taxes for traders, they must pay the huge percentage to the loca...

• 国籍: 瑞典
• 出生日期 : 1958
• 艺术领域：
• 团体： 瑞典当代艺术家