"Во хмелю слегка, лесом правил я" (Портрет В.Высоцкого) (1999) Painting by Sergey Suvorov

At one of his concerts, Vladimir Vysotsky said that in order to play a role well, you need to get used to the hero's skin. This creative technique is completely acceptable to me, and in this case doubly. Looking at this work, I think he would understand me.
... The forest is a wall in front, the wall does not let go,
The horses spin with their ears, they serve back,
Where there is a gap, where there is a gap - you can't see a shit.
They prick me with needles, they reach my bones.
You are my root, help me out, brother,
Where are you dear, why back?
The rain smelled like poison from the branches.
Attached to my wolf dived under the groin.
Here is a drunken fool, here is the same poured eyes
After all, my death, and you dare not run.
An ace was taken from my deck,
Yes, such an ace, without which - death.
I yell to the wolves: - Take your ashes!
And the horses, I see, are driven by fear.
I move the whip, I beat the twisted ones,
And, moreover, I sing "Black Eyes" ... V. Vysotsky.
His song became the plot reflected in the portrait, this is not only Vysotsky, this is his soul, this is action, his song. Figurative Associative-Logical Surrealism, the basis of which is the duality of images and plots, built on the ability of our vision to focus both on the smallest details and on a large main image, conjecturing some details or vice versa, generalizing them, is most clearly manifested in this work. Color, despite the "earthly" colors, contrasts in color and tone. Light and shadow compete on every detail, on every plane and shape, which creates tension and anxiety for the viewer's eye. I like the contrast, it does not let the Soul calm down! The oil technique is quite common, which is dictated by the narrative plot of the song. The only "highlight" is a special "suction" primer that prevents accidental paint shine. This is my most titled work. In June 2012, she became the winner of the international exhibition-competition "The best portrait-image of Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky" at the State Museum of Art and Culture, the house-museum of V.S. Vysotsky in Moscow. In February 2013 she won the international Russian-Italian competition of grotesque painting "Baraonda 2013" in St. Petersburg, was awarded 1 prize and a Gold medal. In April 2013, she participated and won the international exhibition competition in New York at the WestparkArtGallery Mathatten, and was awarded the Golden Eagle gold medal in the Surrealism category. In June 2013 she participated (among other works) in the Moscow international festival "Traditions and Modernity", the exhibition was held at the Central House of Artists in Moscow (Krymsky Val, 10). In September 2013 she participated in a trade fair in London. In July 2014, she participated and won the VI International Exhibition-Competition of Contemporary Art "St. Petersburg Art Week". Awarded 1 place in the painting competition, in the category "Portraits in the avant-garde style". The competition was held at the exhibition center of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists (Bolshaya Morskaya, 38). In September 2014. participated (among other works) in the international exhibition-competition of contemporary art "Art Week in Italy". Awarded 1st place in the painting competition, in the category "Experimental painting", in the category "Portraits". The competition was held in Florence in September 2014. Gallery address: Firenze. via.Venezia / 18.

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