Central House of Artists to host cultural dialogue

by Vestnik Kavkaza

The Central House of Artists will host the 7th Moscow International Festival of Arts called “Traditions and Modernity” attended by artists from 25 countries.

Vera Koselyova, President of the Public Foundation for Support of Culture and Development of Modern Art says: “The goal of our festival is to support young artists, but it will also be attended by notorious, well-known artists, people’s artists and honorary artists and will have presentations of artists that are no longer alive, while their works continue to prosper. There are galleries, museums that make projects using the artists’ works. It may be the only festival when a single exhibition space presents eight fields – sculptures, pictorial art, graphics, decorative art, installations, museum works, architecture and photography. They get along well together. The festival promotes esthetic and patriotic upbringing for young people, extension of ideology and culture, peace among different social layers and international consent. It strengthens development of cultural dialogue between states and friendship of nations. The festival builds up, strengthens. People may meet artists at our festival and continue with own projects. In 2013, according to tradition, we make several projects. They are the “Great Russia”, “The far and the nearby”, there will doubtless be a charity project, “Unique dolls as a work of art” to demonstrate charming dolls”.

2342 artists have attended the festival in six years and presented 20,000 works. The festival has had over 150,000 visitors.

Tair Salakhov, an artist, notes: About 2300 artists from dozens of states have attended the festival and those were the days of joy, meetings, exchange of artistic experience. There was joy that people could shake hands. It was amazing. You know why? There have recently been a few international art exhibitions with artists invited and meetings held. Many artists come from America, Israel, Russian regions, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, artists from independent republics arrive and these are the first such steps when people have a chance to meet and exchange experience”.

Ballet master Vladimir Vasiliyev has shared his opinion about the festival: “Concerning pictorial art, I started drawing back in the nursery. I remember my first parrot drawn using pencils, three colours – yellow, blue, red. The teacher told my mother that I should become an artist. Children make brilliant drawings. It is impossible to reach such sincerity, freedom. I was watching children of artists – they were given huge sheets of paper and they were sitting there, messing around, drawing something with paints. I observe and say that there will be a genius. Three years pass and everything disappears, the further, the worse, and that’s how it happens. I still wanted to draw. Now, when I am about to finish dancing, I cannot live a day without drawing, especially using water colours. Wherever I go, to any exhibition, I could return with a series from every visit. When you apply personally, it seems as a discovery for many people. What is the advantage of such exhibitions? It is in the fact that the rating is given by one talented person, then another and then the third. This correlation gives a more or less impartial rating. This is what makes the exhibition important for me”.