Е-Е (Евгений Козлов)

E-E (Evgenij Kozlov)


без названия, бумага, смешанная техника, 53.3 х 36.5 см, 1983
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untitled, mixed media on paper, 53.3 x 36.5 cm, 1983
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The work was also exhibited at 'Notes from the Underground' • ms2 Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, 2016
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1. Borsh
Boris

2. Belkin
Anatoly

3. Borodin
Igor

4. Voinov
Vadim

5. Gurov
Yuri

6. Zverev
Nikolai

7. Ivanova
Yulia

8. Kozlov
Boris

9. Valran
Valery

10. Kozlov
Evgenij

11. Kozlov
Viktor

12. Maltabarov
Aleksandr

13. Maryshev
Evgenij

14. Novikov
Timur

15. Kirillova
Iya

16. Ovchinnikov
Vladimir

17. Pobezhenski
Vyacheslav

18. Rybakov
Yuli

19. Sidorenis
Vladimir

20. Trofimov
Viktor

21. Tager
Arkadi

22. Polushkin
Anatoli

23. Shatalov
Mikhail

24. Ukhnalev
Evgenij

25. Yablokov
Andrey

26. Shlizilovich
Olga

27. Borisov
Leonid

28. Dyshlenko
Yuri

29. Gavrilchik
Vladlen

30. Krekhina
Tamara

31. Khromov
Aleksei

32. Ivanov
Mikhail

33. Brovina
Zhanna

34. Shagin
Vladimir

35. Kozhin
Aleksandr

36. Shevelenko
Elena

37. Shevelenko
Vyacheslav

38. Prasolov
Aleksandr

39. Gobanov
Yuri

40. Troitsky
Konstantin

41. Vasiliev
Anatoli

42. Kubasov
Vitali

43. Solovieva
Valentina

44. Inal
Savchenkov


1. Борщ
Борис

2. Белкин
Анатолий

3. Бородин
Игорь

4. Воинов
Вадим

5. Гуров
Юрий

6. Зверев
Николай

7. Иванова
Юлия

8. Козлов
Борис

9. Вальран
Валерий

10. Козлов
Евгений

11. Козлов
Виктор

12. Малтабаров
Александр

13. Марышев
Евгений

14. Новиков
Тимур

15. Кириллова
Ия

16. Овчинников
Владимир

17. Побеженский
Вячеслав

18. Рыбаков
Юлий

19. Сироденис
Владимир

20. Трофимов
Виктор

21 Тагер
Аркадий

22. Полушкин
Анатолий

23. Шаталов
Михаил

24. Ухналев
Евгений

25. Яблоков
Андрей

26. Шлизилович
Ольга

27. Борисов
Леонид

28. Дышленко
Юрий

29. Гаврильчик
Владлен

30. Крехина
Тамара

31. Хромов
Алексей

32 Иванов
Михаил

33. Бровина
Жанна

34. Шагин
Владимир

35 Кожин
Александр

36. Шевеленко
Елена

37. Шевеленко
Вячеслав

38 Прасолов
Александр

39. Гобанов
Юрий

40. Троицкий
Константин

41. Васильев
Анатолий

42. Кубасов
Виталий

43. Соловьева
Валентина

44. Инал
Савченков

Этот "неофициальный", "личный" плакат Е-Е создал для второй выставки независимых ленинградских художников “ТЭИИ”, проходившей во Дворце Молодежи с 5 по 20 апреля 1983 г. Фигуры первоначально предназначались для "SIT VENIA VERBO. Традиции XX века" (собрание Государственного Русского музея, Санкт-Петербург), а прямоугольное отверстие отсылает к "НОЛЬ ОБЪЕКТУ" Тимура Новикова и Ивана Сотникова (1982). На оборотной стороне плаката расписались 35 из 44 художников.


Russian Translation: Alexander Skidan

E-E created this personalised exhibition poster for the second presentation of independent Leningrad artists "TEII” in the Palace of the Youth, April 5 - 20, 1983. The figures were first designed for "SIT VENIA VERBO. Traditions of the XX Century" (collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg), and the rectangular hole refers to Timur Novikov's and Ivan Sotnikov's "NOL OBYEKT" from 1982. 35 of 44 artists signed on the back of the poster. No 44, Inal Savchenkov, is not on the TEII's official list.


Text: Hannelore Fobo, 2007

Full text:

This work was made as a personalised exhibition poster for the presentation of Works of Leningrad Artists in the Palace of the Youth, from April 5 - 20, 1983, also known as The Second Exhibition of the Society for Experimental Visual Art / 2-я общая выставка ТЭИИ.

The rectangular hole in the upper half and the double figure left to it with “0” prints on both hands refer to Timur Novikov's and Ivan Sotnikov's "NOL OBYEKT" from 1982, a conceptual work which had created an almost iconoclastic controversy.

In its technical aspects, this work pays tribute to the Russian avantgarde of the early twentieth century and uses visual effects developed for print, especially posters: stencils for figures and graphic effects as well as geometric fonts, here achieved with letraset letters (instant lettering). The clear edges of the figures are in contrast with the soft texture of the gouache surface of the bodies, applied with slightly irregular brushstrokes. The colours of nature - red, green, light blue, ochre, yellow, charcoal grey - against the background of the light brown paper are a further homage to the twenties.

The figures themselves, however, in their elegant, well-defined movements and well-cut suits, belong to an international world, and, most likely, to a world of business. As a matter of fact, these figures are only some of of those originally worked out for the painting "SIT VENIA VERBO. Traditions of the XX Century" (collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg). This painting, also from 1983, of a much larger format, shows them walking and standing in the spacious hall of an airport, displaying the calm self-assurance of those who know that they can rely on their abilities.

It is not clear whether this poster was ever shown during the exhibition, but the artist vividly recalls how he collected the signatures of the participants of the exhibition on the last day of the show, just before it was closed. He knew that most artists would come together on this occasion, and he was eager to collect as many signatures as possible. This was a unique oppurtunity to fix a historical moment in time: it had been only the second official manifestation of the new wave of the so-called unofficial" Leningrad art. At the end of the day, he proved to be quite successful: out of 43 (44) artists, 35 had signed.

SIT VENIA VERBO. Traditions of the XX Century"

SIT VENIA VERBO. Традиции ХХ века.
1983. Холст, темпера, гуашь. ГРМ






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