Presentation of jesus Russian art Books, catalogs, articles in newspapers and magazines about the artist A.Isachev.

In memory of Isachev. Presentation of jesus Russian art

The site contains all materials from private collections:articles, films dedicated to the life and work of Alexander Isachev. He left early, but will forever remain in our memory thanks to his paintings. "Allegory of Art" by Isachev One of the last works longer than on any other, "Allegory of Art".the artist could not have known that this would be a kind of summing up, but it so happened that it was in the last year of his life that he completed a painting that could have become an ellipsis, but became a point in his long-term reflections on the nature and mysteries of art embodied in a series of works. In the center of the composition is a beautiful woman. Who is she Egyptian Hathor, the Mesopotamian Ishtar? Or maybe Saraswati, Aphrodite or Venus? Isachev does not give an unambiguous answer: the beauty lies on a bed based on images of Egyptian pharaohs and Sumerian, Indian, Greek gods, and is surrounded by attributes belonging to a variety of cultural traditions. So, maybe this is not a deity, but an earthly woman? After all, when you first look at it, associations arise not with images of ancient goddesses, but with Francisco Goya's painting "Maha Nude" — a work that defied tradition and revolutionized art (written at the turn of the XVI and XIX centuries, it provoked scandals and prohibitions until the middle of the twentieth century). Anyway, the woman in Isachev's painting is the embodiment of beauty, perfection. Her expression is detached, a little haughty and a little mocking — as if she knows a secret, a truth that elevates her above petty human passions, prejudices and momentary judgments. The woman leans on an overturned vessel, from which she drinks herself and offers everyone to drink - The liquid flowing from this golden vessel does not flow down, but hovers as if in some unearthly space where physical laws do not work, there is neither time nor distance. Whatever this magic drink is — whether it is ambrosia, amrita, haoma or an alchemical elixir of immortality — it is based on magic. And it seems that Alexander Isachev owned it..