Forever living Rus’ Automatic translate

Personal exhibition of a member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, Kaluga artist Alexei Vitalyevich Golubev "Eternally Living Rus".

The work of A. V. Golubev is well known to the people of Kaluga, his solo exhibitions have been held in Kaluga and the region more than once.

The exposition presents works of painting and graphics created in recent years. Despite the thematic diversity of the exposition, which included narrative paintings, portraits, still life, the main theme that unites them is the theme of "Eternally Living Rus". It is expressed symbolically through the images of Kaluga and Moscow, nature, images of Russian women, themes of folk life, history, abstract compositions.

It is not by chance that the works of A. V. Golubev are successful, the artist is diverse in his work, he works in different styles and directions, creates paintings of various themes and genres in which he embodies his vision, both of the real world and the mythological, fabulous.

One of the themes in the artist’s work is the image of a Russian woman, a Russian beauty, who merges with the image of the Motherland. One of the best works of this series is “Song of the Nightingale”, where the image of the Russian beauty embodies the image of the Slavic pagan goddess Beregini, who is the guardian of nature, Russian fields, forests and its inhabitants.

The theme of family and native land occupies a significant place in the artist’s work. It often merges with the image of Kaluga, as the action takes place on the streets of Kaluga, the monuments of the city’s architecture are captured here, surrounded by a bustling festive life (“Motherhood”, “Family is the Soul of Russia”, “Family Fun”).

As a resident of Kaluga, A. V. Golubev is passionate about the theme of space, which receives an original incarnation from him: “Earthly and space”, “A festive step into outer space”.

An important place in the artist’s work is occupied by the animalistic genre. Paintings depicting the forest and its inhabitants have a hint of fabulousness, enhanced by the decorative sound of color, interior composition, patterned image of foliage. In the interpretation of this theme, the author’s soul is sensitive to everything mysterious and fabulous.

Another direction of his work is picturesque fantasies on the themes of Russian fairy tales.

Whatever topic the artist addresses, his works attract attention with their originality. They are distinguished by the boldness of the compositional solution, the originality of the creative style, the coloristic solution, through which the creative individuality of the author is expressed. The real and unreal world created by the artist in his canvases carries a great charge of love, irony, humor, and sometimes makes you think.