Karaganda of the 50-60s can be seen at the exhibition in the gallery. Karaganda Online

This year, let us recall, is an anniversary year for the Union of Artists of Karaganda – the association is 60 years old, and in the distant 1964, Pavel Andriyuk became one of those who organized the regional branch of the Union of Artists of Karaganda. And at the exhibition of the artist’s works, you can trace the history of the city’s formation, see landscapes of Karaganda in the 50-60s, in which the author carefully collects details, noting the characteristic signs of life in courtyards, parks and streets. Pavel Andriyuk loved the steppe very much, and in his works it is different, and when he painted the outskirts of Karaganda, the steppe color influenced the artistic interpretation of the buildings of the growing city. In his graphic sheets at the exhibition – landscape sketches and drawings depicting the artist’s wife. The works created by Pavel Andriyuk and his activities immortalized the name of the master and raised him to the top of the title of one of the talented and professional artists of Russian fine art. In addition, the gallery’s directors, Tatyana Abilova and Bibigul Ispolova, describe the presented paintings as examples of the classical academic school of painting.

There are about 40 works on display at the exhibition, Lyudmila Andriyuk specified. The paintings that were previously planned for the exhibition and donated to Pavel Andriyuk were not displayed this time: the exhibition “Artists at Artists” is expected closer to the end of October – and viewers will be able to see them there. Lyudmila herself has an extensive collection of her father’s works.

“And for the exhibition, I decided to select specifically my father’s works, painted in the 50s and 60s. Initially, I was not sure that they could arouse interest. Because the qualitative composition of our population has changed. The cultural layer formed in the past is becoming increasingly rare: some have left the city, and some are no longer with us. The youth, for the most part, also have a different attitude to fine art, which reflects history… My father’s generation went out to sketch – and this was the most valuable thing: the authors saw nature, united with it, remembered it with the help of paintings. Nature – especially in our region, is very calm. Artists painted it with pleasure,” shared Lyudmila Andriyuk.

Among the works presented is a painting depicting the Bukpa River near the Shakhtar stadium – this river used to be transparent, with greenery all around, but now nothing remains of its former glory, noted Lyudmila. However, Pavel Andriyuk captured it exactly like this, beautiful and full-flowing.

At the exhibition you can also see Karkaralinsk of the past – cozy, bright, peaceful. And this is also the history of the Karaganda region and its geography.

“I remember my father was always on trips – he would go out with colleagues to sketch, and the result of his work would be wonderful paintings. For the exhibition, I selected drawings, including my father’s self-portrait – it had never been exhibited before. Other drawings depict portraits of people from the Soviet era – to convey the era. Karkaraly paintings – with images of roads and huts – are among the rare ones for exhibiting. Another rare work is a painting of a water tower, on the site of which our bus station is now located,” said Lyudmila Andriyuk.

The opening of the exhibition was attended by Karaganda residents of different generations – these were connoisseurs of fine art, as well as artists and designers.

Artist and architect Vladimir Trotsenko is one of those who had the chance to communicate with Pavel Andriyuk personally. The famous master belonged to a special generation of people – those who went through the war, they did not say a word about it, but with Vladimir Trotsenko, conversations were mainly about poetry. Secretary of the Union of Artists of Karaganda Tansyk Mazhitova emphasized the importance of the master’s works and noted: now such a manner of writing is disappearing irrevocably, and therefore it is necessary to preserve such works of real art. Here they also remembered what the current Nazarbayev Avenue used to be – formerly Peace Boulevard, what Karaganda and the region looked like more than half a century ago.

Artist, designer and organizer of walks around Karaganda Yulia Lyandaeva assured: young people are still interested in fine art and its history. And she added: when relatives tell about the past of their hometown, it is one thing, but when you see everything with your own eyes in the paintings of famous artists, it is something completely different. Young people, Yulia emphasized, want to study history and understand it.

Entrance to the exhibition is free. The Altyn Gasyr Gallery is open from 10:00 to 18:00 and is located at 35a Komissarov Street. Some of Pavel Andriyuk’s works can be purchased – which ones and at what price can be found out at the gallery.

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Photo by Yulia Lyandaeva
and Evgenia Smekhova

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2024-09-09 08:32:59