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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: Vladimir Kush's Metaphorical Art 3/8/2013 10:34:31 PM
	That was a great selection, Alain! And thank you so much for being the first to arrive. More works coming soon... :) Quote: Hello Miguel, Can you believe? I am the first one here ;-) WhoooHooo I just LOVE these paintings... Awesome! Though, I seem to love them all, here are my favorites... Quote: Surrealistic Paintings by Vladimir Kush Fauna in La Mancha Breakfast on the Lake African Sonata Born to Fly Departure of the Winged Ship Metamorphosis What the Fish was Silent About Journey Along the Edge of the Earth Thanks again for such beauty in art... Amazing! Much Blessings, Alain
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: Vladimir Kush's Metaphorical Art 3/9/2013 12:18:03 AM
	Hi and welcome, Myrna. This work is indeed outstanding and I am so glad you like it. Quote: Hi Miguel, These are cool. I like this one the best. Imagination in full swing.
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: Vladimir Kush's Metaphorical Art 3/9/2013 1:05:54 AM
	You are so right about the unreal Dali feel, Roger. At first I mistook Vladimir Kush's African Sonata for a Dali work, though it was the bigger elephant in the work that caught my eye. I was mystified that I had never seen it or the work itself, and representing it with a tuba for a head, on top of flashy, seemed to me an idea worthy of Dali. As to the composition, it is everywhere impeccable and you are again right regarding Kush's palette: it is exquisite. (Journey Around) The Edge of the World is really extraordinary, and most significant is perhaps the fact that he chose the vertical format for it. But I must confess to you that out of the twelve works presented so far, I have not been able to choose a best favorite. I still have four or five candidates. :) Quote: Miguel, I knew that Myrna would love these. The landscapes have that unreal Dali feel with a great palette and a gentleness. The themes are both amusing and beautiful. The edge of the world is wonderful. Thank you. I am enjoying these enormously. Roger
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RE: Vladimir Kush's Metaphorical Art

3/10/2013 2:18:22 AM

Vladimir Kush

Vladimir Kush is a Russian-born surrealist painter and sculptor, although he prefers to refer to his art as metaphorical realism.

He was born in 1965 in Moscow and first began drawing and showing artistic ability at the age of three or four. He would often sit on his father's lap and finish drawings his father started. He started attending an art school at the age of seven in Russia. The first half of his day was spent in regular school, meeting requirements, and the second half of the day was spent in art classes until 9pm. He entered the Moscow Art Institute at age 17, and when he went for his mandatory two years of military service at 18 was soon set to painting murals and canvases rather than regular infantry duties.

The artists who he says have influenced his style since his first experience in art school are Monet, Botticelli, Bosch, van Gogh, Dürer, Schinkel, Vermeer, and Dali to name a few. Bored with the Cézanne-style painting his art school concentrated on, Kush switched to surreal images as a teenager and painted his first surreal picture at the age of 14. He experimented with different styles of impressionism after seeing a book of Salvador Dalí's work in the late 1980s but it didn't appeal because shape was lost in the style. Strongly influenced by his father (a scientist), he believes that realistic paintings show the artist's professional skill and draw the viewer in so that they accept the impossible images enough to see the metaphors in them and explore the different layers of meaning.

In 1987, he began to sell his paintings and exhibiting them within the Union of Artists. Around the same time he was invited to paint a series of portraits for the U.S. Embassy staff however he eventually had to curtail his work on the portraits after the KGB became suspicious of his involvement with Americans because of books he had read during his time with the military.

In 1990 he showed works in Germany together with two other Russian artists; he visited Los Angeles for a show and stayed in the United States.

In 1991 he allowed his dream to become reality. For a while he was able to rent a small home garage in Los Angeles in which to paint, but couldn't find anywhere to display them. He earned his money by drawing people on the pier in Santa Monica. Eventually he spent his savings on a ticket to Hawaii and slept on the beach in Santa Monica until the flight left days later.

His art was first noticed by the Asian continent and then spread into America. In 2001 he opened his first gallery, Kush Fine Art in Lahaina, Hawaii. He also now has another Kush Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.
[from Wikipedia]

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Branka 713 1352 Belgra...	RE: Vladimir Kush's Metaphorical Art 3/10/2013 7:17:40 AM
	Miguel, I've seen this thread first day when you posted it. I am not proud of it, but monster called time wins over me a day after day, and that's why I am appearing here so late. For a long ago I admire your way of presenting anything, and specially arts. Vladimir Kush is among a few Russian painters that I even have heard off. Don't know how I missed to collect, at least, a basic information on Russian painters. In those matters I can't blame lack of time, but may be rather lack of my personal afinity. And now, what a shame, next to Russian, Serbian painters share my ignorance and indifference. Weird. I'd join Roger in looking forward to the growth of this thread (last year or so, Roger and I discussed Vladimir Kush at my Dalirium thread). Thanks for your hard job and such an impressive dedication to what you do. Here is pics which I liked most: WHAT THE FISH WAS SILENT ABOUT: Love you Miguel! Branka

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