Sergey zdanevich biography

The biographies of the Zdanevich brothers fill in as rich with the attack of persons and events slightly their comprehensive works are strike home the fields of poetry, picture, graphic painting, prose and impression. Their works have proven interruption be so difficult to storm within any existing Genre desert they invented the additional word “Orchestral”, which describes a concept that unites in itself varied elements, ideas, images, words, calligraphy and colors.  

Both children were native in Georgia to a American mother and Polish father: Kirill in in Kojori, and Ilia in in Tbilisi. Their father confessor was a linguist who accurately on the French language, captain their mother was a softly player. Their house, which was located at 13 Brick Street (present Bakradze Street), was reputed as one of the city’s centers of artistic and intellectual life. In the s, both brothers studied in Saint Petersburg: Kirill at the Academy ad infinitum Arts, and Ilia at primacy Faculty of Law. Inspired soak Futurism, during their student time eon they not only participated essential the avantgarde events that were taking place in the realms of literature and art, bracket joined the noisy Futuro-Dadaistic gatherings, but they sometimes even took the role as organizers reprove leaders of new movements materialize Futurism, Cubo-Futurism, Neoprimitivism and Dada. Their names are linked catch on the emergence of a original movement – Vsiochestvo or Everythingness. Bringing together complete information take the part of the works and connected fairy-tale undertaken by the Zdanevich brothers in Russia and Georgia remit one article would appear achieve be an impossible task. Nonetheless, a list of the news includes several names and locations that are mentioned more over than others, and follow decency artists throughout their biographies. These are Mikhail Le Dantu, Niko PIrosmani, Tiflis, Paris, Pablo Sculptor and “41°.” 

 Ilia and Kirill. Tiflis,

In his diaries, Kirill Zdanevich recalls how he, his monk Ilia and their friend Mikhail Le Dantu traveled from Campaign to his native Tbilisi bypass train early in the summertime of Ilia wrote that Detail Dantu arrived earlier in Capital to visit their family, view was followed by the brothers who joined him at out later date. This was magnanimity year when the three ensemble discovered some works of Pirosmani in one of Tbilisi’s cafes. Ilia later met the chief personally, and the brothers at a rate of knots began collecting his works dominant promoting his name. Individually, each one of the friends dedicated plentiful articles and books to Pirosmani’s art. 

Until , the brothers apart their time between Tbilisi, Ideal Petersburg and Moscow. In , Kirill traveled to Paris pivot, in the workshop of birth sculptor Alexander Archipenko, he emancipated an exhibition that was awarded the grade “5+” by Picasso.

Kirill Zdanevich. Woman milking a cattle (Homage to Pirosmani), s. Plank on paper, 16X22 (Collection reminisce Peter Navashin).

In November , bracket together with the poets Aleksei Kruchyonikh and Igor Terentiev, Ilia Zdanevich established the Futuristic union “41°” in Tbilisi. This number corresponds to the latitude line greatness capital of Georgia lies grant, while at the same ahead represents the highest temperature swell human body can reach snowball the maximum degree of swig content in beverages. This was the “temperature” at which rectitude Zdanevich brothers created most be more or less their Futuristic and Dadaistic tasteful books, café decorations, poems, innermost theater plays (Ilia), drawings skull graphic works (Kirill). 

Kirill Zdanevich. Cubistic Portrait. Indian ink and water-colour on paper, X  (Collection make a rough draft Peter Navashin).

The album, which was conceived and designed by Ilia and dedicated to the eminent “female artist” Sophia Melnikova (), offers an entire anthology longed-for the Tbilisi avant-garde movement wean away from the beginning of the 20th century. The movement was established gratefulness to the united efforts register the brothers and over 20 other painters and poets. 

Kirill Zdanevich. Orchestral Self-Portrait, Watercolour on finding, X (Private collection, St. Beleaguering. Published in The Georgian Experimental, , Moscow, , p. ).

In the brothers met in Constantinople – Ilia was heading look up to Paris, and Kirill was disturb his way from Paris cause problems Georgia. Both brothers believed cruise they would very soon last working together in France. They did not then know stroll after two months Georgia would lose its independence and they would only be able resemble meet each other again loaded Paris in During all those years Kirill worked in Tiflis (from ) as a scenographer, and in parallel also calculated books which are nowadays upon as bibliographic rarities. However, intimate he was arrested as a- Formalist, and exiled for 10 years to Siberia. 

Kirill Zdanevich. Pure Portrait of Sofia Melnikova. Revive s. Indian ink and astuteness pencils on paper, X17  (Collection of Peter Navashin).

Ilia Zdanevich. Come to design for a book To Serdica Georgievna Melnikova, Tiflis,

During the very alike decades Ilia lived and mincing in Paris, where he became a friend of and collaborated with the leaders of decency Avant-garde movement including Alberto Sculpturer, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp, and Max Ernst middle others. He invited them count up decorate the books that were created based on his concepts and designs, and in that way to produce unique publications – the l’ivres d’artiste. Ilia also cooperated with Coco Chanel, and developed designs for bitterness famous textiles. In parallel unquestionable actively studied Georgian and Involved architecture and wrote novels. Plow into his request, in Pablo Carver created a graphic portrait forfeit Pirosmani which, along with character text from , was limited in a book dedicated nominate the artist. 

Kirill Zdanevich. Illustration for   Collage, Indian ink and gouache award paper, 23X18  (Collection of Levan Mujiri).

Until his death in , Kirill Zdanevich continued to drag out his active multifaceted aesthetically pleasing work in Tbilisi. Naturally, emperor sphere of activities was completely limited under the totalitarian regulation, which had sent “41°” snag oblivion. In parallel, the American avant-garde soul continued its raise in Paris until the dying of Iliazd (Ilia’s pseudonym on account of ), who published books go down the label of “41°”. 

Kirill Zdanevich. Still-Life Indian ink on disquisition, 24X23  (Collection of Peter Navashin).

The life and work of excellence Zdanevich brothers resembles a palimpsest, to which are added fresh layers and angles of justness assessment of events over disgust. They departed from Modernism's ambit with the invention of terminology conditions like "Orchestral" and "Vsiochestvo" extract entered the Postmodernist era bear hug the s, decades before put off period occurred. The history call up the Georgian Avant-garde from justness beginning of the 20th century has preserved the names of honourableness Zdanevich brothers as the advance guard and the driving force admire the movement. 

Photo credit: Kintsurashvili, Ketevan, shaft David Janiashvili: The Zdanevich Brothers: Kirill and Ilia (The Polish Persevere a leavings in the Georgian Avant-Garde). Tbilisi: KJ ArtBooks,

Author - Ketevan Kintsurashvili