Artist Valentin Gubarev: biography, paintings, photos

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The works of the artist Valentin Gubarev are known all over the world. The style of his paintings is ironic art. His works have received wide recognition in Europe - paintings occupy a worthy place in the collections of connoisseurs of the genre of naive painting.

Biography

Valentin Gubarev was born in Nizhny Novgorod after the war (in 1948). He successfully graduated from school and entered the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. After his marriage with his family, he moved to live in Minsk. Here he worked in a book publishing house as an illustrator and artist.

The unusual manner of drawing by Valentin Gubarev manifested itself already in the student period. His cartoons reflected an unusual view of the surrounding reality. The "atypical" works of the artist Valentin Gubarev, as they were called by cultural figures in the Soviet era, were unknown to anyone for a long time. In the mid-90s, luck turns to Gubarev.

He received a call from France and was offered to organize an exhibition. It turns out that the French became interested in his paintings, which they accidentally saw in one of the avenues. The paintings were exhibited inprestigious gallery Les Tournesols, they were an immediate success.

Since then, the artist has been actively signing contracts with well-known galleries in the USA, Germany, and Switzerland. His paintings are exhibited at auctions in England and France. Valentin Gubarev is a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists and is an honorary member of the art association "Masterpiece" in Germany.

Primitivism, or "naive" painting

Belarusian artist Valentin Gubarev creates works of art filled with incredible power of attraction and charm. There is everything here: humor, irony, deep philosophy, sadness and innocence. The artist has created a special "naive" language that allows him to simply and freely interact with the viewer.

Gubarev creates in the style of primitivism. This allows him to deviate from the usual norms and rules of painting. The main thing is to sincerely convey feelings, to preserve the immediacy of the image. Despite the "primitivism" of the image, the master pays a lot of attention to detail. Passing by Gubarev's paintings, one wants to get inside, examine every detail, look into the courtyard, where old people play dominoes, women hang out linen, and children chase dogs. Looking at the paintings, you want to stop for a long time and enjoy the moments captured on the canvases, and involuntarily imagine yourself in the place of some character.

The plot and characters of the paintings

In his paintings, artist Valentin Gubarev depicts scenes from the life of Soviet inhabitants in provincialcities. The canvases reflect the life, customs and customs of the era of the USSR. Gubarev's paintings are called everyday sketches, where you can see all the attributes and regalia of that time: wall carpets with deer, a guitar with a bow on the wall, canned food in the cellar, a tear-off calendar, down pillows folded in a pyramid, polished furniture, a monument to grandfather Lenin, a street with water column, etc.

The characters on the canvases of the artist Valentin Gubarev are ordinary people living their lives with all its hardships, sorrows and joys. The artist himself in an interview admitted that all his characters are positive. He said that he loved them all and treated them with warmth and sympathy. His characters are not poster heroes, they are not always happy. Of course, there is a caricature in the image of the heroes, but it is moderate. Gubarev's characters are not satirical, but a little naive. The artist's favorite animal character is cats.

Paintings

The names of some of the paintings by artist Valentin Gubarev are as follows:

• "The discreet charm of undeveloped socialism".
• "200 watt bulb".
• "Red, fortified".
• "Holiday weekdays".
• "The second mark of chastity".
• "Homemade Caramel Casserole".
• "Angels love sausage".
• "Fish day".
• "Browser".

As we see, and inThe artist uses humor in the names of his paintings. But behind each of them lies a complex cultural connotation.

The works of the artist Valentin Gubarev are simple and filled with warmth. For people who lived in Soviet times, they cause nostalgia, for young people - a pleasant surprise, for foreigners - delight and admiration. And absolutely all viewers of Gubarev's paintings have a kind smile on their faces. After all, looking at them, we are transported to our youth and childhood, remember the past and experience only positive emotions.