Savkuev Hamid Biography

Born on July 20, G. lives and works in St. Petersburg. Corresponding member of the city of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic of the city, member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Associate Professor Education: Department of Monumental Painting of the Faculty of Painting of the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Repina G.

Main monumental works: decorative panels “Ivan the Terrible accepts the Kabardian delegation” and “Pacific Exit” for the House of the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria G. G. The main picturesque works: “Throwing stones” G. Darius G. Main graphic works: a series of graphic sheets for the film “Samson”, director S. Bodrov, “Agnia, daughter of Agnia, daughter of Agnia” Sculpture: Monument to the first president of Kabardino-Balkaria V.

Kokov in Nalchik, St. Petersburg, Maykop, artist of the Faust project, adaptation of the tragedy of Goethe Gota Sokurov G. Author of the visual concept for the film “Samson” A film adaptation of Roman V. Zhabotin Director S. St. Petersburg, the State Museum of the Arts of the Peoples of the East of Moscow, the Belgorod State Art Museum, the State National Museum of the KBR Shanghai, China, the National Museum of Fine Arts of Bishkek Kyrgyzstan, the North Caucasus branch of the State Museum of the East of the city of Maikop, the Republic of Adygea, the Presidential Palace of the city A permanent participant in exhibitions from G.

Personal exhibitions: held in Barcelona Spain, Tkachenko Nalchik, pedagogical activity: a teacher of drawing at the Faculty of Painting of the city of St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Repin now the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts named after Ilya Repin. Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute with .... State, public and departmental awards: Prize "Musa of St.

Petersburg" by the city of Zhurgenov, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan G. Stiglits G. in the palms of the sky "G. Traveling through time and image" G. Modern art criticism depreciated such concepts as great, brilliant, talented, as true, love, kindness, beauty, conscience. They lose their high meaning, cease to sound convincing. But what to do when we meet a person worthy of them?

Hamid Savkuev belongs to the number of artists whose art does not leave indifferent. Those who are inclined to experiment are greedy for him, he confuses with his tradition. Others are perplexed about the master’s addiction to topics devoted mainly to the history and life of his people, others, on the contrary, are amazed at the inexhaustibility of fantasy, a feature of the artistic manner, and finally, the versatility of his talent.

It is increasingly called a "universal, revival artist." He is equally successful, with amazing perseverance and hobby, works in painting, graphics, sculpture, creates an applied nature. He works every day at seven, eight hours, as if afraid not to have time to translate in paints, pencil or bronze numerous images and plots that are literally crowded. The high professional level of Savkuev owes the oldest art university in Russia - the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Repin former Imperial Academy of Arts.

Here, in the workshop of the monumental painting of the talented artist and teacher A. Mylnikov, he comprehended the most important principles of artistry, learned to appreciate and creatively comprehend the art of great masters of the past and modernity. The main theme of Savkuev’s work is the life of his people. Dozens of paintings, hundreds of drawings, sculptures - evidence of not only his interest in her.

From work to work, Savkuev learns his favorite land, his story and at the same time hurries to express his feelings and thoughts. First of all, ethical values ​​become important for him. The feeling of love for your people, pride in it is realized in almost all works. However, they do not have a didactic, moralizing nature. Despite the fact that the truth is paramount for the artist, the works are contraindicated in straightforwardness.

He “always feels his roots, remembers and knows who he is and where”, and to work “is interesting on what directly refers to his land, his people” “sprouted potatoes”, “Tree of life”,; "Sacrificial bull", and others. The temperamental draftsman and painter, he does not cease to surprise with the extraordinary breadth and depth of compositional thinking, the variety of plots.

However, the word “surprise” does not define the task of the artist himself. This is only a possible characteristic of the state of critic when meeting with his art. It, I repeat, reveals an inexhaustible creative imagination and professionalism. The plots of the paintings are simple. Most often, these are everyday scenes associated with the birth or death of people, their labor, care for the neighbor, however, the meaning of work is never limited by the narrative, it carries something more - an attempt to comprehend important and eternal problems.That is why the actions of heroes often acquire a ritual character, the nature of the ceremonial.

In most works of Savkaev, the spirit of the collective principle of the lifestyle of the Circassians is pronounced. He clearly manifests itself in labor songs the beginning of a plow, Otara's pasture, etc. This is also reflected in the Nart epic. The motive of “collectivism” in work, holidays, sorrows, because the desire for generalization becomes more and more noticeable over the years.

This affects not only the choice of topics, but also in the features of their artistic solution. A special role belongs to the rhythmic organization of space. This applies to both the composition itself and the color scheme. It is no coincidence that in recent years the artist has increasingly uses multi -part compositions, combining four or six works at the same time, thereby creating a wide panorama of the “Memorial Prayer” event,; “Seasons”, “Tree of Life”, and others.

The basis of Savkin’s art is an energetic, free drawing. He has long been making field sketches for a long time, but thanks to the previously acquired experience today, the figures of people in complex angles, horses, oxen, luxury, dogs and rabbits, and household items, giving preference to light -legged modeling of forms from childhood, are equally confident. Usually his drawings are ready -made compositions for picturesque paintings.

Not only the general drama has already been found in them, but many details have been worked out, and general intonation has been determined. Later in the picture, a spatial solution can be somewhat changed, the details are clarified, but in general the plan remains unchanged “floating along the river”, “looking into the sky”, etc. Favorite graphic materials - pencil, mascara, marker, helium pen.

The amplitude of their capabilities seems to the artist sufficient to transmit various topics and sensations. The soft silver of the pencil brings poetry to the image, allows you to approach literally with jewelry accuracy to the reproduction of the details “centaur in chain mail”; The “Guardian Angel”, and others. The helium handle gives rise to greater stiffness, distinctness and sculpture of forms, the dynamics of the “buffalo”, and others.

A number of large-scale drawings are devoted directly to the Nart epos. Two colors are used here. In the conflict of red and black, scenes of the struggle are convincingly transmitted, the special tension, which they are accompanied by “Sosruko’s battle with Totra”, and others. When working on these drawings, the artist carried out great research work, reconstructing the costumes and weapons of the Circassians, trying to achieve more reliability and historicism in the images.

The sculpture of Obokuev again confirmed his commitment to the national theme in its "universal perspective." The artist’s favorite images are “mother-maker”, “looking into the sky”, “fish”, etc. His sculpture always distinguishes a high level of completeness. The modern St. Petersburg connoisseurs brought up in the language of the Matveevsky school, the work of Savkuev often seem “too made”, and therefore not modern enough.

However, they clearly see the traditional attitude to metal for the highlanders. Their weapons and household items have always been distinguished by special sophistication and clarity of forms. In the sculpture of Savkayeva, interest in antiquity and the acute dynamics of the Italian sculpture of the 20th century, he did not remain indifferent to the spatial experiments of Moore “Tree of Life”, and others.

However, the pronounced national context of his works leads the artist from direct followed by the named traditions “On Redada”, “Dante”, “dazzling” bird",