The works of the artist Shavkat Abdusalamov known under the creative alias “Shavkat-A” are presented in the Treasury Chamber of the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes. The exhibition titled “Wanderer” was opened yesterday, on May 28. The artist himself and guests from Vologda, Kirillov and Ferapontovo attended the opening ceremony.
Shavkat Abdusalamov arrived in the Vologda region the day before and met with residents of Kirillov. Visitors of the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes had an opportunity to congratulate the artist on the opening of his exhibition and to take part in a small tour conducted by him. Besides, Shavkat Abdusalamov thanked the museum employees for staging the display, “Coming here, first I didn’t even recognize my works – I looked at them from a new angle. I felt a guest”.
During his long career Shavkat Abdusalamov has explored several roles: he is not only an artist, but also actor, writer, script writer and director. Marina Tarkovskaya, sister of the famous Soviet film director on whose movies Shavkat Abdusalamov worked, told about him, “First this person amazes, then charms and then you begin to love him. Andrey Tarkovsky had probably such feelings to Shavkat… Andrey was among the first who bought his pictures…”. Now his creative work is presented in Ferapontovo.
The exhibition “Wanderer” will be open till late June. Visitors of the museum will be able to see a wonderful world of the person whose life philosophy was highly appreciated by Tonino Guerra, Italian script writer who was given the Academy Awards. The works of Shavkat Abdusalamov will leave neither average men nor art critics indifferent.
