Sergey Vladimirovich Balenok ( Belorussian. Syarhei Uladzіmіravіch Balyanok ; born May 31, 1954 , the village of Boyarka , Kiev region , Ukraine ) is a Belarusian graphic artist and artist , one of the largest illustrators of the 20th century. [one]
| Sergey Vladimirovich Balenok | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Syarhei Uladzіmіravіch Balyanok | |
| Birth name | Belor. Syarhei Uladzіmіravіch Balenok |
| Date of Birth | May 31, 1954 (aged 65) |
| Place of Birth | Boyark , Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district , Kiev region , USSR , USSR |
| Genre | easel graphics , book graphics |
| Study | Ukrainian Academy of Printing |
| Style | etching |
| Website | balenok.com |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 3 Criticism
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Literature
- 6 notes
- 7 External links
Biography
From 1976-1980 he studied at the Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute. Ivan Fedorov at Yuri Charyshnikov. After graduation, he moved to Minsk . [2] He served in the army. [3] In 1987 he graduated from the Creative Academic Workshops of the USSR Academy of Arts . [4] [5]
From 1980 to 1995, he worked as an art editor at Minsk publishing houses, illustrated books, designed fiction collections. [6] From 1986 to 1992 - chief art editor of the Eridan Publishing House (Minsk). 1993 - chief art editor of the publishing house " Belarus " (Minsk). From 1993 to 1995 - Director of the private publishing house Balenok & Co. Since 1995 - a free artist. Since 2011, he has been a senior researcher at the exhibition department of the National Center for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus. [7] [8]
Member of the Union of Artists of the BSSR and the Belarusian Union of Artists (1988-2004). Participant of exhibitions since 1976: personal in 1987, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, [9] 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 ( Minsk ); [10] in 1992 - Gdansk ( Poland ); in 1995 - Eindhoven ( Netherlands ); in 1998 - Copenhagen ( Denmark ); in 2017 - Ravne na Koroshkem ( Slovenia ). [11] [8]
Creativity
Works in book and easel graphics (mainly in the technique of etching ), easel painting . His works adorned the books of Isaac Asimov , Ray Bradbury , Robert Sheckley , Kurt Vonnegut . [1] Except for the decoration of Jules Verne's editions, it does not work on order. [6] [12]
According to the artist, art should not be trivial to reproduce the world around him, his task is to create new worlds himself. [13] He manages to portray the emotions, moods, sensations, feelings of any normal person . [fourteen]
The works are in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus , the Museum of Modern Fine Art , graphic arts museums in Winterthur ( Switzerland ), art museums in the cities of Polotsk , New Brunswick ( USA ), Rimini ( Italy ), Krakow ( Poland ), Gyor ( Hungary ), Eindhoven ( Netherlands ), Munich ( Germany ), [6] as well as in private Belarusian (Alexander Ivanov) and foreign collections. [15] [16] [17]
Criticism
The artist’s works “ capture both high esthetics and the easy irony of ordinary, but seen from an unusual angle, images ”, the newspaper Novy Chas invited to come to the artist’s exhibition in 2017. [18] “ The works of Balenka are distinguished by their philosophical character, and despite the“ black and white ”style, they are filled with the bright light of emotions and deep thoughts of the author, ” Radio Radio reported on impressions of the artist’s exhibition at the Polotsk Art Gallery in 2016. [19]
Alisa Mikhailova, in the report of the Belarus 1 television channel from the next exhibition, Balenka emphasized that the artist’s works organically show features of abstraction , surrealism and realism . [20] Art critic Larisa Finkelshtein in 2014 defined the artist’s paintings as “ very unexpected and lyrical, in which there is free movement of color .” [21] Belarusian art historian Natalya Sharangovich at the opening of a solo exhibition dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the engraver, she praised him with the words: “ This is a really wonderful artist. I have been familiar with his work for many years, and he is always unpredictable for me . ” [22]
Andrei Adamovich observed in the notes of the apocalypse . [23] The art critic Alesya Romaniuk called the works of Sergei Balenk “the smallest of all seen, since they show a kind of pernicious parallel world, the existence of which one does not want to believe, even if it is the fruit of the author’s fantasies ”. [23]
Personal life
Married, has two children. [24]
Literature
- Belarusian encyclopedia: At 18 vol. T.2: Arshyts - Belarusians / Redkal: G.P. Pashkoў і інш. - Mn. : BelEn, 1996.- T. 2.- 480 s. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 985-11-0061-7 (t. 2). (belor.)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Mikhailova, Alisa Modern Art Museum to host meeting with Sergei Balenok today . Belteleradiocompany (June 9, 2015). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Exhibition of Count Syarhei Balyanka "Sugar of Saxon Saxon" . Gallery Ў (January 30, 2012). Date accessed March 22, 2019. Archived March 22, 2019.
- ↑ Belarusians and “persons of Caucasian nationality” . BelGazeta . TUT.BY (May 19, 2001). Date of treatment March 25, 2019. Archived March 25, 2019.
- ↑ There will be time, come in! . National Center for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus . Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ alexandrbabushkin Sergey Balenok (Belarus) . finbahn.com (June 2, 2014). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Romanova, Sasha Sergey Balenok: And tomorrow too ... . mixtura.org (February 20, 2006). Date of treatment March 22, 2019. Archived November 29, 2007.
- ↑ Zavadskaya, Irina; Mozolevsky, Yuri. “Yes, we know each other!”: An exhibition of Sergei Balenk opened in the Minsk Artel Gallery . Soviet Belarus (June 1, 2018). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Pavlyuchenko, Olga Razmova with fellow patentsyal pakupnіk pra mastastva (Belor.) . norina.by (March 11, 2016). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Stolyarenko, Alexander The exhibition of graphics "Random Tango" can be seen until February 9 . TUT.BY (January 23, 2012). Date of treatment March 25, 2019. Archived March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Personal exhibition of Sergei Balenok “A piece of yellow mood” . National Center for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus . Date of treatment April 26, 2019. Archived on April 26, 2019.
- ↑ Balyanok S.V. (Belor.) . Belarus poster . Belarusian Union of Designers . Date accessed March 22, 2019. Archived March 22, 2019.
- ↑ Shkilenok, Marina TUT.BY Gallery opens the exhibition "Random Tango" . TUT.BY (January 18, 2012). Date of treatment March 25, 2019. Archived March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Dolgikh, Eugene Wrong drawings and wrong music . TUT.BY (September 9, 2011). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Narkevich, Ina Syarhei Balyanok: Atrymlivaetsa’s husband has emotional attitudes, attitudes, adchuvanni, and patchousts of the beloved narmalnaga chalaveka . Culture (June 5, 2017). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Gubskaya, Olga; Shumilin, Maxim. Artist Sergey Balenok: “Sometimes a shadow can be better than a person” . The magazine "Big" (March 7, 2014). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Klyashchuk, Volga Mastak Syarhei Balyanok pradstaўlyay ў Minsk, I pile the “Imperfect graph” . BelaPAN (August 16, 2011). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Hadyka, Alyaksey Syarhei Balyanok and Susvatna mastatsky praces. Announcement of exhibitions (belor.) . Nowy Chas (May 25, 2015). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Hadik, Alaksey Ad Rambranta and the classic Polish poster. Exclusives and scandals - exhibitions at the weekend (Belarusian) . Nowy Chas (June 9, 2017). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Kozik, Tatstsyana Syarhei Balyanok asking for a loan for the Iago exhibition (Belarusian) . Radio Walkie Talkie (January 22, 2016). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ The Museum of Modern Art will host a meeting with Sergei Balenk . Belteleradiocompany (June 9, 2015). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Garavs, Marat Universal zhytstsya problems ў Countess Syarhei Balyanka (Belorussian) . Nowy Chas (August 27, 2014). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Katsyalovich, Irena Chalavek at the shyrakapolom droplets (Belorussian) . Zvyazda (August 29, 2014). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Day's day: apakalips hell of Syarhei Balyanka (Belorussian) . Budzma Belarus! (April 1, 2012). Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Biography . balenok.com. Date accessed March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
External links
- Balenok, Sergey Vladimirovich on the site " Science Fiction Laboratory "