Vladimir Kush

  Vladimir Kush     In 1987, I began selling my paintings and exhibiting with the Union of Artists. I drew political caricatures for a newspaper (using Uncle Sam as a main character), and painted portraits on the streets in the heart of Moscow. At that time, I was invited to paint a series of portraits for the U.S. Embassy staff. I eventually had to curtail my work on these portraits after the KGB became suspicious of my involvement with Americans, especially since the military had information filed on me that during my period of service, I had read prohibited books, such as some written by dissidents such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn.   Also then, I first saw a book with Salvador Dali works. I began experimenting with different styles of impressionism then, such as separation of shape from color (“Man running away from the bees,” “Rain” etc.) Impressionism lost its appeal for me, however, since shape was lost in it. My father’s influence at that time was tremendous. In ancient Greece, art and math were considered alike.  A mathematician, my father taught me that the plot of a painting must be like a code for solving a task, and as such, must be clear as crystal to capture the essence of a subject. I had a successful show in Germany in 1990 with two other Russian artists.   모스크바 길거리에서 초상화를 그리거나 신문 정치만평을 그리며 살던  블라디미르 쿠쉬는 KGB의 용역을 받아 미대사관의 일을 시작하면서 금서를 읽게되고 이를 통해 새로운 자신의 예술세계로 정신적 망명을 거듭해 왔다.     Sacred Gift   To the safe heaven   Soul Plexus   Ripples on the Ocean   Key of Passion    Journey   Islands of Memory    I Saved My Soul    Horn of Babel   Edennut   Current   Crusaders   Castor and Pollux   Breach   Book Of Books   Arrow Of Time   African Sonata      Sounds of the Morning   Mountain Dwellers   Rose Awaiting   Evening Flight   Icarus   Butterfly Apple   Music of the Woods   Fiery Dance   Candle   Arrival of the Flower Ship   Family Tree   Hic Saltus   Hibiscus Dancer   Birth of the Sun   Descent of the Sun   End of the Earth   Genealogy Tree   Heavenly Hunting   Mane Grooming   Meaure of Greatness   Morning Blossom   Heaven   shell   Lovely Jane   Still Life with Mandolin   Mystery of the Moonlight       astronomer - 천문학자           Breeze   Chess   City by the Sea         Eye of a Needle    Faunain La Mancha     Heavenly Fruits         Metaphorical Journey         Pearl      Purse       Journey to Mexico     Stopped Moment   Always Together       Breakfast on the Grass