so in the end we had 10 of them, i didn’t care anymore, i just wanted to give birth, i had enough of them, i have them, here they are, my children, look at the project one day on our tv channel.

in the interview, you insist that you are an artist first and foremost, every museum institution, especially a large one, must follow these trends in order to speak the same language with society, under a pile of documents, haven’t you completely lost your passion and love for the craft, i as a believer, i understand that if god called, it is not by chance that the one who comes... art did not scare you away from choosing a profession? the question of the tradition of the classics, the question of a masterpiece - this is an eternal topic, you should not force yourself to work and be in art, you should feel it as your life. yes, i’m not a serial manufacturer, i always start from the task. no, mom, it’s my brush, but it looks

like picasso. hello, you are watching the program say don’t be silent. victoria popova and tatyana shcherbina in the studio. and today our guest is the general director of the national art museum , anna kononova. good afternoon, anna vladimirovna. hello. we are glad to see you in our studio. in interviews, you insist that you are an artist first and foremost, but now time has passed. piles of documents have you completely lost your passion and love for the craft? first of all, i'm an artist, that's true. i came into the world of a creative family, my mother is a professional painter, my father is a professional sculptor, while pregnant

with me, my mother painted large enough spaces, did paintings, this is such a warm memory of her, including of course me i am very grateful to life, fate and god for the school that i went through, the vocational school, my teachers, such a serious path and such a serious experience, of course, did not just happen in my life, i felt art, i understand it now as a calling, and the fact that such a complex path has been given is already a path that has been given from above, it is given to everyone differently, well, that’s it. this is your test, yes, we’ll talk about what difficulties you have now on your way, but what’s interesting is, well, now is such a period young leaders, the young director of the slavic bazaar in vitebsk was impressed by how many people were interested in the festival all

over the world, how many calls, how many wishes to participate to the young director of the philharmonic, it was also new that world stars here play classical music on the minsk stage. does it willingly, for you, what were, well, maybe the very first discoveries in the position? the greatest impression is, of course, the strength and scale of our national heritage, fine, decorative and applied arts, those treasures, those masterpieces that are kept in the collection of the national art museum of the republic of belarus, this is the pride of the country, we can be proud of this on a global scale, after all, funds yes...

my awareness of myself in the position of a leader for me is somewhere else a calling, yes i , as a believer, understand that if god called, it is not by chance, this moment... it is not chance that influences my decisions, as an artist, as a researcher, as an art critic, as a leader, and of course, today there are a lot modern technologies, trends , international artistic practices and curatorial practices, museum practices, all this needs to be followed and learned from this, but at the same time, probably, for me the task of preserving...

is no longer observed, and young artists , young authors, are very it’s difficult to deal with this, in principle , it’s not easy for the older generation either, because there are many trends, but , in my opinion, they still need to be treated fundamentally, and a museum, a museum space, especially of such a level and status as national status, is always responsible choice, responsible tracking, principled.

i’m wondering if you are an adherent of any theory based on periods, like classicism, there

’s rocaco, baroque, everything, or you need to learn to perceive everything, that is, everything at once, this famous fusion, that is, to somehow feel art and not necessarily understand by periods, of course, first of all, with the modern public, modern people , you need to speak their language, it is clear to them, because we understand that with the development of technology. the problematic one moves more into the area ideological processes, here it is very

important, because as i said above, this omnivorousness of modern conditions, omnivorous permissiveness in art, in the processes of modern art that we observe, it is necessary to deal with it very carefully, and how to act carefully, it is necessary to understand, to realize what is good and what is bad, to think in such simple categories.

artists, curators, researchers are asked consciously, and even unconsciously, how responsibly the creator approaches the broadcast of his...

you should also make an excursion into history , you need to understand that even in pre-war times, when they collected in a very short time, literally in 3 years, under the first director nikolai mihalap and the first team of employees who inspiredly worked on the collection of collections, including taking into account gifts museums

, regional and russian famous museums, the state hermitage.

all this must be observed in historical progression, and the role of the government, the president himself, must be noted, because at different times, at first the government was one building was transferred, which is now the administrative building of the museum complex; later in 2006, the president inaugurated a new building; it should be noted that without the support of the leader of the country -

and this work continues, now the construction process is expected in the near future, that is, we will observe yes, the development of the quarter, now we will see the height of this process, i will honestly tell you that there is still not enough space, if this makes us happy, you know, this makes us happy, it means that we really have a good fund, there is something excellent and rare to demonstrate, and i... already when i went inside and looked at all these processes, there is not enough space, firstly, we must account for the fact that now the viewer sees in the permanent exhibition about 3.5 % of our fund, we can bring it somewhere up to 4%, taking into account that temporary exhibitions on karl marx are in the new building, which was put into operation in

2021, new exhibitions also contain works from the museum’s collection. personality, personality, and anna vladimirovna, after all, regarding new acquisitions, this is what concerns all the artists who are listening to us today, you are a supporter of buying

paintings from the best of the best, from the average or from the young, that they will later become famous, and you , too, along with them, i am for an individual approach in everything, here are the tasks, there are specific works, if they are of a high level, then the country needs them, and the foundations need them. collections of the national art museum, now, of course, the concept is somewhat different not from the museum itself, but from the state; a concept of an approach through social and creative order through state order, this is very correct , we need to work with these mechanisms, think about how to improve them, but the experience of the soviet era, it is a very good experience, we need to ... in my opinion, completely revive it , because what is now lacking in the modern order, yes, a modern professional

artist has such a serious request, i ’m probably talking more about painting now, because in the field of sculpture, monumental and decorative art , this mechanism has been established, it’s very clear to me that, for example, an order for a multi-figure a large-sized thematic painting, yes, it is associated with... such a stage of formation , groping for adjustment, because there was a certain break when artists basically just

worked in a creative way in a free way, well, they say that after a long fascination with all kinds of art spaces and garages , even , typical museums with a long history, rich traditions are coming back into fashion again, what could this be connected with in your opinion, well, is this probably the case?

i would like that over time in our museum there were great multimedia opportunities for interaction with modern viewers and modern young viewers, but it was a question

of content. may be modern, the language of communication with the viewer, with the visitor may be modern, the important question always remains , what do we fill this content with, what are we talking about, what emphasis do we place, and here everything must be verified from a moral point of view, let’s pause for a moment, i remind you , there is a telegram channel, don’t be silent, subscribe, ask questions and suggest guests, we are in touch. is he married? mom, don’t start, he just gave me a lift, consider him to have fulfilled his medical duty, well, you know, we have a lot of doctors, but he was the one who gave me a lift, i know better in general, i’m a doctor, and what do you know better, i feel good

and... stop controlling me, excuse me, please, i didn’t come for this at all, this is for you, andryush, but the girl is a believer, i know, hello, thank you, we no longer need your services, i didn’t say anything, it was our neighbor, lisa’s grandmother and dad saw us, but i just wanted to be alone with you, al well, tell you, you saw how i sealed it yesterday, but you didn’t see anything, you’re done, get out of here. do you remember when you said that you dreamed of opening a medical center in your village? so, i knocked it out. bobble health, good on this matter. how? where is nadenka? nadya won't be there. why? very heavy, the spleen is damaged, large blood vessels are affected. watch the series rare blood group on the belarus 24 tv channel. we introduce you to

architectural monuments. this is the name of the ancient russian style, and all that is rightly remembered by the people of the 19th century, this year tsalkam palitichny project, russian style, it was developed and the excavation of such iconic elements of that old architecture, which had already materialized. let's look at their history and basic facts. the theatre, the mass theater, was built up from outstanding red elements, and all this madness, i had a white color scheme that worked in contrast and madness, emphasized the emphasis on these elements. banks for the 20th century were already planned for the past, there was a great amount of data

memory with quarters for supracation.

until the end of the year to implement all the rest our plans, and of course, this year will pass under the sign of the sacred date for belarus of the eightieth anniversary of liberation from the nazi invaders, we also marked this date with an exhibition project and will continue to work in this direction. the “say don’t be silent” program is on air again; our guest today is the general director of the national art museum. anna konanova, anna vladimirovna, a couple of years before our meeting today, i saw your work at an exhibition in the gallery, which occupied my attention for a very long time. lamp, yes it is called. i don’t know, it seems that it was also the covid period, the time of writing, but not all other events, the twentieth year, which we often remember in this studio, and so it caught my eye at the right time that

i just can’t help but note, what. after me, galina and vladimir kononov, they have a very good kononov art page on facebook, i recommend that art fans follow the updates, but the difficult life in art did not scare you away from choosing a profession, it did not scare you away, good question, well, i

such a person, tailored seriously, is similar to his relatives in this sense, because they take the path of art very seriously. and in fact, as a child, i not only observed all this, but also absorbed it in conversations about art, in conversations about how art should serve society, life, what meaning it should bring to the world, with what selection, certain models that we looked at attention, they also brought up this serious attitude in me, and the fact that an artist must undergo this creative torment. pass from childhood, when first the specialized college named after ivan osipovich, khremchik, then my dear almamator, the academy of arts, the one who takes this path seriously, he understands

how not easy it is, it is practically such creative torment, one must learn to deal with it in order to achieve a certain result, this is not a game , you were 7 years old, but you left mogilev for parnat, i entered parnat at the age of 11, fifth grade, 10-11 years old, now leave your family from mogilev to minsk, that’s it , probably, in my case, no one forced me, of course, but wisely, competently at a certain moment they directed, because they saw that since childhood , my mother was on one side for malbert, i was on the other side for malbert, in fact , i had no other desires, but it was difficult for you to adapt to minsk alone, at first ? time is very difficult, i am such a finely-spiritually organized person, i can’t imagine, to be honest, how many hours you cried into your mother’s phone, but what was the most difficult thing during this period,

what was the lack of warmth at home, yes, perhaps yes, yes, because that these serious tasks are not childish when you already understand that you want to go through such a thorough path in art, to choose from morning to... evening, you stew in these states, you don’t just carry out practical tasks in drawing, painting, composition, the personality of the artist is smelted in you, and you understand that you can’t just to learn something technically, you must accept life in art as a way of your life, and this is taught by all teachers, professional ones, i tell my students about this now, that you should, like such a good saying, eat aha...

well, you can’t say that you are a follower

of one successfully found idea, yes, that you will churn out 20 or 120 identical works, there is always a search, it is observed, it is still ongoing, yes, absolutely true, i like to say that i am not a serial producer , absolutely, this is not one of those artists who fell in love with one technique and on it they make a name for their brand, although the style is recognizable to the author - it is certainly so positive. flows and is born in accordance with

a specific task that i set specifically for this canvas, and only then the language through which i solve this or that problem, it is suggested to me by this process of interaction with the canvas, with the idea, with the plan, so all the works are different, well , in the case of the lamp, my favorite, the light always stands out very much in the courtyard and the temple . that is, this is probably the first impulse that you receive, yes, sunlight, and from here stories are born, or like you, absolutely right, there was a question about who else inspires me, my mother first of all, and i want emphasize that i perceived my mother quite early as an extremely professional painter, this was precisely what was objective on my part, that is, not because i... subjectively to my beloved loved one, i always saw that he was

an exceptional artist, a very strong, powerful painter, colorist, and i think so for the real moment, i am very proud and admire my mother’s painting, and another one of my favorite belarusian folk artists is raisa vladimirovna kudreevich, this is an amazingly life-affirming artist, this is the artist who combined.

this is a strong portrait, well some artists they admitted to us that it was as if someone was dictating their paintings to them, well, we know, and they were very demanding about this, specially tying their hands to the pillow. so that someone dictates to him, in your case, on the screen we see another of your work, how the plot comes to you, here is a natural thing, this is the st. nicholas monastery in mogilev, written from life, so of course in the process of studying in

the process of life there is a lot i worked with nature in nature, a miracle, yes, yes, it’s like a miracle, but many of them... many of them i i now perceive it as a separate work, because i always work on location as focused as possible, here naturally it’s not such a scale task to work out all the details, here the task is on the image of the temple, but if we talk about the supernatural about the supernatural, i heard you, and i’m familiar with mysticism in creativity, it’s not easy to talk about this in detail, because well, you’ll have to make a lot of reservations. let’s just say, it’s too personal, but yes, it’s a creative zone, it’s not easy sense, that’s why i always try to work in a good mood and in a good state, this does not mean that i do not set or will not set in the future some complex

tasks, either on a historical topic or on a dramatic topic, with which the history of art is filled with works, but ... it is very important to always observe moderation and not go beyond the limits, not to go beyond the boundaries, when this mystical field will act from the dark and negative side on the human soul, on the artist’s soul, because it is very difficult to deal with this, and he begins broadcast through my canvas into the world harmful things that harm the viewer and society, and themselves, this is very important to me, that’s why i constantly talk about it, sometimes they destroy themselves. when they get carried away, they go somewhere in the unknown, that’s absolutely true, so for me this is a life-affirming solar principle, my definite state, which gives me a connection with the other world, but still, with its bright component

, it is very important for me to tune myself it was the bright state, at the time of work, there were experiments and others, i know very well what i'm talking about. and what do you think? very good composition , also inspired by observations from life, this is a self-portrait with my nephew, yeah, we like this on large cardboards, on large formats, we loved working with him, you know,

now many instagram bloggers imitate you, because i often use this composition i meet you in my feed, now.

this thing, well, probably, everything is not accidental, over time something can change, i was always looking for, back in my student years in my youth, the moment of expressing myself in dance, in some kind of at that moment, these dreams of dance, of being in this form of art, captured me quite strongly and somewhere even argued with my main calling, so when i already found this dance, which delighted me with the possibility, this inner spirit, what the spaniards call, broadcast to the world when there is fire in the vessel, this image, everything inside my vessel is very burning, everything is very strong, passionate, all the events of life and life itself are strongly experienced, but it must be

presented in very beautiful, neat, processed movements, a combination of passion strong and framing, yes, when the fire does not come out and cause trouble, this is a combination that means a lot to me, but how could you play it? but naturally, there was a lot ahead , this was later, in minsk i was invited to teach in a famous dance studio,

which specialized in flamenco and continues to work, but at that time, i think, the spaniards saw in me what i love, this spirit, which they themselves can see and transmit to the world, they saw that i can do it, because it’s impossible, let's say... let's take a break, after a short break , we'll return to this studio again, for now subscribe to our telegram channel, say don't be silent, look for all our episodes on the youtube channel belarus 1.

on the air again say don't be silent, we have a general in the studio director of the national art museum anna kononova, are you still there? you teach and you didn’t leave the academy due to new circumstances in your personal life, but what do you think, and the current students, they value the time of communication with you, as you valued, you even just said, how maidansy came to your classes, how very scary it was, this awe of the teacher, and here you wrote to tsverko, and i also think that you met more than once, or do you no longer have this?

a lot is being done and works are being purchased from our museums through public procurement , and in recent years there has been a tendency for the minister of culture to focus attention on the acquisition of works of art, creative works, the best young authors , some processes can be improved,

there is always something to strive for, but

state... these were the opportunities that opened up for me, when i became acquainted with theoretical work, seriously, with great love, i wrote my dissertation on the functions of light in belarusian painting of the twentieth and early 21st centuries, then, when the experience of leadership work took place in my life, it all changed me a lot, it enriched me as a person, and

she is such a person... it was very nice to meet you today like this in 3d format, as they say, look, listen, it seems to me that everything should somehow turn out to be a luminous person , it cannot be otherwise, we wish you, your business, your museum more space, which all your employees dream of, as... and i am now included, your students, of course, to achieve the heights that inspire -truly and instills in us the understanding that serving art is a choice, and a choice forever. tatyana shcherbina, victoria popova, we say goodbye to you for today, goodbye. goodbye, anna konanova is speaking now. dear people, viewers, visitors, i wish everyone to love

art. get acquainted with correct, beautiful, life-affirming art and come to our museum to be inspired by masterpieces, to be inspired. for grandiose plans, for grandiose life projects and enjoy a peaceful life. the most natural request for the artist is to autograph the painting. anna vladimirovna wishes to our viewers and our project. okay, everything is very busy here, so, so, so, so, well, probably here. love a peaceful life.

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i’m a participant in the conference and my german is still good at in this matter and thanks to them, i saw a lot of countries, it’s all very good, very beautiful, i’m at home here, watch

today on our channel.