since 2002, andrei mirenkov has been a member of the belarusian union of theater workers, since 2003 member of the belarusian union of artists, since 2012 he is the chief artist of the belarusian state academic. andrey, good afternoon, hello, the exhibition is called the wave of silver, why did you choose this name? well, he was my colleague at the exhibition. this name was suggested to me, silver praise , i thought it was a very beautiful phrase, and i just have some silver works, the time has come for silver, already when you are over 40, this is already the time for silver. 11 of your works are presented here, these are prototypes of characters from theatrical productions, why did you choose these particular characters? they a little bit connected, maybe with the theater, but to say that these are directly theatrical characters, then no, most likely this is something spied on from life. unseen, experienced, this is exactly what is born from there, it is not directly connected with the theater in any way, you are the main artist of the belarusian state, musical theater, yes, tell us