Singer Alexander Rybak became the most popular "foreign" Belarusian of the past year. But he is far from the first to glorify his homeland beyond its borders.
In recent years, many Belarusian media cannot resist the temptation to seek out distant Belarusian ancestors for all sorts of foreign celebrities. Either there will be a grandmother, or a grandfather, about which the stars themselves do not even suspect. But let's focus on those of our famous compatriots and more or less contemporaries who at least knew where their homeland was.
Flight painter
Jealous French with gloomy persistence hush up that the famous artist Marc Chagall is a Belarusian Jew, they really want to get him into undivided property. During a tour of the Grand Opera in Paris, the plafonds of the theater hall of which were painted by our world-renowned compatriot, the guide so stubbornly did not recall the Belarusianness of Chagall that the portal browser had to ask a leading question. The guide changed his face and expressively exclaimed: “He left you!” But no matter how much the French want to appropriate our artist, they can’t get away from the fact that the Vitebsk childhood of the master became the main theme of his work throughout his life, not only pictorial, but also literary - the autobiographical book “My Life”. Sadly, albums with reproductions of Marc Chagall's paintings are not published in Belarus, because the French copyright holders are not interested in this. But everyone can visit the Chagall art center in Vitebsk and see the house where he was born and grew up.
Steel Muse Léger
Another Belarusian Nadezhda Khodasevich-Leger, a native of the Belarusian village of Zembin, became a famous French artist and muse of the famous painter and sculptor Fernand Leger. This woman had a huge amount of will and perseverance. Since childhood, she wanted to paint and live in Paris. In the village where she was born, such an idea was perceived only as a kind of madness. Nadia, without the permission of her parents, fled to study painting in Smolensk, from there to Warsaw, where she got married, and already together with her husband went to Paris, to the academy of her idol Fernand Léger, who himself invited them. After a quarrel with her husband, who returned to Warsaw, left without money, with a little daughter in her arms, Nadya Khodasevich began to work as a servant. But at the same time, with her tiny funds, she published a magazine about painting, where the works of Picasso, Le Corbusier, Léger were published ...
During World War II, Khodasevich, an active member of the French Resistance, worked as a teacher at the academy during the day, and posted leaflets around the city at night. After the war, she helped Russian emigrants by organizing an auction at which paintings by the same Picasso and Léger were exhibited. After the death of the teacher's wife, Nadezhda Khodasevich marries him and adds Leger to his surname, and the most famous people of Russia and France gather in their house. After the death of the master, Nadezhda returned to her first husband, and together they opened a museum in memory of the master, who was donated to France. Khodasevich-Lezher herself became famous in monumental art, her mosaic portraits of her contemporaries are exhibited in many galleries around the world. Was an active supporter 
development of Franco-Soviet relations, for which she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and the Order of the Legion of Honor of France.
The Greatest Science Fiction
The writer Isaac Asimov, who, together with Arthur Clark and Robert Heinlein, is the top three science fiction writers in the world, was born in the village of Petrovichi, Mogilev Region, and was given the name Isaac Ozimov at birth. His parents, who worked as millers in Belarus, three years after the birth of Isaac, took the future luminary of science fiction to the United States, where, preserving their love for flour, they opened a confectionery shop.
Isaac grew up, acquired the profession of a biochemist and became a unique, multifaceted author of science fiction, in whose works all styles and directions of science and literature were synthesized: detective, humor, astronomy, genetics, chemistry, history. Not to mention the fact that it was Asimov who invented the concepts that appeared in real life only many years later and were called by the words that he invented: robots, robotics, positron, psychohistory.
Ether king
The super popular American TV presenter Larry King is also a native of Belarus. His mother Jenny was from Minsk, and his father Eddie Zeiger was from Pinsk (it can be assumed that before emigration their names were Zhenya and Edik). They left for America, where the future screen star was born. Larry King is the recognized king of news journalism and talk shows, which he leads in a rather tough manner. It was King who asked Vladimir Putin the awkward question: “So what happened to the Kursk submarine?” To which the then Russian president replied: “She drowned.”
Larry King is the author of How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere, a practical guide designed to help not only journalists, but also ordinary people who often cannot overcome their indecision. 
Radio amateur and TV professional
An extremely extraordinary, shrewd businessman who was ahead of his time, David Sarnoff, before leaving for New York, was called David Sarnov and lived in the Belarusian village of Uzlyany.
Already at the age of 15, the enterprising David owned a newsstand, then his fate developed progressively. At first, Sarnov worked in the company of the famous Italian Marconi, and it was he who, back in 1915, proposed using the radio for entertainment and starting the production of household radios. But then this idea, which subsequently brought in billions, seemed so crazy that its implementation was postponed for decades. While serving as president of Radiocorporation of America, Sarnov gave the green light and provided conditions for the development of another immigrant, Vladimir Zworykin, who invented the kinescope and set the direction for the development of the media business for many years.
The roaring lion of the film industry
The most memorable screensaver of the film company - a roaring lion's head - belongs to the Metro Goldwyn Mayer corporation, which was founded by Lazar Meir, who was born in Minsk. After emigrating, turning into Louis Bart Mayer, he gradually began to realize his American dream by trading in scrap metal. But he loved cinema so much that for the sake of it he betrayed non-ferrous metals and bought a crumbling movie theater in a provincial town. And a few years later he moved his small company to Los Angeles, where, in order to consolidate his success, he lured the first beauty of those times, actress Anita Stewart, from another studio. And then for many years he worked on the lion's share of what would later be called Hollywood. In addition, it was Meyer who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and invented what millions of movie lovers look forward to every year - the Oscars.
Presidents of Israel
The first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann, was born near Pinsk, in the village of Motol, where he graduated from a cheder. After he entered the Pinsk real school, after which he continued his education in Germany and began his journey to the formation of the state of Israel.
Shimon Peres, the current president of Israel, who took this post in 2007, is also a native of our country: he was born in the village of Vishnevo, Volozhin district, Minsk region. His father was a lumber merchant, his mother was a Russian language teacher and librarian. Love for the culture of the Jewish people was instilled in the future president by his rabbi grandfather. From childhood, Shimon Peres wrote poetry, and did not leave his passion for literature and became a politician. His books were published in Israel and were successful, and one of them was written under a female pseudonym and on behalf of a woman.
Closer to the sky
The famous fighter designer, inventor Pavel Sukhoi was born in the town of Glubokoe, Vitebsk region. His parents were teachers. Pavel Sukhoi graduated from the Gomel gymnasium, went to study in Moscow and went down in history as the general designer of the bureau named after himself. Under the leadership of Sukhoi, a line of combat aircraft "Su" was created.
Cosmonaut Pyotr Klimuk was born in the village of Komarovka, Brest region. He made three flights into space as the head of the crew, spending a total of more than 2.5 months behind the Earth's orbit. In the homeland of the astronaut, which turned from Komarovka into Tomashovka during space exploration, it is open, which contains unique exhibits, many of which have been in space with Klimuk.
In addition, you can read about space travel in two books written by Pyotr Klimuk: "Next to the Stars" and "Attack on Weightlessness".
Russian businessmen
The main reformer of the Russian energy system, Anatoly Chubais, was born in the city of Borisov in the family of a retired colonel who worked as a teacher of philosophy. After many high posts, he became the chairman of RAO UES. Chubais' main project - privatization - turned out to be very controversial and was declared a failure. Not surprisingly, nothing worked, but the people were hungry after the communist past and firmly believed in the promises of Chubais, which said that each voucher would eventually cost as much as two cars.
Entrepreneur Andrei Melnichenko was born and raised in Gomel, where his grandmother still lives, whom he visits by private jet. Having started his career with currency trading in the 90s, Melnichenko subsequently became a co-founder of MDM Bank, and then its sole shareholder. Now Andrey Melnichenko is the chairman of the board of directors of Eurochem. His personal fortune before the onset of the crisis was estimated at $10.3 billion. Andrey Melnichenko is married to model Alexandra Nikolic, who is called the most beautiful Serbian woman on the planet.
Sergey Kukura, vice-president of the Lukoil concern, was born in Brest. Very little is known about this businessman, but in 2002 his name thundered in connection with a high-profile abduction: Sergei Kukuru was attacked at a railway crossing by unknown persons dressed as police officers and held for two weeks in an abandoned Belarusian village, demanding $3,000,000 and EUR3 for his release 000 000. Kukura hardly liked such a return to his homeland, but then the kidnappers took the businessman to Bryansk, provided him with money and released him, according to Sergey Kukura, for reasons unknown to him.
Nobel laureates
Academician Zhores Alferov, who was born in Vitebsk and graduated from school in Minsk, received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of semiconductor heterostructures and the creation of fast opto- and microelectronic components. We use Alferov's inventions every day. Without them, the operation of mobile phones and disk drives would not be possible; the Alferov laser is used even in store “readers” of product barcodes.
Alferov is not the first Belarusian to win the Nobel Prize. In 1971, it was won by economist Simon Kuznets, a native of Pinsk, who coined the terms “gross national product”, “human capital”, and also invented and proved the “Kuznets law” for the economies of developing countries: in the first 10 years of development, inequality in income distribution will increase sharply, then there will be a trend towards equalization. He has done a lot for the modern world economy.
Tatiana Prudinnik
Jan Damel Belarusian-Polish-Lithuanian artist of the early 19th century. representative of classicism. He began to master painting in 1799 at Vilna University with Francis Smuglevich and Jan Rustem. After completing several courses and passing exams, he received a master's degree in liberal sciences, and later a gymnasium teacher. In 1809 he became a master of painting and vice-professor.
Jan Damel wrote mainly on historical topics: “Death of the master of the crusaders Ulrich von Jungingen in the battle of Grunwald”, “Death of Prince Poniatowski”, “Paul I frees Kosciuszko from captivity”, “Napoleon’s defeated troops in Vilna”, “French crossing the Berezina” and others. His works on religious themes are known (“The Entombment”, “Christ and the Samaritan Woman”), portraits of Prince D. Radziwill, Counts Joachim Khreptovich, landscapes of Minsk and its environs (“Water Mill”, “Trees Under Water”) , drawings and sketches on the themes of life of the peoples of Siberia. In addition, Damel, like many artists of that time, paid tribute to the album drawing. The artist's work was formed under the influence of classicism, but in a number of his works one can feel the desire for a romantic depiction of reality. Damel's portraits have a subtle psychological characteristic.
Vankovich Valenty-Wilhelm Belarusian painter, representative of romanticism. Born into a moderately prosperous noble (gentry) family of Judge Melchior Vankovich and Scholastica Goretskaya, sister of the famous Polish poet Anthony Goretsky. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (since 1824). Creativity is connected with the artistic life of Belarus and Russia
Creativity Vankovich's first teacher in painting was the future general of the Jesuit Order Gabriel Gruber, a miniaturist. A native of Vienna, he painted extensively for the Polish King Stanisław August. Young Vankovich, in his free time from studies, read old books collected in the Jesuit library, and copied paintings from the monastery. Finishing the sixth grade, he already knew how to paint miniatures and portraits in oils, improving the drawing and color. In St. Petersburg, he is gaining more and more recognition. After four years of painstaking study, he returns to Vilna University with a gold medal. After 1830, the artist ceased to be interested in drawing miniatures, he was now attracted only by historical subjects, and he wanted to work only in this direction. However, the influence of Andrzej Towianski's science reached his estate in Slepianka. In the beginning, the old enthusiasm was still alive in him. Vankovich was an ambitious man, but the successes in Vilna and St. Petersburg did not continue. However, in the forty-year-old artist, the thirst for new successes was awakened again. He left his home and country, and went to Paris, where he again became close to Adam Mickiewicz.
Napoleon Orda Belarusian and Polish writer and composer, musician, artist, sculptor, teacher. Since 1833, living in Paris, he took drawing lessons in the studio of F. Gerard. I travel around the countries of Europe and North Africa, making many sketches of landscapes, mostly urban views. In Belarus, he is known for his album of views of the provinces of Grodno, Minsk, Kyiv, etc., the material for which he collected during his travels.
Napoleon Orda and Ukraine 177 works of the artist, which depict the architectural landscapes of Ukraine, have come down to our time. His drawings were used during the preparation of projects for the restoration of the following objects:
Ostroh Castle As well as such architectural monuments as: · St. Andrew's Church in Kyiv, · Church of John the Baptist in the White Church, · Dubno Castle, · Letychevsky Castle.
Napoleon Orda and Belarus Among the Belarusian works of the Horde: “Volozhinsky Palace”, “Geranyonsky Castle”, “Dyatlovskaya Manor”, “Zakozelskaya Manor”, “Logoysky Park”, “Ruzhansky Palace”, “Skokovsky Palace”, “Minsk. Cathedral Square, Svisloch, Grodno, Osveya, Kreva Castle, Novogrudok (1850-1870s). Based on his drawings and watercolors, in 1873-1883, lithographs were created (artist A. Misurovich) and published in Warsaw (260 graphic sheets in 8 series). Interesting. Every Belarusian can see the work of Napoleon Orda "Radziwill's Nesvizh Castle" on the banknote of 100,000 Belarusian rubles. Interesting. There is a small detail in each drawing of the Horde - people are depicted at ease, as if inadvertently.
Khrutsky Ivan Fomich Belarusian artist, painter, gentry of the coat of arms of Leliv. Known for his still life and group portraits. Born on January 27, 1810 in the family of a Greek Catholic priest, nobleman Tomasz Khrutsky. Khrutsky received his secondary art education at the Polotsk Higher School. In 1827 he comes to St. Petersburg. Here, until 1829, he took lessons from the English painter J. Dow and at the same time studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Copied in the Hermitage. In 1830 Khrutsky entered the Academy of Arts. There he studied with such masters as A. G. Varnek, F. A. Bruni.
Creativity Ivan Fomich Khrutsky is known as an artist who worked in line with the Russian academic school. He entered the history of art with his still lifes. The first dated studies of the artist - "Still Life with a Vase" and "Still Life with a Bird" - date back to 1832. The main direction of Khrutsky's work during this period was work on the still life "Still Life with a Vase" (1832) "Still Life with a Bird" (1832)
On September 24, 1839, I. F. Khrutsky "for excellent work in portraiture, landscape painting, and especially in painting fruits and vegetables" was awarded the title of academician of painting. Since that time, Khrutsky ceased to paint spectacular still lifes. The painting "The Old Woman Knitting a Stocking" (1838) brings him closer to artists who did not have an academic education, for example, with A. G. Venetsianov and especially V. A. Tropipin. In 1838, for this work, as well as for the still life “Flowers and Fruits”, Ivan Khrutsky was awarded the small gold medal “The Old Woman Knitting a Stocking” (1838). : "In the room" (1854) and others.
Modern Belarusian painting is an extraordinary, interesting phenomenon and, of course, has its fans. The last ones will definitely want to visit the 12+ exhibition, which opened in the building of the National Library.
The exposition arrived in Minsk from the hot expanses of Abu Dhabi, where the residents of the UAE were able to feel the modern realities of Belarusian culture. The exhibition got its name from the number of artists whose work the audience can see. In total, thirty-five works are presented, made in various techniques and differing in genre orientation. There are also beautiful landscapes among them, and paintings based on folk tales, expression and riot of color are replaced by decorativeness and expressiveness.
However, for connoisseurs of art, the exhibition can become a landmark: walking between the hung paintings, you can clearly see all the innovations that have appeared in Belarusian painting in recent years, appreciate how traditions are smoothly intertwined with newfangled trends and try to trace the development of this type of art.
- Modern Belarusian artists
People's Artist of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Mikhailovich Kishchenko was born in 1933 in Russia, studied in Ukraine, his creative path is inextricably linked with Belarus, lived in Minsk.
Zhilin Evgeny Ilyich
Born on March 20, 1939 in Gomel (Belarusian SSR). Father - Ilya Zhilin. Mother - Alevtina Zhilina.
In 1961-1966 he studied at the Minsk Art College.
In 1966-1971 he studied at the Belarusian State Theater and Art Institute. Zhilin's teachers were People's Artist Mikhail Savitsky, Anatoly Baranovsky, People's Artist Vitaly Tsvirko.
At the beginning of 1972, the artist took part in the Republican exhibition in Minsk for the first time, but real success and fame came only after his third exhibition, also held in Minsk in 1977. At this exhibition, his watercolor works “Dawn”, “Morning in village”, “Portrait of an Unknown”, at the same time the artist began his cycle of landscapes “Belarusian Polesie”.
At the same time, he continued his active work on the illustration of books. Of particular interest are his illustrations for children's books.
Since 1974 he has been a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.
Since 1978 Zhilin's works have been presented at the Belarusian State Art Museum.
In 1996-1999, for quite a long time, he worked and held exhibitions in Germany at personal exhibitions dedicated, among other things, to the Chernobyl tragedy.
In Minsk, personal exhibitions were held in the largest Belarusian museums and exhibition halls in 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004.
In 1993, he participated in the creation of the creative association "Verasen" and for a long time was its chairman.
He took part in the organization of charity exhibitions in favor of children - victims of the Chernobyl disaster in a number of European countries.
Zhilin's early works can generally be attributed to realism. Among them are such works made in the technique of watercolor, as a cycle of landscapes "Belarusian Polissya", a series of lithographs "Landscapes of Minsk", other landscapes and still lifes.
Since 1989, the artist's work has gradually turned towards a style that is close to expressionism, and the content side can be described as "romantic fantasies". This includes such things as "The Queen's Dream" (oil on canvas 1994), "When Men Gave Flowers" (oil on canvas 1994), "Fortune Teller" (oil on canvas 1994).
Nevertheless, his work cannot be attributed to any particular style. If a realistic vision is typical for still lifes, landscapes made in watercolor, then in oil painting the artist uses a broader way of conveying his feelings and sensations. The oil technique is characterized by creative experiments carried out by the artist.
Shemelev Leonid Dmitrievich
Born February 5, 1923 in Vitebsk. In 1941-1947. During the Great Patriotic War he served in the ranks of the Soviet army. After the end of the war, he entered the Minsk Art School, then the Belarusian State Theater and Art Institute, after which he received a diploma in the specialty "artist-painter". In 1959-1966. taught drawing, painting and composition at the Minsk Art College, then until May 1974 he worked as a teacher-artist at the Republican boarding school for music and fine arts. From July 1977 to August 1979 he was deputy chairman of the board of the Union of Artists of the BSSR, then until November 1984 he was secretary of the board of the Union of Artists of the BSSR. In 1997 he received the honorary title "Honored Artist of the BSSR", in 1983 - "People's Artist of the BSSR". In 1976 he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, in 1985 - the Order of the Patriotic War I degree. In 1993 and 2001 he was awarded the medal and order of Francysk Skaryna.
For 50 years of his creative activity, the artist was interested in and inspired by a variety of topics, plots and images: past and present, history and modernity, native land and people on this land, the heroism and unrelenting pain of the Great Patriotic War, the drama of the fratricidal civil war, the bright faces of great Russians and Belarusians captured in the images of A. Pushkin and S. Rakhmaninov, V. Mulyavin and V. Korotkevich, I. Repin and M. Bogdanovich, Y. Kupala and Y. Kolas, G. Sviridov and E. Aladova, V. Tsvirko and M. Gusovsky.
The canvases of L.D. Schemelev, starting with his famous painting “My Birth”, which was highly appreciated at the All-Union Exhibition of 1967 in Moscow, are recognizable in any exposition, since the artist’s works are not just a reflection of some facts, phenomena, but reasoning about what he saw, experienced, designed to reveal the inner essence of objects and phenomena. The works of L.D. Shmelev are in the largest museums of Belarus, Russia and other countries.
In 2003, the inscribed City Art Gallery of works by L.D. Schemelev was opened, as a gift to which the artist donated 60 paintings.
Vladimir Gusakovsky
Has been painting since 1983.
He studied at the restoration department of the Minsk Art College, but a special emphasis in the process of study is private lessons from famous teachers, followers of the school of V. Favorsky.
1992 - personal exhibition in Paris - France
1994 - personal exhibition in Germany, Bonn, Berlin
1995 - 1998 - personal exhibition in Belarus, Minsk
1999 - personal exhibition in the Russian Federation, Moscow, exhibition hall "On Kashirka".
His works are in private collections in many countries around the world.
Kostova Irina Konstantinovna
1996-2002 student of the department of monumental and decorative painting of the Belarusian Art Academy. Student of V. Zinkevich, V. Olshevsky, A. Baranovsky.
2002 received a diploma.
Graduation work - "Love Story". Levkas, tempera. Size 200 x 300 cm.
Since 2004 a member of the Youth Union of Artists.
2003-2005 work in the Creative Workshops of M. A. Savitsky.
During her studies, she took part in student collective exhibitions.
Painting in the cafe "Gabrovo"
Painting in secondary school No. 11.
A cycle of icons for the Exarchate of Belarus.
The works are in the "Museum of Modern Art" in Minsk. "Houses of Culture and Technology" in Warsaw, in the embassies of India, Israel, China, Lithuania, as well as in private collections in Belarus, Russia, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Norway, USA, Czech Republic, Israel, India, China, Canada.
Petr Lukyanenko
One of the contemporary artists of Belarus, working in the field of easel painting. The artist's work is distinguished by the versatility of themes and genres, as well as a variety of techniques and manner of performance.
In publicistic paintings, the artist reflects important socio-economic and political aspects of a particular historical period. The journalistic works of the 1980s illustrate the profound opposition between official ideology and real life. They tell about the dramatic moments of Soviet history and encourage them to remember these lessons forever.
In his later journalistic works, the artist comprehends the dramatic changes that have taken place in post-Soviet countries since the early 1990s. The habitual way of life of millions of people, which existed for decades and seemed unshakable, collapsed in an instant. Ideals and values were rethought. Something has changed, but something has remained the same under new signs.
Conceptual paintings touch on more universal issues relevant throughout various historical eras. In laconic symbols of philosophical works, the artist expresses his vision of the fundamental concepts of our world.
In other conceptual works, he creates his own imaginary worlds. They encourage viewers to think about the relationship between a man and a woman, beauty, art and many other components of human life.
Petr Lukyanenko also works in the genres of portrait, landscape and still life. The artist sensitively captures the beauty of the surrounding world and shows it to the viewer. In this case, it is not necessary to create a copy of what you see on the canvas. The main thing is to convey the feelings that arose during perception.
The artist himself considers any classification of fine art to be a convention. In his work, he does not seek to meet the requirements of any style or direction of painting, but expresses his thoughts with the most appropriate visual means.
In the old days, when an artist set up his easel somewhere in the corner to paint a picture of the market square, he was looked at as a stranger with curiosity, fear and, perhaps, surprise. After all, an outsider could only contemplate the object, but not manipulate it. With the exception of those situations when the artist literally, that is, physically, stood in someone's way, he did not mix with the life around him. People did not have the feeling that they were being spied on or followed, unless, of course, at that moment they happened to be on the bench in front of the artist; after all, it was obvious to everyone that the artist was not interested in current events, but in something completely different. Only the momentary is personal, and the artist directly observed what was not there at the moment, because it was always there. Painting has never exposed anyone." (The article can be read on the "old" "Photoskop")
This thought must always be remembered, especially all "photo-base artists" must realize this. A photograph subjected to this or that manipulation no longer works as a photograph, as a mirror of the real ...
This Belarusian artist is called a modern impressionist. His paintings are full of life and emotion. It is impossible to pass by his bright canvases, painted in an unusual technique.
Talented Belarusian artist Leonid Afremov never ceases to amaze social media users with his works. His paintings are always emotional, they evoke only positive and joyful emotions, despite the fact that the artist depicts autumn. Afremov does not paint with brushes. He uses a palette knife (a special knife-shovel), with the help of which he skillfully applies the necessary strokes with oil paints.
Many compare Afremov with the great masters of the past. But the artist insists that he has found his own style. His works can be regarded as modern art, which is based on the traditions of the past.
The artist himself notes: “The human mind is peculiar. We tend to cling to the past and be overcritical of the present. We compare new creations with classic masterpieces and look for the slightest flaws. The grass may have been greener centuries ago, but talented people are being born today.”
Leonid Afremov prefers to post his work on social networks rather than doing solo exhibitions in galleries. His artistic philosophy is based on the idea that art should not be limited to the elite.
How does the artistic scene of the neighboring country live?
March 31 at Izolyatsia (Naberezhno-Lugovaya, 8) opens " ZBOR. Belarusian art movement"- the first exhibition of contemporary art in Belarus in Ukraine. At the request of Buro 24/7, the curators of ZBOR are artistsAndrei Dureiko and Maxim Tyminko spoke about the main contemporary Belarusian artists under the age of 35.
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Sergei Shabokhin
A member of the younger generation whose artistic activity marks the strategic transition of the national art scene from "guerrilla" to "activist" strategies. Shabokhin is engaged in curatorial activities, illegally conducts educational courses for students of the Academy of Arts, is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Art Aktivist portal about contemporary Belarusian art, as well as co-founder and editor of the Kalektar research platform. Lives and works in Minsk.
2.
Andrey Lenkevich
A representative of the new wave of the photographic community in Belarus, who came from photojournalism to the field of contemporary art and multimedia research. In 2015, Andrey Lenkevich's project Goodbye, Motherland received the main "Art-Belarus" award at the "Autumn Salon with Belgazprombank" "for a historically responsible approach to the creation of works of contemporary art and for its contribution to the formation of an artistic environment."
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Marina Naprushkina
Initiator of the educational platform at the intersection of politics, art and feminism Belarus//The Institute of the Future in Minsk, as well as the New Neighborhood //Moabit refugee support initiative (Neue Nachbarschaft//Moabit) in Berlin. Lives and works in Berlin.
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Zhanna Gladko
She is a representative of the younger generation of artists who works with the help of various media with the theme of gender in the context of current feminist theories.
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Yura Shust
In his work, he focuses on politically engaged art. In addition, he is the leader of the conceptual audiovisual group IOD.
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Denis Limonov
On December 19, 2010, presidential elections were held in Belarus, which were once again won by Alexander Lukashenko. In Minsk, a demonstration of civil protest was violently dispersed on Independence Square.
On March 22, 2011, the financial crisis began in Belarus. On April 11, 2011, a homemade bomb exploded at the Oktyabrskaya metro station in Minsk, killing 15 people and injuring 203 people.
On April 13, 2011, Lukashenka announced the disclosure of the terrorist act, Dmitry Konovalov and Vlad Kovalev were detained and later sentenced to death. Reacting to what is happening, Denis Limonov sent a letter to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus, in which he stated that his art group Lime Flower was involved in the terrorist attacks, in which Konovalov and Kovalev were accused.
In addition, he announced that these crimes were a work of art and dedicated them to the victims of the bloody state machine. At the end of the letter, Limonov openly signed his name. First of all, the artist wanted to stop the imminent enforcement of the punishment by trying to delay the investigation of the terrorist attack. "Denis Limonov's letter to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus" did not achieve its stated goal, since an official response from the prosecutor's office was not received, and those accused of the crime were executed. The action led to the collapse of the group. Now Limonov lives and works in Moscow.
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Zakhar Kudin
Artist, painter, representative of a radical position in the new abstract painting of Belarus, a supporter of the approach of updating "painting as a grandiose concept". The author of large-scale works performed in a broad expressive manner. Lives and works in Minsk.
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Alesya Zhitkevich
The artist of the new generation, in her works explores the relationship of sexuality and politics with the help of a variety of media.
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Semyon Motolyanets
She uses the principle of "mutually exclusive paragraphs" both in individual and collective works, working on the verge of the traditions of academism and the requirements of contemporary art. Laureate of the "Innovation - 2009" award. Lives and works in St. Petersburg.
