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Our earth is generous by talents,
and you find them frequently where in and you do not wait. On the
exhibition of masks in Pereslavl I went with reluctance, but stayed
too long there for a long time. She stuns; I saw no masks, and
sculptural portraits.
And all began from that asked Serezha
Potapov to do masks for the school evening. Already in 15 years he
moulded the first sculpture «Ballet-dancer». And with youth years
began to carry with modelling of carnival masks. Gradually passed
from the image of fairy-tale heroes to literary appearances, because
reading was right through life favourite employment. Sergey Ivan
knew many works by heart. And if suddenly there was doubting
concerning one or another portrait, an artist here quoted lines from
the proper fairy-tale, story or poem. Masks more than 100 things on
opera, literary, fairy-tale and carnival themes. They conquered
enormous popularity at the audience of all ages, official positions
and grades. Masks of heroes of Gogol the «Dead souls» and
«Inspector» taken off on sliding seats, these works were
demonstrated at schools of studying.
In 1967 mask was exhibited in the lobby of
the Moscow movie theater «Artistic» by Decision of the Main
Committee VDNKH ¹508 from May, 31, 1968 participant of exhibition of
1967 year on the pavilion Soviet culture, section in a civilized
manner-elucidative establishments for the series of theatrical
masks, creation of gallery of masks of characters from the story of
Gogol «Dead souls» . The Main Committee VDNKH awarded the diploma of
the second degree, silver-plated medal and money bonus. For all
period of exhibitions there are more than 50 books of reviews in all
languages of former USSR. Masks were proposed on eleven personal and
prestige exhibitions of Russia (Kazan of 1972, 1979, Moscow of 1967
1992) About masks wrote more, than in 20 newspapers in different
languages, a letter from Austria is got Vienna from a museum worker
in German language. Translated this letter into Russian and printed
in the magazines Theatrical life, Light ¹August, 33, 1975, magazine,
is a health ¹3 1978, magazine «Club and artistic independent action
¹6 1980. Masks were visited by visitants is the minister of
culture of RSFSR is Melenev George Serafymovych, Konstandov -
council of Ministers of USSR, which were also delighted by a
display. They were repeatedly shown on television .
There were suggestions from foreigners
about acquisition of display in private collections.To the masks
more than 40 years and for all the time they did not have the
permanent apartment. And only now with a favourable economic and
political situation in a country the museum of masks declared about
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