www.tvr.by News http://www.tvr.by www.tvr.by TV Infoservice en © Belteleradiocompany. 2009 webmaster@tvr.by Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:08:27 +0200 60 Representative of modern Belarusian culture, artist Viktor Olshevsky honored with professor's degree 2011. Inna Pilevich reports: He entered Belarusian State Theater and Art Institute (now Academy of Arts) after having organized a personal exhibition. At the age of almost 20 he exhibited about 30 individual paintings.
(Viktor Olshevsky, artist, laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Centre of Contemporary Arts, Professor: "The school was very strong, there were a lot of people, who whished to study there.")
After studies at the department of Gavriil Vashchenko he was invited to join a creative workshop of the People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Savitsky. A strict teacher forced him to process the picture as many times as fabric withstood.
(Viktor Olshevsky, artist, laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Center of Contemporary Arts, Professor)
He has been working as a teacher for already 25 years - he educates monumental artists.
Today Olshevsky continues teaching. He also manages former academic workshops at Nekrasova Street. The Centre of Contemporary Arts was opened there a month ago.
Viktor Olshevsky allows young artists paint walls and turn furniture into art pieces.
(Viktor Olshevsky, artist, laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Center of Contemporary Arts, Professor)
Olshevsky prefers large forms. One can find luxury insets of precious metals on his canvases. Now he is painting a portrait of the contemporary Minsk.]]>
Culture Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:02:00 +0200 http://www.tvr.by/eng/culture.asp?id=62139 http://www.tvr.by/eng/culture.asp?id=62139
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