From MY BESTIARY God outstretched His mighty hand Imparting the electric spark of life From His own finger To Man's creature in His image The artist copied this phenomenon On the Chapel's sacred ceiling All the World's Bestiary look up At the high-lifted perfection of Man Let Man's name resound on high!
Vladimir Azarov devotes this book 26 letters, poems, pictures to the Art Gallery of Ontario, his beloved place in the city of Toronto. He especially admires the Gallery's collection of sculptures by Henry Moore, whom he met at his London studio as a member of an art delegation in the early 70s. Владимир Азаров посвящает эту книгу 26 письмам, стихам, картинам в художественной галерее Онтарио, своем любимом месте в городе Торонто. Особенно его восхищает коллекция скульптур Генри Мура, с которыми...
Vladimir Azarov is from Moscow, Russia. He graduated at the Moscow Architectural Institute, which was called the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture before Russian Revolution. It was at this same institution that the pioneer of geometric abstract art Kazimir Malevich studied. Azarov's poetry often reflects his impression of Art – the painting, architecture, poetry, and cinema that inspires him. Black Square is devoted to «Grand Opening Transformation» of the Art Gallery of...
Предлагаемая книга – это попытка автора переселить его канадскую поэзию в Россию. Московский переводчик Алексей Андреев сделал подстрочный перевод (Broken Pastries. Exile Edition. 2014), и Владимир Азаров переписал книгу, адаптировав в связи с переизданием на русском языке.
