In St. Petersburg, a surge of confrontation between the poetry of Joseph Brodsky and employees of public utilities. Portrait of the Nobel laureate, which appeared on the day of the anniversary of the poet in front of his former apartment on ulitsa Pestelya, plastered on the same day by order of the superintendent of the local school. Why the administration of educational institutions have decided that Brodsky should not be here?
the Third day the curator of the Museum “room and a Half”, from the beloved Brodsky balcony, watching a drama with elements of satire.
“Very curious. Life is more interesting than any scenarios,” — said the curator of the Museum Brodsky’s “room and a Half” Paul Kotlyar.
the Fence in front — fun TV show. Now there is a yellow wall, red flowers. And two days ago on her photo with Brodsky turned into a mural.
at First nothing foretold storms. Birthday Brodsky on the wall opposite the house in which he lived, appeared the image of the brooding poet at the Venice background looking through the window of their one and a half bathrooms.
“there was a dirty wall, I didn’t know whose it is. Decided that loose. And that Joseph Sanych will be back here,” explains the logic of the appearance of the picture artist Oleg Lukyanov.
a Day later came a worker with a bucket of bright paint.
– Why obscure?
– I said, — responsible contractor.
the worker acted without malice, but businesslike and confident. The image of the poet disappeared in the eyes.
– I had to agree. He shouldn’t be here — believe strict ladies.
These ladies are — apparently, an employee of the school №189, the introduction of which, as it turned out,and the fence. The portrait agreed. And knowing that state institutions initiative should not be, the superintendent of schools ordered Brodsky to paint.
the Cultural community responded to altered lines of Yevtushenko: “a caretaker at Russia more than the poet”.
Then began a guerrilla — citizens washed fragments of the paint, revealing the portrait piece by piece, but each time came up as a janitor and painted Brodsky again.
Under cover of night, and they are in St. Petersburg not quite white resistance strengthened. The fence has become a place of pilgrimage for poetry lovers. Love to Brodsky, they were poured directly into a painted portrait.
“I could not resist, I came to the mural, I wrote this lipstick!” – recognized connoisseur of Brodsky’s poetry that she wrote on the wall verses Red.
in the Morning and poetic lines disappeared under the relentless roller with paint. The fence this time zakalebali entirely to the place where was Brodsky, are not allocated. But later — in St. Petersburg now there are not only apartment of Brodsky, but also the wall, where was Brodsky.
