Moscow artist Nikita Golubev paints on dirty cars, the 360 TV channel reported. Despite the fact that he did his first work on a car only two weeks ago, not only Russian media, but also foreign ones have already started talking about him.
The artist himself was surprised by the sudden popularity. And therefore he doesn’t even know how to react to this. According to him, he has been drawing since childhood: he started on wallpaper, did tattoos, drew comics, and now he has taken to the streets. At the same time, special art education Nikita has not.
I've been looking at cars like this for a long time and have long thought that they just demand something to be drawn on them. Such large surface, on which you can quite easily depict something. And not so long ago I just went out in the morning and did it. I did it once, and then again, these morning exercises
Nikita Golubev, artist.
According to Golubev, the most interesting thing about painting on dirty cars is the mood.
It will work, it won’t work, there is no way to redraw or recolor something. That is, as it goes, so it goes. It’s also a certain kind of training. I think that many artists have perfectionism, they can’t finish their work for a long time, they think that they can still finish something. And this way I free myself from this
Nikita Golubev, artist.
When the drawing is finished, he photographs it and then posts it on his Instagram page: in the photo, such drawings will definitely last longer than on the surface of the car.
Recently, dirty cars have begun to decorate the streets of Moscow. How? It’s just that one guy saw the ideal canvases for his drawings in dusty vans.
Nikita Golubev, known by the nickname Proboynick, armed with gloves and brushes, goes in search of the next canvas, and having found it, he gives free rein to his imagination and masterfully transforms the car, covered with a thick layer of dust, into a work of art.
Artifex: Under what circumstances was such an extraordinary decision made - to paint on cars?
I spent the winter in India, and at the end of March I returned to Moscow. In contrast to Indian colors, Moscow gray made a powerful impression on me. I stood in a traffic jam on the Moscow Ring Road and looked at the trucks covered with dirt collected over the entire winter, and at some point I remembered that I had long wanted to draw something on such surfaces. I bought a couple of paint brushes, found some old gloves, got up the next day at five in the morning and went looking for canvases.
Artifex: How do you feel after painting another car? Do you feel delighted by your own originality? And the sadness of having to part with your creation?
Always different. It's something like this for me morning exercises, only creative. Large sketches with no possibility of correction and no problems with what will happen to it later or where to apply it. I went out, found a suitable surface, and painted. It doesn't matter whether it worked or not. In any case, the job is done, and I move on. This was a very good training for a lighter attitude towards oneself and creativity and an opportunity to try new techniques and formats.
I experience inspiration, joy, and pride when I paint, but I have never felt sadness and have never regretted it when my paintings were erased or damaged. It's just dirt, after all.
Artifex: How can you comment on your choice of material for your work?
First of all, I really like the texture of this mud. I love abandoned buildings, rusty equipment, this whole post is apocalyptic trash. It all seems very picturesque to me, and for some reason the sight of the trucks covered with this gray scab also impresses me. Behind the dirt all the ridiculous advertising, signs, paints are hidden, everything becomes uniformly gray, as if primed.
Artifex: What about the features of the technology?
As it turns out, you can work in different techniques: sharp strokes or halftones; it is drawn completely differently on wet than on dry; when there is too much dirt, it falls off in pieces; when there is not enough, it turns out to be non-contrasting. In short, I became very knowledgeable about mud and how to work with it. It's like charcoal or sanguine sketches, only in reverse, white on black and there is no way to correct it.
Artifex: Aren't you afraid of some kind of inadequate reaction from the owners of the cars that you use as canvases?
No, I wasn’t worried about it at all. I don’t make their cars dirtier, quite the opposite. If someone objects, the problem is solved with a rag.
There was one case when, half asleep, without understanding it, one person tried to sort things out, but everything was resolved peacefully. Then, by the way, he erased my signature, but left the drawing.
Artifex: Your works are not creativity from scratch? Tell us about where, how and when you learned to draw?
I have been drawing since childhood, but I have no art education. I studied periodically with by different artists, even to the Academy of Watercolors and fine arts I studied with Sergei Andriyaki for six months, but in the end I came to the conclusion that I could develop the skills I needed on my own.
The coolest practice turned out to be drawing portraits in the subway; I have a dozen albums with such sketches. The main task is to draw without giving yourself away or confusing the person. It’s also great to draw from TV, capturing the main details in motion. To learn how to draw, you should do it constantly and not be afraid to draw something that doesn’t work out well.
Artifex: Have you ever thought about starting to make money from your creativity?
I only make money from my creativity. I took money for painting several cars when television companies wanted to film the work itself. Several agencies wrote to me and offered to do such work as part of exhibitions or presentations. I agreed with one of the truck owners, for whom I painted an owl, to repeat this drawing with paints. He was very upset when someone ruined the drawing.
For now, drawing on cars is part of my work, but not the main one. I work in many directions: I sell paintings, make prints, I’m currently working on a cartoon, I’m always trying something new.
Artifex: In what direction are you going to improve your work?
I have already figured out how to make such paintings without dirt, and so that the paintings turn out in color. This will be more commercially applicable. I have already tried this on one presentation and plan to develop this technique further. Besides, the mud season is over now, and I'm thinking of returning when it becomes relevant again.
Artifex: Nikita, have you ever had the desire to organize an exhibition of your works?
There is such a desire, but there is no material for a personal exhibition yet. It’s not yet clear how exactly I would like to do this, but I’m thinking about it.
Artifex: You recently shone in the “Evening Urgant” program, in in social networks the fame of your “dirty deeds” is also gaining momentum. Tell me, have you already got loyal fans who are making themselves known in one way or another?
Of course, I have added more subscribers on social networks, this invigorates and motivates me to do more. The works sell much better. It all started quite abruptly, and at some point I found myself answering messages for several hours a day. But the wave subsided as quickly as it began, now everything is smooth, and you can concentrate on work again.
Artifex: How did your loved ones react to this hobby? Or did this not come as a surprise to them?
They are used to the fact that I regularly perform or invent something. At the age of 16, I transformed the wall in my room by painting some kind of gloomy tree with thorns - such a teenage theme. Then I had a tattoo machine made from an electric motor and a guitar string.
The parents were surprised, of course, but not much. And my wife and children rejoiced with me. I didn’t allow my daughters to paint with their fingers on the cars so as not to spoil the paint, now I stand and watch, because it’s ridiculous to object to anything about this. And friends encourage me and drive their cars.
Artifex: Nikita, do you have any guidelines that you adhere to in life?
Do what I love and do it in a way that you like and be honest with yourself about it. Something like this. A little long for a tattoo, really... (smiles)
Artifex: What advice would you give to everyone? creative individuals who are still busy searching for themselves in a particular form of art?
The main thing is not to be afraid, as they say. Do what you get real pleasure from, and stop doing what doesn’t give you pleasure, no matter how important and promising it may seem to you. Guys, you can draw in the dirt with your finger and get paid the same as for a month of work, so just honestly do what you love and don’t be afraid that it won’t work out. It will work out, I’m telling you for sure, it will just take time.
Artifex: What makes you smile when you're sad?
My daughters, they are just crazy, I can’t help but smile when I see them.
Today, when you hear the word “reality show”, at least a dozen images will appear in your head - these are “Dom-2”, and “Fear Factor”, and “Battle of Psychics”, and “Pregnant”, and “ Last Hero"... The list can be continued endlessly. However, at the beginning of the 2000s, domestic television could not boast of such an abundance of projects - this “movement” was just emerging. It was at this time that the reality show “Hunger” started on TNT. A separate reason for pride is that this project is one of the few invented in Russia, and not purchased from foreign colleagues. The show was truly unprecedented - 12 participants (there were 13 in the second season) lived for 100 (120) days in a foreign country in a house where there was everything except food and money. The winner receives a monthly salary of $1,000 (2,000) for life! The first season started almost 15 years ago. At your numerous requests, we conducted an investigation and found out what happened to the most bright participants project after so many years.
June 4, 2017 · Text: Daria Senichkina · Photo: Instagram, vk.com, Facebook.com
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Reality show "Hunger", season 1
12 participants were sent to Berlin. They live in a house where they have everything except food and money. Occasionally, the project's heroes go out into the city in pairs to earn extra money and be able to buy some food. The winner who stays on the project for 100 days receives a lifetime monthly salary of $1,000
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