The Art of the Future page 4


A conversation between Evgenij Kozlov (E-E) and Hannelore Fobo, 1991

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H: Can we say that a ‘good’ artist is one whose talent touches more than others’?

E-E: Good artists are individuals who are able to reveal their vast inner world most completely, who can unfold it in their work of art to the very end, who can shape their art of the future to the largest extent possible.

H: That is to say, an artist who is able -

E-E: ‘To be able’ or ‘not to be able’ is also of secondary importance. When artists possess this inner world, if it lives in them as a force, they simply cannot create something bad out of it. For the artist, it is as natural as air. As for people in general, they begin to develop naturally, to develop internally through looking and listening, etc., through relating to a human being or his or her work of art.

H: Let’s take the old masters, Leonardo da Vinci, for example. Did he already experience the art of the future inside him? Or does this art exist only today?

E-E: I am sure this world existed in him, too.

H: So, the only difference is that now these thoughts are on the level of awareness and have become more open and clear?

E-E: Yes, it may be true.

H: So, does every artist create from this state?

E-E: Yes, every artist has created from this state, but I am not sure whether every artist has been aware of it, of this specific energy.

H. What do you mean by ‘it’? What kind of ‘energy’?

E-E: Well, that very inner world we are discussing. This energy has existed since earlier centuries until our times and will Always exist. In the visual form, art expresses itself as the work of art, as classic. That is the reason why in the visual form, in painting, for example, classic was, classic is and classic will be.

H: Classic is not art, but the work of art.

E-E: Yes.

H: So art is not visible; art is energy.

E-E: Yes, inner energy. This is the true difference between classic and art of the future.

H: When you painted the ‘New Classic’ cycle, >> why did you name it like this? Did you already think about these things?

E-E: Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. I just did not define it like this.

H: Actually, all your works -

E-E Actually, all my works -

H: Are new classic.

E-E: Yes, and so it is not necessary to call this cycle New Classic. On the other hand, why not? Let the name remain. Though, I repeat, all art made by hands is classic.

H: Then you named it for the first time.

E-E: Yes, but the idea had already existed.

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