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   Nazar Niazmetov

   May 22, 2020

   Dear Iara,
   I also thought about it: in Russia many people are dying from HIV/AIDS (“37 thousand deaths from AIDS in 2018”) and tuberculosis (8,1 thousand deaths in 2018), but it is not a problem of the “society” because it is not a disease of rich citizen of Moscow.
   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Russia
   https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Туберкулёз_в_России#Современная_ситуация)

   And now everybody in Russia should be careful – say our federal newspapers and TV channels which are creating in the biggest cities – about Corona.
   By the way many Russians do not live until 60 years to be in risk group… (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_subjects_of_Russia_by_life_expectancy)

   I think class aspect of this crisis will be researched soon!

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      Iara Abreu

      May 24, 2020

      Dear Nazar Niazmetov,
      I had no idea that in Russia the situation about HIV was so serious. How sad. And as for Corona in the upper classes or the rich, one has to think yes, because the virus does not choose social class, nor race. It affects everyone and I think yes, the world will have to rethink the situation of very poor people in society. Otherwise we could have a viral spread in humanity with grave consequences.
      Hug

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         Nazar Niazmetov

         May 25, 2020

         Thank you for your reply!
         I read more about Brazilian situation with coronavirus… We should redefine as minimum what is good medical insurance for us and pay more attention to this sphere because a lot of problems as far as I understand goes from trying to save money.
         I hope you are in safety.

         Have you already told about your art technique?
         What media do you use: is it aquarelle on paper?

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            Iara Abreu

            May 25, 2020

            We expect our government to take action on public health. And I am in the second area, where there is a great incidence of coronavirus. But I take my care and so far I am very well.
            As for my technique, I work several artistic segments like oil painting, I make objects in wood, drawing, illustrious books and others.

            These posts for the Residency/ SPAR project are rereadings of existing works with some interference that dialogue with the time of quarantine. All the images posted are creative interferences, which I made on existing images. Some are drawings on paper, others are dry pastel drawings on paper and some are oil painting on canvas. These interferences or Postcard type assemblies for the Residency project, are made with electronic equipment such as photoshop and Paint on existing images. I make adaptations that dialogue with my texts. And I’m really enjoying this artistic exchange.

            Hug

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               Nazar Niazmetov

               May 26, 2020

               Wow, I could not think about the complexity of the process – how multi-layered it is!

               Is the oil painting popular in Brazil? How involved are “traditional” techniques into the so-called contemporary art process?

               In Russia, we have a strange conflict between Western oriented curators and artists who speak international art diplomacy language and – post-soviet (social realism) traditionalists that loves oil and “classicism”.
               Also, there are some applied artists and designers, but they mostly don’t want to discuss (what the true art is), they just make businesses 🙂

               Do you collect postcards by the way?

               Thanks for your answers
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   Iara Abreu

   May 26, 2020

   Oi Nazar

   I like hybrid art. Mixing material techniques and languages, including creations with technological equipment. It depends on creation or context. And yes it can be composing layers.

   I think like this: the artist has to be free in his creations and in the use of artistic techniques and languages. The artist can be academic (classical) when he wants and can be contemporary when necessary. You can even use the classic to compose a contemporary work. I think the artist can do everything in his language.

   Here in Brazil there are artists from all segments and the oil is still popular yes. There are artists who work with acrylic paint and others. I use any and all material I have access to. I use a type of material, depending on the idea I will develop.

   Yes, there are also discussions here the classic and the contemporary, but in reality they are very much in dialogue with market, business… these discussions are complex. I particularly think that the real artist is what he “does” without thinking about the “after”. He only cares about his creation. Out of market, out of business, out of curators, out of galleries, etc.

   I’ve got some postcards that don’t make it to the collection, but I like them a lot. And so I’m doing my participation in Residency, with images in the format of postcards. Then I will organize them in an “object book”.

   And thank you for the comments. Very important..
   Hug

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      Nazar Niazmetov

      May 29, 2020

      Thank you for your answers! I didn’t know some things before

      Have a good day!

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         Iara Abreu

         June 23, 2020

         Very good when information is useful.

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