''The Colored Sounds'' (russian: Цветны́е зву́ки, Tsvetnýe zvúki. 1989) is the second book in a series of four Alexey Parygin author's editions.

History of creation

Parygin Al 1989 Cvetnye zvuki -3 Cover SLUB Dresden

Parygin Al 1989 The Coloured Sounds -1 Book spread-2

Parygin Alexey 1989 Coloured Sounds -2 Book spread-2

Parygin Al 1989 The Coloured Sounds -4 Book spread-6 Van Abbemuseum

The series 'Pesok'' (''The Sand''. 1989), ''Tsvetnye zvuki'' (''The Colored Sounds''. 1989), ''Zelenaia kniga'' (''The Green Book''. 1989), ''Moia mansarda'' (''My Attic''. 1990)was created in 1989-1990 at the

Nevsky-25 Nevsky–25 () was a group of Russian underground culture artists (1987–1990). Association of artists and Squatting, squatters’ workshop in the time of perestroika in the Soviet Union. Date of creation–March 13, 1987. The founder is Alex ...

squat workshop (

Kazan Cathedral House Kazan Cathedral House (russian: До́м Каза́нского собо́ра, Dóm Kazánskogo sobóra), also widely known as the house of the clergy of the Kazan Cathedral (russian: До́м церко́внослужителей Каза́нс ...

, Leningrad) on the basis of the artist's own poetic texts, the free-verse poems of 1987-1989. All books have similar format, stylistic unity of design, and are of limited edition. ''The Colored Sounds'' (''Cvetnye Zvuki'') consist of five short poems and a parallel conventionally-shaped pictorial series printed on stencils (blue, black, scarlet and yellow). In those years, the artist was interested in the problem of synthesis of verbal and visual material in one artwork, so the texts were typed by hand on a typewriter using colored carbon paper (green, purple, red, black and yellow), thereby accentuating the individual elements of the poems. The title page header is made with cardboard letters cut out and tinted with colored gouache. All copies are stitched by hand (except #1). The cover is hand-dyed fabric with a laconic abstract composition. ''The Colored Sounds''is a homage to the artist's book '' Sounds'' (''german: Klänge'') by Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky. Hardcover, no pagination (24 pages). Circulation — 5 numbered and signed copies. Size: 209 x 152 x 15 mm (cover); 209 x 315 mm (book spread). All the work, from layout to circulation, was done by the author himself.

Collections

* Timofey Markov Collection. ( St. Petersburg). — ″Instance #1″. * In the property of the author. ( St. Petersburg). — ″Instance #2″. *

Saxon State and University Library Dresden The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in german: Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library (german: ...

/ Artist's Book Foundation. ( Dresden). Signatur: 2007 8 029473; Barcode: 31480781. — ″Instance #3″ * Van Abbemuseum/ LS Collection of Russian Artists' books. (

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Erarta Erarta is the largest private museum of contemporary art in Russia, located in Saint Petersburg. The name of Erarta Museum is derived from uniting two words, “Era” and “Arta”, whose combination can be translated from Russian as “the e ...

. Saint Petersburg. June 09 — July 09, 2011. * Independent Art Festival. — Saint Petersburg Manege. Saint Petersburg. November 6 — 20, 2004.

Bibliography

Articles

* Pavlovsky A. S. Designing yourself: About the first books of Alexei Parygin // Сборник материалов двенадцатой научно-практической конференции «Трауготовские чтения 2022» / ed. A. K. Kononova. — St. Petersburg: BKG, 2023. — 360 p. — pp. 153-160. * Parygin A. B. Мои ранние авторские книги. — Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради, выпуск 67, СПб: АИС, 2021. — С. 232-241. (Rus) * Koshkina O. Yu. Особенности языка графики Алексея Парыгина — семиотический аспект // Сборник материалов десятой научно-практической конференции — "Трауготовские чтения 2020". — СПб, 2021. — 304 с. — С. 149-165. (Rus) * Pogarsky M. Книга художника � Том I. Теория (264 с.); Том II. История (180 с.); Том III. Практика (290 с). — М.: Треугольное колесо — 2021. (Rus) * Parygin A. B. Про искусство (в ритме автобиографии) // Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради, выпуск 58, СПб: АИС, 2020. — С. 223-252 * Grigoryants El. Absorbing the Futurist heritage: Vasily Vlasov and Alexey Parygin
The Futurist Tradition in Contemporary Russian Artists’ Books
// International Yearbook of Futurism Studies / Special Issue on Russian Futurism. Ed. by Günter Berghaus. — Berlin & Boston: Walter de Gruyter. Vol. 9 — 2019, 520 p. Pp. 269–296. .Walter de Gruyter. International Yearbook of Futurism Studies / Special Issue on Russian Futurism. Ed. by Günter Berghaus. — 2019
/ref> * Parygin A. B. Книга художника как форма искусства // «Искусство печатной графики: история и современность». В сб. н. статей по материалам научной конференции Четвертые казанские искусствоведческие чтения 19-20 ноября 2015. — Казань: ГМИИ РТ, 2015. — С. 75-78, ил. (Rus) * Grigoryants El. Искусство книги и книга в искусстве // Первая Балтийская биеннале искусства книги: каталог выставки. — СПб, 2014. — С. 6-9. (Rus) * Grigoryants El.br>Образ текста в современной петербургской «книге художника» и livre d`artiste
// Печать и слово Санкт-Петербурга: Сборник научных трудов. Ч.1 — СПб., 2014. (Rus) * Grigoryants El. «Автографическая книга» в рамках направления «Artists book» («книга художника» // XX век. Две России — одна культура: Сборник научных трудов по материалам 14 Смирдинских чтений. — СПб, 2006. (Rus) * Grigoryants El. Диалоги культур в современной петербургской книге художника // Книжная культура Петербурга: Сборник научных трудов по материалам 13 Смирдинских чтений. — СПб: СПбГИК, 2004. (Rus) * Книги и стихи из сквота: Алексей Парыгин и другие // АКТ Литературный самиздат. Выпуск 15. СПб, август-ноябрь, 2004. — С. 21-22. (Rus) * Grigoryants El.br>«Книга художника» в современном петербургском искусстве
// Актуальные проблемы теории и истории библиофильства: Материалы 8 международной научной конференции. — СПб., 2001 — С. 124–128. (Rus)

Exhibition catalogues

* Die Verwandlung. 25 Jahre russische Künstlerbücher 1989-2013. LS collection Van Abbemuseum

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Erarta Erarta is the largest private museum of contemporary art in Russia, located in Saint Petersburg. The name of Erarta Museum is derived from uniting two words, “Era” and “Arta”, whose combination can be translated from Russian as “the e ...

. Saint Petersburg. Auth. articles: M. Pogarsky, M. Karasik, E. Klimova, Yu. Samodurov. SPb. 2011.— 200 p., col. ill. — P. 38.

References

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