The Art of Calligraphy

There is a belief of the Oriental origin that says a man with nasty handwriting is dishonourable, coward, and a failure in doing art or protecting the Fatherland.

Calligraphy artist Anatoly Moschelkov put on display rare examples of the retreating noble art and avant-garde graphics.

Back in 1995 an in-house calligrapher of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles was writing diplomas for candidates and doctors with ink, but mere three years later they would already be printed. We are curiously observing the geniuses’ handwritings. Prince Myshkin took his sophisticated handwriting over from Dostoevsky, a fine artist and designer.

Graduate of Astrakhan Art School, and the department of graphics in Moscow State Institute of Printing, Moschelkov developed a selection of handwritings based on Moscow and Ukrainian cursive of the 14th-18th centuries, which distinguish with graphical and temporal independency.

The author treats a sign as a harbinger of the image. This path is reserve to the one made by our forefathers, leading from the image to a pictogram and symbol.

The list of Moschelkov’s exhibitions is able to impress with the level of representation and wide geography – from Manezh and the embassy of Pakistan in Moscow to Poland, Canada, Hungary, Japan, China, Belgium, Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. The capitals written by Kaluga native calligrapher were seen by the connoisseurs from 30 countries, Moschelkov’s works can be found in museums and private collections.

The works dialoguing with the famous series of Andy Warhol and other modernist artists are accompanied by insightful commentaries, which make the exhibit a sort of an open lesson – a logical approach for the Dean of Design Department in MEPhI.

Samurais used to achieve focus, precision in movements and serenity through writing characters. Let’s remember about penmanship in this era of icons and buttons!

The Art of Calligraphy

Source: znamkaluga.ru