Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007849, Tue, 6 May 2003 19:44:22 -0700

Subject
VN statue
Date
Body
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Mylnikov" <vmylnikov@yahoo.com>
.
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (27
lines) ------------------
> from vmylnikov
>
> We well know that lots of things are subjective and
> especially in art. I was downloading the picture and
> it came first then what Dmitri Nabokov wrote. My first
> impression was - the face is very good (maybe too sad
> or pensively tired ) but the rest is simply incorrect,
> I would say.
>
> Well, Nabokov did not have that poking belly. Well,
> yes, he gained some weight but still not to that
> artistic extent. Then the vest - what? is it a hint to
> western orientation (who would not recollect
> Ul'ianov's image) and if so then it should be
> unbuttoned ( I guess). Finally "kikenbokker" (sorry I
> misspelled the item). Well, VN wore simple shorts as
> we can see on many pictures of him in Switzerland. Or
> should the statue be understood as a simple "stone
> metaphor" and if so, still it weights too much, I
> guess. Too heavy.
>
> Regards, Vladimir Mylnikov
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.
> http://search.yahoo.com
>