Punch drawings on dirty cars. Life after "Hunger": what happened to the participants of one of the first Russian reality shows

Recently, dirty cars began to decorate the streets of Moscow. How? Yes, just one guy saw in the dusty vans the perfect canvases for his drawings.

Nikita Golubev, known by the nickname Proboynick, armed with gloves and brushes, goes in search of another canvas, and when he finds it, he gives free rein to his imagination and skillfully transforms a car covered with a thick layer of dust into a work of art.

Artifex: Under what circumstances was such an extraordinary decision made - to paint on cars?

I spent the winter in India, and at the end of March I returned to Moscow. In contrast to the Indian colours, the grayness of Moscow made a powerful impression on me. I was standing in a traffic jam on the Moscow Ring Road and looking at trucks covered with mud collected over the entire winter, and at some point I remembered that I had long wanted to draw something on such surfaces. I bought a couple of paint brushes, found old gloves, got up the next day at five in the morning and went to look for canvases.

Artifex: What do you feel when painting another car? Is there a sense of delight in one's own originality? And the sadness of having to part with your creation?

Always different. For me, this is something like morning exercises, only creative. Large sketches without the possibility of correction and without problems, what will happen to it later or where to apply it. I went out, found a suitable surface, painted. It doesn't matter if it worked or not. Either way, it's done and I'm moving on. It was a very good exercise in being more at ease with myself and creativity, and an opportunity to try new techniques and formats.

I feel inspiration, joy, pride when I draw, but I have never felt sadness and never regretted when the pictures were erased or spoiled. It's just dirt, after all.

Artifex: How can you comment on your choice of material for the work?

First of all, I really like the texture of this dirt. I love abandoned buildings, rusty machinery, this whole post is apocalyptic trash. All this seems very picturesque to me, and for some reason the sight of trucks covered with this gray scab also impresses me. Behind the dirt lies all the ridiculous advertising, signs, paints, everything becomes uniformly gray, as if primed.

Artifex: And what about the features of the technique?

As it turned out, you can work in different techniques: sharp strokes or halftones; on wet it is drawn quite differently than on dry; when there is too much dirt, it falls off in pieces, when there is little, it turns out to be non-contrasting. To cut a long story short, I became very good at mud and how to work with it. It's like sketches with charcoal or sanguine, just the opposite, white on black and there's no way to fix it.

Artifex: Are you afraid of some kind of inadequate reaction from the owners of cars that you use as canvases?

No, I didn't worry about it at all. I'm not making their cars dirtier, rather the opposite. If someone is against, the problem is solved with a rag.

There was one case when, waking up, without understanding, one person tried to sort things out, but everything was decided amicably. Then, by the way, he erased my signature, but left the drawing.

Artifex: Your works are not creativity from scratch, are they? Tell us about where, how and when did you learn to draw?

I have been drawing since childhood, but I have no art education. I studied periodically with different artists, even went to the Academy of Watercolors and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriyaka for half a year, but in the end I came to the conclusion that I myself can pump the skills I need.

The coolest practice was drawing portraits in the subway, I have a dozen albums with such sketches. The main task is to draw and at the same time not give yourself away and not embarrass a person. It’s also great to draw from the TV, capturing the main details in motion. To learn how to draw, you should do it constantly and not be afraid to draw what is bad.

Artifex: Have you ever thought about starting to make money from your work?

I only make money with my work. I took money for painting several cars when the television companies wanted to film the process of work. Several agencies wrote to me, they offered to do such work as part of exhibitions or presentations. I agreed with one of the truck owners, for whom I drew an owl, to repeat this drawing with paints. He was very worried when someone ruined the drawing.

While drawing on wheelbarrows is a part of my work, but not the main one. I work in many directions: I sell paintings, make prints, now I'm working on a cartoon, I'm always trying something new.

Artifex: In what direction are you going to improve your work?

I have already figured out how to make such paintings, doing without dirt, and so that the paintings turn out to be in color. It will be more commercially applicable. I have already tried this at one presentation and I plan to develop this technique. Plus, the dirty season is now over and I think I'll be back when it's hot again.

Artifex: Nikita, have you ever had a desire to organize an exhibition of your works?

There is such a desire, but so far there is no material for a solo exhibition. It is not yet clear how exactly I would like to do this, but I am thinking about it.

Artifex: Not so long ago you shone in the program "Evening Urgant", in social networks the fame of your "dirty deeds" is also gaining momentum. Tell me, do you already have devoted fans who somehow make themselves felt?

Of course, subscribers in social networks have been added, it invigorates and motivates to do more. Works sell much better. It all started quite abruptly, and at some point I caught myself doing several hours a day answering messages. But the wave subsided as abruptly as it began, now everything is smooth, and again you can concentrate on work.

Artifex: And how did your relatives react to such a hobby? Or did it come as a surprise to them?

They are used to the fact that I regularly perform or invent something. At the age of 16, I transformed the wall in my room by painting some kind of gloomy tree with thorns - such a teenage theme. Then I had a tattoo machine, assembled from an electric motor and a guitar string.

Parents were surprised, of course, but not much. And my wife and children rejoiced with me. I did not allow my daughters to paint with their fingers on the machines so that the paint would not be spoiled, now I stand and look, because it is absurd to object to something about this. And friends cheer, their cars are customized.

Artifex: Nikita, do you have any attitudes that you adhere to in life?

Do what you love and do it in a way that you yourself like and be honest with yourself about it. Something like this. Too long for a tattoo, really… (smiles)

Artifex: What advice would you give to all creative individuals who are still busy finding themselves in a particular art form?

The main thing is not to be afraid, as they say. Do what you get a real buzz from, and stop doing what does not deliver, no matter how important and promising it may seem to you. Guys, you can draw in the mud with your finger and get paid, like for a month of work, so just honestly do what you love and don't be afraid that it won't work out. It will work, I tell you for sure, it will just take time.

Artifex: What makes you smile when you're sad?

My daughters, they are just carbon monoxide, I can't help but smile when I see them.

Moscow artist Nikita Golubev paints on dirty cars, the 360 ​​TV channel reported. Despite the fact that he did his first job on a car just two weeks ago, not only Russian media, but also foreign ones have already started talking about him.

The artist himself was surprised by the sudden popularity. And therefore does not even know how to react to it. According to him, he has been drawing since childhood: he started on wallpaper, was engaged in tattoos, drew comics, and now he has taken to the streets. At the same time, Nikita does not have a special, artistic education.

I have been looking at such cars for a long time and for a long time I thought that they just require something to be painted on them. Such a large surface on which it is quite easy to draw something. And not so long ago, I just went out in the morning and did it. Did it once, and then again, such morning exercises

Nikita Golubev, artist.

According to Golubev, the most interesting thing about painting on dirty cars is the mood.

It will work, it will not work, there is no way to redraw, recolor something. That is, as it goes, so it goes. A certain kind of training too. I think that many artists have perfectionism, they can't finish the work for a long time, they think that something else can be done. And that's how I free myself from it.

Nikita Golubev, artist.

When the drawing is finished, he photographs it, and then posts it on his Instagram page: in the photo, such drawings will live exactly longer than on the surface of the car.

Today, with the word “reality show”, at least a dozen images will appear in your head - these are “House-2”, and “Fear Factor”, and “Battle of Psychics”, and “Pregnant”, and “The Last Hero” ... The list is endless. However, at the beginning of the 2000s, domestic television could not boast of such an abundance of projects - this “movement” was just in its infancy. It was at this time that the reality show "Hunger" started on TNT. A separate reason for pride is the fact that this project is one of the few invented in Russia, and not bought from foreign colleagues. The show was truly unprecedented - 12 participants (there were 13 in the second season) for 100 (120) days live in a foreign country in a house where there is everything except food and money. The winner receives a prize in the form of a monthly salary of 1000 (2000) dollars for life! The first season started almost 15 years ago. At your numerous requests, we conducted an investigation and found out what happened to the brightest participants in the project after so many years.

June 4, 2017 · Text: Daria Senichkina · A photo: Instagram, vk.com, Facebook.com

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Reality show "Hunger", 1 season

12 participants were sent to Berlin. They live in a house where there is everything except food and money. Occasionally, the heroes of the project go out into the city in pairs to earn extra money and be able to buy some food. The winner who stays on the project for 100 days receives a lifetime monthly salary of $1,000.

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