Portraits and Beyond  

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Quotes:

“Artist puts a face on Russia-from Stalin to Ivan the Terrible-about the book Great Russians “…I came to Canada and discovered a civilization. I’m not Christopher Columbus, but I think maybe I see things other people don’t see-about the book Canadian Celebrities.”
-Jeff Heinrich, The Gazette, Montreal, Canada

“Designed to introduce Western audiences to Russia’s most prominent figures in history, Alexei Dymov’s Great Russians: Portraits and Beyond entertains…”
-Diodora Bucur, The Suburban, Montreal, Canada

“Everyone is invited to a book presentation titled “Great Russians. Portraits and Beyond”, dedicated to the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. Another book in making will feature famous Jews from Moses to Einstein…”
-Nancy Snipper, The Chronicle, Montreal, Canada

“By publishing this book, Dymov is trying very hard to introduce us to important figures in Russia and portray them as symbols of his country.”
-Karolina Krajewska, The Plant, Montreal, Canada

“Alexei Dymov spent 30 years in Russia…His images will help Canadians understand a bit more about Russian culture... ”
-Marilynn Vanderstay, The Westmount Examiner, Montreal, Canada

“The artist is convinced that the idea of such a book will be familiar most of all to us, people of the Great Russian culture.”
- Boris Neplokh, Montreal – Toronto, Montreal, Canada

“Alexei Dymov’s lithographs are not cartoons or caricatures, but images familiar to us since our childhood: Pushkin, Gagarin, Rasputin…”
- Sergey Golikov, Meeting Place – Montreal, Montreal, Canada

“The Great Russians” is a collection of wonderful portraits of politicians, composers, poets, and scientists. As you can see, they are not just portraits, but reflection of the essence of the personality in symbols. You scrutinize the details, and the portraits start talking…”
- Evelina Azaeva, Our Newspaper, Toronto, Canada

“Alexei Dymov does not praise Russians. Moreover, he does not even try to flatter their national pride. As a gifted artist, he permits himself to subtly mock the true greatness of great Russians. And he does it masterly. The unrestrained easiness with which he shatters the Procrustean bed of portrait stereotypes joins in his work with the freedom of artistic perception and with a new view of greatness of a human being. The epochal and the human unite in the faces of great people…”
- A. Shabanov, Russian Canadian Info, Ottawa, Canada

“Alexei Dymov’s book “The Great Russians. Portraits and Beyond” is published with the assistance of Montreal City Hall. Portraits of famous Russians appear in the book.”
- Mark Groysberg, The Voice of the Community, Montreal, Canada