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The New Artists and the Mayakovsky Friends Club (1986-1990)

Text: Hannelore Fobo, 2021
Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association
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Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association
(Устав Нового творческого объединения)

The Charter of the New Creative Association (Новое творческое объединение) is undated, but since Document B, the application to Leningrad’s Main Department of Culture from 4 August 1986, uses this name as sender, it is plausible that it was set up around this time.

The document consists of a cover page and three carbon copies with the text of the charter or statute. The last page is signed by Vladislav Gutsevich as honorary chairman (почетный председатель). Two more names appear on the reverse of the cover, those of G. Bronislavsky (Г. Брониславский, pseudonym of Vladislav Gutsevich) and I. Potapov (И. Потапов, pseudonym of Timur Novikov). These names are handwritten in uppercase letters and signed.

Other than the New Artists, the name New Creative Association stresses the concept of an association, which is important to fit the new “Law on amateur associations and interest clubs”. The name New Creative Association thus stands somewhere in between New Artists and Club of the Appreciation of Amateur Creativity, a second association founded by Novikov and Gutsevich at the same time. In this way, the Club of the Appreciation of Amateur Creativity became a parallel organisation to the Club of Friends of Maykovsky, in all likelihood with the purpose to cover the whole of possibilites of the new law, as it includes the keywords club, amateur, and association. (See Club of the Appreciation of Amateur Creativity documents in "Timur Novikov’s New Artists Lists, pp 17-21 more>>)

It sems that the name New Creative Association was given up with the establishment of the two new clubs – probably in favour of of Club of the Appreciation of Amateur Creativity, since Vladislav Gutsevich, honorary chairman of the New Creative Association, became the chairman of Club of the Appreciation of Amateur Creativity.




Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association (Новое творческое объединение)

Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association (Новое творческое объединение)

Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association (Новое творческое объединение)

Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association (Новое творческое объединение)

Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association (Устав Нового творческого объединения)

Synopsis and Introduction

Chаpter 1. Soviet Clubs and Houses of Culture

Chapter 2. Chapter 2. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky

Chapter 3: Source material and references

Chapter 4. Index of documents 1986-1987

Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association

Chapter 6. Document B. Application by the New Creative Association, 4. 8. 1986

Chapter 7. Document C. Application by the New Creative Association, 5. 8. 1986

Chapter 8. Document D. Front page of the Mayakovsky Friends Club charter, 3. 9. 1986

Chapter 9. Document E. Registration card for young associations

Chapter 10. Document F. Mayakovsky Friends Club. Working plan for 1986-1987

Chapter 11. Document G. Mayakovsky Friends Club. Invitation card, 21. 12. 1986

Chapter 12. Document H. Mayakovsky Friends Club. Report about the first year (Sept.86-Sep. 87)

Chapter 13. The Report about the first year and corresponding New Artists chronicle entries

Chapter 14. Document I. Mayakovsky Friends Club. Application to the Main Department of Culture 1987

Chapter 15. The Nch-Vch Club

Chapter 16. The Mayakovsky Friends Club Party 1990

Chapter 17. The Mayakovsky Friends Club in Europe, 1988-1989

Chapter 18. The Mayakovsky Friends Club in the USA, 1989-1990

Chapter 19. Concluding remarks


Research / text / layout: Hannelore Fobo, March 2020 / August 2021

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