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Abstract

The author of the article starts his deliberations with a recollection of Grigorij Gurdżijew and his conception of art. As if under Gurdżijew’s influence, he reflects on the most profound sense of art. He reminds the readers about the revaluations which occured in art in the 20th century, by drawing their attention to the divergence from the subject and figurativeness in painting and to the redefinitions of the category of beauty. The author also devotes a lot of attention to the influence of surrealists. Simultaneously, he notices that crossing the borders, so important in art, is not an “invention” of the last century. Many distinguished artists of bygone eras, who were important to the author, were balancing on the verge of objectivity and magic (coincidence and mystery), life and art. The author pays special attention to these artists who conduct their artistic search by means of exploitation of different art forms — painting and literature at the same time.