The State Museum of V.V. Mayakovsky is located in Moscow, on the Lubyanka. It is dedicated to the life and work of the poet. But its design has absolutely nothing to do with standard museum canons, because prominent artists, architects and screenwriters of the twentieth century worked on its creation.
Description of the room
Mayakovsky Museum is decorated in the language of metaphors and associations. An attempt to create a classic literary room dedicated to the poet was unsuccessful. But the second, non-standard design option, came to the taste of visitors.
The expositions that are now within its walls are dedicated not only to Vladimir Vladimirovich, but also to all those who come to the Mayakovsky Museum. And this was done specifically so that each visitor could reflect on the fate of the poet, as well as how to relate to the great talents, geniuses of our literature and culture.
Unusual doors, similar to ribs, will open the entrance not only to the space of an unusual museum, but also to the secrets of the biography, soul and inner world of one of the most striking poets of the early twentieth century.
Fans and opponents of the creation of the museum
Complex, ambiguous and multifaceted. Similar qualities of Vladimir Vladimirovich are consonant with his work. Mayakovsky Museum is visited by both loyal fans and ardent opponents who compare it to the theater.
But a bright presentation of information does not deprive its scientific basis. And the tour begins quite traditionally. From the birth, Mayakovsky’s birth as a citizen, and at the very end - the emergence of the poet’s personality.
Excursion in childhood
Vladimir Vladimirovich was born on July 19, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. And in this museum there is even an impromptu interior of the Mayakovsky family house. Table, chairs by the number of family members. All these items have something to do with the poet. Even the stones were specially brought from Baghdadi. This is the same village where the future genius was born.
There are photos of the family where everything is assembled, the track records of father Vladimir, who held a high position and was a nobleman. Images of Mayakovsky's mother in a strict black dress. But actually this woman was very kind and affectionate. The poet had a very happy and cloudless childhood. Mom always surrounded him with care, forgave him many pranks.
Vladimir Vladimirovich constantly came up with a variety of games. One of them was fun, during which he hid in a huge clay jug, the size of a man’s height, and read poetry from there. He did this because from there the voice sounded louder and more mature, and he placed his sister Olga nearby, who made him listen to it all. It is such a vessel made of clay that is in one of the museum’s compositions.
Revolution and years of study
Mayakovsky had a great memory. All the stories and poems that his mother read to him, he memorized. And the future poet learned to read independent books very early.
The Mayakovsky Museum in Moscow has a huge number of archival documents belonging to Vladimir. Among them there is also a certificate with not very good grades, since the time of training fell precisely on the years of the revolution. And the active nature of Mayakovsky could not calmly surrender to training, while the people fought for independence.
Good marks are preserved only by drawing, and at the end of the gymnasium, the poet enters the school of painting, sculpture and architecture. The Mayakovsky Museum on Lubyanka carefully stores one of Vladimir’s first works, executed according to the classical canons of painting. And also there is a whole series of drawings that display the various emotional states of the poet.
Soon Mayakovsky joined the club of futurists, creators of new art in all its manifestations. His first work is published in a collection entitled "Slap in the face of public taste, " it is called "Night." And a year later he released the first book of his own poems under the modest title "I".
Another exhibit filled with metaphorical meaning
Mayakovsky's house-museum still keeps memories of those times when friends, girls, colleagues came to Vladimir Vladimirovich and, passing through the access door, climbed the stairs to the fourth floor, to apartment number twelve.
And it is these steps that can be safely called one of the most important exhibits of the metaphorical museum. A symbol of the immortality of the poet, his dear to eternity. Next to the stairs is a space filled with unusual designs that recreate the model of time and peace of Vladimir Vladimirovich. They were conceived as a labyrinth of life, the heart of which is the memorial room of the poet.
