“Christ used to say, “What’s of the God must go for the God and what’s for Caesar must to go Caesar.” The art may educate (just like the religion) but it cannot affect the people with power, who are used to accepting the art in their own ways. And when the people of art confusingly think that they can influence on politics then it is the incorrect use of the God granted talent. Propaganda and art are incompatible,” during a blitz-interview to our reporter mentioned one of the resilient representatives of the Russian Rock, founder of Aquarium band Boris Grebenshchikov, who last week had a concert in Yerevan. “I am sure when the people of art start to participate in governmental games serious troubles pop out. When a man of art goes and stands next to a politician or a political team then he only harms himself. The power and art as well as the power and religion belong to different worlds. When these two worlds are artificially joined a big calamity takes place. They cannot be placed on the same platform. Those are different planets and move around their own axes,” he mentioned. Despite the fact that many of our artists or the ones, who consider themselves representatives of the art, are not threatened by the “talent” of Grebenshchikov, they, however, should think before the upcoming elections whether its’ worth appearing in campaign videos of certain political teams.
