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TRUE, IN RUSSIA.
SCOTT SWAN HAS THE
STORY TONIGHT OF
WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL
A "NON-TRADITIONAL"
ARTIST IN THE OLYMPIC
HOST COUNTRY.
FOR THE STORY --
SCOTT WENT TO
RUSSIA'S 5TH LARGEST
CITY TO MEET A MAN
WHO REQUIRES AN
UNUSUAL CANVAS TO
EXPRESS HIMSELF --
AND HIS ART.
WHEN MOST RUSSIANS
THINK OF ART.. THEY
THINK OF THE
"HERMITAGE" IN ST.
PETERSBURG.
ELENA/HERMITAGE TOUR
GUIDE: "WORLD
TREASURES. THE 2ND
LARGEST MUSEUM IN THE
WORLD AFTER LOUVRE IN
PARIS."
INGRID NELSON/IU
STUDENT: "THERE'S OVER 3
MILLION PIECES IN THE
PARIS."
INGRID NELSON/IU
STUDENT: "THERE'S OVER 3
MILLION PIECES IN THE
HERMITAGE WHICH IS
REALLY COOL. IT A
COLLECTION FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD."
THE FORMER STATE
RESIDENCE OF THE
RUSSIAN EMPERORS.. IS
NOW FILLED WITH
MASTERPIECES.. AND
SCULPTURES.
IN MANY WAYS.. THIS
MAGNIFICENT
MUSEUM.. IS ALIVE.
ART.. GIVES THE
PLASTER AND STONE
WALLS.. A VOICE.
A PERSONALITY.
A REASON FOR BEING.
MUSIC"... ..."
BUT.. MOST
BUILDINGS.. DON'T
HAVE A ROYAL
PEDIGREE.
SOME ARE NEGLECTED.
SILENT.
DEAD.
OR.. ARE THEY?
MAYBE.. THEY NEEDED
THE RIGHT PERSON.. TO
CARE.
LISTEN...
AND GIVE THEM.. LIFE.
NIKITA NOMERZ/URBAN
ARTIST: "THE IDEA IS TO
MAKE ABANDONED HOUSES
ALIVE. AND, WITH MY
PAINTING THEY START TO
HAVE CHARACTER AND
EMOTIONS."
THE BUILDINGS..
WHERE NO ONE WANTS
TO LIVE.. BECOME THE
VERY PLACES.. THIS
ARTIST.. WANTS TO
PAINT.
OLD RUSSIAN LADY: "I LIKE
IT. I THINK THIS PERSON
DEFINITELY HAS TALENT."
AN ABANDONED
BUILDING.. ISN'T THE
ONLY CANVAS.
NIKITA/URBAN ARTIST:
"ONCE I WAS STROLLING
ALONG THE EMBANKMENT
AND I SAW THIS OBJECT.
AND, AT ONCE, I GOT THE
IDEA THAT IT RESEMBLED A
FACE."
SO.. NIKITA WENT TO
WORK.
USING A LADDER..
THAT HE STASHES.. IN
THE WOODS.
AND.. A TREE BRANCH..
HELPS HIS PAINT
ROLLER.. REACH THE
HIGHEST SPOTS.
NIKITA/URBAN ARTIST: "I
THINK THAT EVERY OBJECT
HAS ITS OWN SOUL, FACE
AND CHARACTER. FACES
REFLECT OUR CHARACTER.
AND, OTHER PEOPLE SEE
THIS."
NIKITA BEGAN
PAINTING.. ALL OVER
RUSSIA.
NEARLY 100 WORKS OF
ART.
THAT'S WHEN NIKITA
REALIZED.. WHAT HE
WAS =REALLY=
CREATING.
NIKITA/URBAN ARTIST: "I
UNDERSTOOD THAT I HAD
PAINTED A WHOLE FAMILY.
A GRANDFATHER, KIDS,
FATHER AND MOTHER.
THIS IS BIG BROTHER IN
THE FAMILY."
AND.. YOU'LL HAVE TO
TRAVEL THROUGH A
HEAVILY WOODED
AREA.. TO DISCOVER..
THE BABY OF THE
FAMILY.
NIKITA/URBAN ARTIST: "IN
RUSSIA, WE HAVE AN
EXPRESSION THAT EYES
REFLECT THE SOUL. OR
THAT OUR SOUL IS
REFLECTED IN OUR EYES. I
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH
THAT."
TRAVEL AROUND
NIHZNY NOVGOROD..
AND YOU'LL SEE
TYPICAL GRAFFITI.
BUT THIS..
THIS IS STREET ART..
WITH SOUL.
TANYA/TOUR GUIDE: "IT'S
ALIVE. IT'S TOO ALIVE."
NIKITA/URBAN ARTIST: "MY
PAINTINGS ALSO LOOK AT
PEOPLE."
SHOT BEHIND TANYA WHO
IS TALKING WITH SWAN
WITH ANGRY MAN BUILDING
BEHIND SWAN TANYA/TOUR
GUIDE: "IT HAS VERY
BRIGHT EXPRESSION OF
THE FACE. VERY VIVID
EXPRESSION. IT'S REALLY
VERY EXPRESSIVE. I CAN
SEE PAIN IN HIS EYES.
PAIN. STRUGGLE AND
PROBABLY DESPAIR. HE'S
DESPERATE. HE'S
DESPERATELY
STRUGGLING."
SO.. THE MOST
FAMOUS ART IN
RUSSIA.. MAY BE
FOUND.. IN THE
"HERMITAGE."
ELENA/HERMITAGE TOUR
GUIDE: "THE
MASTERPIECES ARE
PAINTINGS OF LEONARDO
DA VINCI - WE HAVE TWO
OF THEM."
BUT.. RUSSIA'S MOST
UNIQUE ARTIST.. IS
CREATING HIS =OWN=
MASTERPIECES.
WE MAY SEE..
SOMETHING SHABBY.
BUT.. IN THE EYES OF
THIS ARTIST..
THAT IS THE
=PERFECT= CANVAS.
TEAM U-S-A HAS LOST
ITS SPOT AT THE TOP
OF THE MEDAL COUNT.
THE NEW
LEADER...NEXT.