In 2000 I met Felix Komarov. Reason – art project – exhibition. I was in a hurry, just came from the Bahamas and wanted make an exhibit. Club Moscow (F. Komarov owned) was not the best place to do that, but I thought “that’s OK, I have great art reputation, and even this venue won’t spoil it..”
Someone from Ukrainian institute of America (I will not tell his name) told me: “Be careful, he is a bad person…”
I responded: “He did nothing bad to me!!!”

Problem started when Felix Komarov won’t let make holes in walls to hand on paintings. Paintings were on the tables. Second unconvenience – Komarov couldn’t make up his mind how long exhibit will be.
When press-reporters wich were very attracted to my artwork & wanted write about it (‘New York Post’ and ‘NY Daily News’) asked questions about details of this exhibit, we could tell them nothing. As a result exhibit turned low profile.

I didn’t learn then.

Year after I proposed to Felix Komarov to make his portret, which he suppose to deliver as a my gift to Art Museum in Moscow.
Practicaly for me it was not important what would be on that canvas, that I wanted donate to museum. Why I offered his face? because it would stimulate him to contact museum and do it fast. I was playing on his ambitions, his willing to be famous.
What I really wanted – to have my artwork in top art museum in Russia. I told him that work cost $5,000, special price (regularly I priced my canvases then $20,000-$30,000.) He said: “If I pay money, then it will be my painting.”

He “generously” gave me $100.00 to get canvas or for taxy. I don’t remember, it was in 2001 in Miami. And I lived in Ft. Lauderdale.

When I finished work and passed canvas to him, he gave me… NOTHING. His words:”You told me that it cost $4,000. Also I did for you exhibit in Moscow…”

If go to HIS level of “CHEAPNESS”, I’d remind to him, that in return for this ugly opportunity to exhibit in Moscow Club, that took my energy and gave nothing in return, he got his club promotion (that he loves very much – fame!)in the ‘NY Daily News’ and ‘Hellenic Times,’ who mentioned in announsments this venue during my exhibit.

If I’d be practical I’d took painting back, and said “Good Bye.” But I didn’t.

I asked him in return to help to my mother, who was ill then. She broke her leg in her 70th, and heeded in some extra help, even she had someone who took care daily. I asked Felix to purchase and send to her anything she need. He agreed. I was in NYC, she was in Ukraine. He was in Moscow.

When my mother called to Felix to ask some little things, he was busy, passed telephon to somebody else, then they hang up. After this incident my mother next day got strok. Her neighbours wrote to me email: “You said that Felix Komarov is good person… He was hasty and mean. Your mother would never said that he is nice…”
Any way, my mother died in few days after conversation with Felix Komarov…
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Thre is another canvas, that I started with his face together with first one, but ended with emaginative pink color and lines. I didn’t realise that cought his character from the beginning (left part.)
This painting together with “Miss & Her Admirer” was published in NY Arts magazine in 2004 with article by Olga Chemokude-Doty “Nadia Russ: NeoPopRealism.” And now for 4 years on the internet as a sign of his… I don’t know what. I asked Abraham Lubelski to take out this image and put another one. But it still there.

Year ago Komarov came to NYC with decision to buy this painting – this pink face. He came to place where I store it on 38 Street, and offered… $2,000.
It was insult to me. He rised price to $4,000. It was extreamely insulting.
My artwork is in about 10 museums worldwide. I created new syle and … work hard!
And as an artist I need support, and respect of my achievements in art field.

People think that Felix Komarove is helping artists, and that he is a philantrop… I can tell from my personal experience, that it is not true. He is trying to help himself. And artists are the best he can use for that without giving nothing in return.
If I wtite to him bill for my expences: time, effort, money I spent on his EGO, it will be as minimum $1,000 000.

And it is not a joke. He likes new ideas. He told me: “If you have new idea, call me!”

But every new idea needs support.

Komarov doesn’t like to support, but he likes to get benefit from ideas.
It related to projects with custom stamps, gifts-tShirts items, glass plates… No one of these projects were developed to big level. Why? because Komarov likes free sampling, and do not like to pay for the real thing. And what he cares less about… is ARTs and Artists.
Forget about new ideas, Komarov!

By the way, who is Felix Komarov?

1.«оба и полтора» относятся к какому разряду числительных?
2. 40,100 как могут быть производными числительными? Разве они состоят из двух корней?
3.»Поговорить, посмотреть, подумать, поболеть, покашлять – являются одновидовыми глаголами с.в. , т.к. они обозначают действие недлительное, ограничённое во времени.» Насколько это верно?

С уважением,
Мехеранджали (Индия, г. Пуне)