XIX-XX-XXI
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- Materials
- acrylic, oil, charcoal, wood
- Artists
- Yuri and Evgenia Bezobrazov
These are three interior sculptures that I am presenting at the All-Russian product design competition “Invented and Made in Russia”, organised by the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art.
The sculptures are inspired by panka dolls — wooden dolls that existed in the Russian North. Panka dolls were not a commercial craft: peasants made them for their children and passed them down as heirlooms. Today Russian museums hold a few dozen such dolls. The composition of three dolls represents the evolution of an object (the doll as a cultural phenomenon).
The first, small doll is a traditional wooden panka doll; its traditional nature is confirmed by its size, form and the technique of depicting the face and the ornament on the clothes.
The second doll embodies the next stage of the doll's development: the image of an ancient doll as reworked by a contemporary artist. Faceless and decorated with bright colours, it keeps the traditional ornament. Its size is somewhat untraditional and claims a place of its own in a contemporary interior.
The third doll embodies contemporary art, combining the ancient images of dolls with contemporary product design. The collar bears a text in Old Russian ornamental script. The doll's face is lit by light falling from above and reflected by the gold leaf on the upper part of the collar.
Height 20, 30, 44 cm
By Yuri Bezobrazov
➡️ The project can be found here: contest.damuseum.ru/project/808708c8ad744572b334918744f36e9f
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