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SaveFirst breath
| Year of creation | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 25 W × 40 H × 25 D cm |
| Weight | 1 kg |
| Type of art | sculpture |
| Style | realism |
| Genre | animalist |
| Materials | Mixed method |
Description of the Artwork “First breath”
Motherhood is one the most ancient topics in the world of art. Maternal love and care is what unites the humankind with many other species on Earth, thus allowing an artist to choose unusual heroes for disclosing the topic. In the animal world humpback whales are a true blueprint of mother’s love and tenderness. Even the first inhale of a young whale fully depends on his mother as the newborn is much heavier than water and is unable to reach the surface of the sea with lungs not yet filled with air. The mother raises its child to the sun and air, granting life for the second time. The basis of the composition is a school of rapid fish that visually provides for the feeling of weightlessness of the whales’ massive bodies, allowing them to levitate in the depth of the sea.
Anatoly Popov, Georgia
Anatoly Popov is a professional sculptor. After graduating from a youth art school in his home city, he entered Pensa Artistic College in 2011 and then earned a Bachelor degree at Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 2017. Thus, he has dedicated 11 years of his life to higher professional education, and keeps enhancing the style and techniques for the futher life, adhering to the school of realism and principles of fine art aestetics. The artist's inspiration can be ignited by a wide variety of topics. Most of the works are dedicated to historical or mythological images and personalities, which is an eternal topic reinterpreted from generation to generation. Occasionally the topic of nature and wildlife enters the portfolio, with the wonderful relationships often much closer to people's feelings than it seems. The artist is deeply convinced that a piece of art must give aesthetic pleasure to the viewer, inspire and let him or her experience the beauty of the world independently from the selected topic. In any work a lot of attention is dedicated to the sculpture's plastic component: aesthetics and dynamics of the composition, the harmony of visual rhythms. The composition lies at the core of any creation, allowing to convey the feeling and mood of sculpture. At the same time the viewer can always find a lot of details catching the eye and inviting to examine, while in some of the works decorative elements can reveal the whole story.