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SaveHercules and Ceryneian Hind
| Year of creation | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 17 W × 22 H × 23 D cm |
| Weight | 3 kg |
| Type of art | sculpture |
| Style | realism |
| Genre | mythological |
| Materials | Bronze |
Description of the Artwork “Hercules and Ceryneian Hind”
Catching Artemida’s sacred hind was the fourth Hercules’ labour that he must accomplish on his way to obtaining immortality. The wonderful hind is swift as the wind and knows no fatigue – the demigod has spent a whole year trying to catch the mythical creature. The hero is overtaken by fury and despair, and his nature is getting inflamed with animal spirits as each day passes in vain. The sculpture demonstrates the decisive moment of this long year of an endless chase when the nature of a hunter overcomes Hercules at the sight of the prey and the long-awaited victory. Lion’s mask and skin covering the hero’s shoulders blur the line between a man and an animal. The composition serves to demonstrate a lion first, while only by looking under the mask can a viewer recognize a human face distorted with fury.
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.