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Height: 50 cm (19.6").
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Condition: excellent.
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This sculpture was once purchased by a collector from Mikhail Shemyakin himself for $20,000 (see photo of receipt).
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The most outstanding series by the internationally renowned artist - Mikhail Shemyakin.
Brazil hosts the world-famous carnivals in Rio de Janeiro and Venice hosts carnivals in bizarre masks. Therefore, the artist has created the Carnival in St Petersburg series, in which he depicts a mixture of styles, plots, traditions, mythical characters, heroes and bizarre figures. It is from the artist's explanation that the carnival tradition has its roots in the history of ancient Russia. It begins with the skomorokh, street dancers and jesters. "We have different customs and habits, but we live side by side. In my Carnivals you may meet a pig-faced Mongol dancing alongside a fiery red Cossack. And next to them there is a thin-legged Frenchman who looks in amazement at the ugly creature spinning on his belly, which I borrowed from the Kunstkammer of Peter the Great", says Mikhail Shemyakin about his "Carnivals". Studying closely the grotesque masks from Australia, Oceania and Ancient Mexico I often noticed that their noses, faces and grimaces were strikingly reminiscent of the characters from the Commedia del Arte as well as the characters from old luboks. And the study of amphibians, beetles, and frogs led me to the idea of their resemblance to unusual human types. The study of Granville's drawings also helped. Add to this our crazy youth, our surreal life and you will find the sources of my carnival series.
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The "Carnivals of St. Petersburg" series has received worldwide recognition and has been exhibited many times in museums and galleries all over the world, for example at the Venice Galleria del Leone (1994) and at an exhibition in Tokyo (1980).
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SHEMYAKIN Mikhail (or Chemiakin Mihail, born 4 May 1943) is a Russian painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher, and a controversial representative of the nonconformist art tradition of St. Petersburg.
His work can be found all over the world, both in private collections and simply on the streets of big cities (New York, London, San Francisco, Moscow, St Petersburg).
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mystic, grotesque, satire, phantasmagoria, modernism, avant-garde, contemporary, interior figure, collectible, rare, collection
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Shemyakin Mihail: "The Carnival", bronze sculpture
$18,000.00
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