Exhibition of works by GRIGORY POTOTSKY "Bronze World" Automatic translate

October 13, 2015 at 18 hours in the halls of the MVK PAX Art Gallery of Zurab Tsereteli at 19 Prechistenka St., an exhibition of works by the sculptor and painter Grigory Viktorovich Pototsky opens.

Beach, HA, 70x50., 2013

The exposition includes sculptural works of different years and paintings of the "nude" genre. The artist often says about himself "I am a painter in sculpture and a sculptor in painting." In his portraits, the master tries to remain within the framework of the academic tradition, but for him the search for new plastic solutions for revealing the expressive content of images is no less important.

Actor Victor Proskurin. 2008. Bronze. 37x22x31 cm

Grigory Pototsky created a gallery of sculptural portraits of prominent contemporary actors: J. Depardieu, P. Richard, S. Aznavour, I. Smoktunovsky, writers: N. Gogol, A. Solzhenitsyn, A. Kim, A. Platonov, P. Coelho, T. Guerra, M. Pavicha. The sculptors are interested in outstanding personalities of the past and his contemporaries; he carefully approaches the creation of each image.

With particular attention, trying to document the cultural and intellectual section of the era, he turns to the portraits of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Cyril I and the Patriarch of All Georgia Ilya II, the spiritual leader of all the Mongols, Bogdo-gegan IX, the Dalai Lama, academicians A.D. Sakharov, Yu.B. Khariton, V. Alferov, V. Skvirsky, Yu. Kurazhkovsky.

In the garden, HA, 60x80., 2013

A journalist from Edinburgh, Taisia ​​Jackson writes about the sculptor’s work: “He is always in a hurry. He tries to express the main thing and understands that the line in space seems to encompass a certain volume in the air, organizing the space, and evokes an associative series of images in the viewer, as if it were a new alphabet created by the artist. ”

Grigory Viktorovich Pototsky was born in 1954 in the village of Malyshevo, Kurgan region. In 1977 he graduated from the sculpture department OGHU them. M.B. Grekov in Odessa, specializing in sculpture. Since 1985 - a member of the Union of Artists. Since 1971, he has been constantly participating in Moscow and international exhibitions. Installed more than 120 monuments in 36 countries.

Actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky. 1992. Bronze. 41x20x28 cm

In addition to creativity, Grigory Pototsky is active in social activities. The artist is the founder and president of the international Academy of Kindness, conducting extensive charity work.

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Elena Chegodaeva. 2003. Bronze. 40x21x32 cm

Composer Igor Stravinsky. 2009. Bronze. 160x160x51 cm