Original Samples of Modern Statuary
Statuary has its unique place in modern art and one of the remarkable representatives of Armenian modern sculpture is Spartak Gevorgyan who presents to the art lovers his works distinguished for their unique style and content, the testimony of which are his works: fine bronze statuettes placed on the agate or obsidian pedestals. Surely, for the art lovers it is very interesting to know what inspired the artist to crate not only so beautiful but also meaningful works. Touching upon this question, the sculptor answered.
“I think for each artist or a creative personality his life experience is very important. A person can be inspired by the happy and sad moments of his life, and the same is with me. The source of inspiration for me has always been the paths through which I walked during my life having many different feelings and adventures”.
His sculptures really attract everyone’s attention from the first sight and everyone immediately wants to know the history of their creation and understand what the sculptor felt working on them. So, being sensitive towards each phenomenon of life the sculptor could not remain indifferent to the feminine beauty. As the sculptor tells himself: “It was the love towards everything beautiful in life that inclined me to create the interesting series of sculptures that includes the women statuettes, such as “Torso”, “The girl with mirror”, “Artistic model”, “Lilit”, “Goddess”, etc. If you look at them carefully, you will notice that each sculpture presents different emotions; feminine beauty, love inspiration or disappointment”.
And to the question which statuette is distinguished in this collection, the sculptor answered: “There is a sculpture – Anoush which has really become the object of admiration and was loved by many people. This is the sculpture which portrays a girl compressing bunches of grapes. It was especially loved by Armenians as the tradition of making wine from grape is spread in Armenian reality since ancient times”.
It is noteworthy that the sculptor hasn’t always worked with models. We tried to find out if it is hard to chisel without models and the artist explained so: “Chiseling without models is rather interesting than hard as it gives you the opportunity to work trusting to your own imagination”. There are also other thematic sculptures among the works of the sculptor, such as animals and other different figures. Among his works you will find also the sculptures of famous Armenians, such as poet Sevak, director Parajanov, generals Dro and Andranik. His works had very interesting exhibitions both in Armenia and in other countries (Syria, France). One of the exhibitions under the title “Art in fashion” took place in the luxury shop “LaGalleria” where the art and fashion met each other. There were exhibitions also in the Artists’ Union of Armenia during one of which the author’s most favorite work that he had never thought to sell delighted the visitors. The master confessed: “For many times I tried to save my favorite sculpture – “Decadance” from the visitors’ eyes but one day it also appeared in the center of attention and the sale was inevitable”.
It should be mentioned that in Yerevan there is a permanent exhibition of S. Gevorgyan’s works in Arame Art Gallery. If you want to have one of these unique samples of modern statuary and admire their beauty in your house you can buy them just from the sculpture’s workshop. Let’s admire the sculptures expressing the beauty and love and wait for new works which surely will not make us wait for a long time as carving is the best way of self-expression for the artist.
