ARTISTIC STATEMENT

I believe in the phrase of Dostoevsky: "Beauty will save the world." Through my art, I communicate ideas about beauty on many levels, including mythological, philosophical, and emotional. I also believe that we seek personal authenticity and grace in life, and we surround ourselves with objects that share these qualities.

Most of my works are inspired by the cultural traditions of one historical era or another. At times, it seems that I create my sculptures living and traveling freely through the history in search for links between the past and the present and the laws of universal harmony. In any of the cultures and times they represent, the images seem to emulate our genetic memory of mankind's cultural experience. The theme of time which is pivotal in my work, symbolizes the perennial vitality of the world as manifested in the continuity of cultures rather than its transience.

My recent work displays my obvious desire to retire from the bustle of every day routine to eternal values. The faster the flow of time, the more we tend to forget that, in fact, little is changing under the Sun: the Man eternally aspires to elevate himself from the mundane to spiritual heights, and this is the only road to immortality in art.