African-Type Dolls
By Michael • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: Multiple Photos
These hand crafted doll sculptures by Inga Butina (site seems to be inoperative) were recently for sale as objects of art at the Moscow Fine Art Fair in the Central House of Artists. From the artist’s statement:
“Hard times penetrate the soul with the sounds of African ethnicity. Truth stiflingly weeps tears of timelessness, covered by the slime of a city indifferent to life, drowned in lamp-light and the wild dancing of black and white thoughts on vitality. And in the mixed song, the sky sings of childhood and the sensitivity hidden in the utmost feminine origins of boys’ creations in your name and image, that look upon the creations of the world.”
The dolls, all dated 2008, are made from cedar wood and range from 25cm to 1m in height. Butina, a fourth generation artist, works and lives in Barnaul in the Urals mountain range, some 3400km east of Moscow.
I love these dolls. I think they are beautifully done. The details and richness of color is spectacular. Do you have any full length photos so I can see each doll and theme.
You’ll have to check out the gallery at the author’s website http://www.butina.ru
Michael
these effigies are they made of wood or plastic but certainly they look good thanks
I think they’re carved from wood but it doesn’t say on the site