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Vadim Sidur

1924–1986

Vadim Sidur was a Russian illustrator and sculptor, known for his geometric, interlocking, anthropomorphic stone and metal sculptures. His work often reflected the pain and trauma of war as expressed through the human body, in contrast to prevailing Soviet ideologies that glorified military service. Sidur himself was badly injured while serving in the Red Army during World War II and underwent extensive facial reconstruction. After the war, Sidur studied sculpture in Moscow, creating avant-garde, nonconformist pieces that were prohibited from public display within the Soviet Union. Despite the censorship of his art at home, Sidur made a career on private commissions outside the Soviet Union, including several Holocaust monuments. Today, the Vadim Sidur Museum in Moscow, established in 1989, preserves and displays his artwork.

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The Formula of Grief

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Vadim Sidur was sometimes called “the Soviet Henry Moore” because of the similarities between his aesthetic and those of the British artist. In Sidur’s native Soviet Union, however, his work was…