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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…
A Jewish Tailor is one of Mark Antokolski’s earliest sculptures, created while he was still a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The work appeared in an era of liberalization of tsarist…
Head of a Young Jew, Natan Altman’s most famous sculpture, is an expression of his desire to set a new, modern course for Jewish art. The asymmetrical sculpture, a combination of bronze, copper, and…
Mark Antokolski began his career as a sculptor by focusing on Jewish themes, but he soon moved on to portrayals of historical figures. This monumental sculpture, Ivan the Terrible, was purchased by…
The setting for The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment is modeled on a communal apartment in which Kabakov once lived in Moscow. The walls of the small, shabby space are papered with upbeat…
This bronze statue, The Captive, also known as The Slave, is one of the allegorical sculptures for which Maria Dillon is best known. It depicts a woman, whose hands are bound behind her back, bowing…
