Henry Cort Millennium Exhibition
Artist - Vladimir Sokhonevitch
Vladimir Sokhonevitch
graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Art and Design and
worked as a restorer of metalwork in the workshops of the State
Hermitage. He now heads the blacksmith workshop in the Academy.
Vladimir has exhibited his work widely in Europe with both traditional and contemporary styles. He is a Master of Metalwork, and a member of the Union of Blacksmiths, Russia.
Vladimir is an artist-philosopher who aspires to convert forged iron into sculptural material often combining with glass and painted metal to transform them into works of graphic art.
For the Henry Cort Exhibition, Vladimir has designed and made "The Ship of Peace". This developed from an original sculpture made in 1990 devoted to John Lennon and his song "Give Peace a Chance". During ten years the artist has continued to work on the idea of "The Ship of Peace". In 1992 he made a weathercock and then designed a water sculpture and fountain which were not translated into reality.
The final solution of this idea was incarnated in the sculpture for Henry Cort Millennium Exhibition in 1999-2000. The sculpture consists of a stylised Egyptian bark, with a pacific symbol and figure (this is also a weathercock dependant on wind power) all supported on a trunk of wooden beams fastened with forged iron, which rises from a stone plinth embraced by a metal square. The main elements of the sculpture are clearly read. Pacific, as one of the main symbols of peach in the 20th century, crowns the Egyptian bark - the ancient symbol of death and resurrection. On board the bark the artist has placed a figure searching the horizon for the future. Having united past and present Vladimir Sokhonevitch expressed his hope for a better future in the new Millennium.
Company Address:
c/o St Petersburg State Art Academy
Department of Metalwork
Soliynoy Pereulok
13 St Petersburg
191028 Russia
E-mail: vsokhon@mail.ru.
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