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Roman Shustrov - Petersburg Angel in Izmailovsky Garden, St. Petersburg
Roman Shustrov - Petersburg Angel in Izmailovsky Garden, St. Petersburg
Petersburg Angel is a small sculpture sitting on one of the benches in Izmailovsky Garden in Saint Petersburg Sculptor Roman Shustrov
Roman Shustrov was born (1959) in St. Petersburg, Russia and he is in love with his home city and his work. His genre is a doll sculpture
The sculpture was created for the Symposium on Urban sculpture, organized by the Urban Planning and Architecture Committee in 2012. Although it was the first experience of the artist with a bronze, it was a success. In addition, “Petersburg Angel” became one of the five winners at the symposium
Roman Shustrov graduated from the prestigious Repin Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg in 1986. Since 1988 Shustrov started specializing in papier-mâché doll sculptures. Later on he became a lecturer on the genre at the Institute of Aplied Arts in St. Petersburg, and participated in the creation of a museum-gallery of original art toys and dolls
Roman Shustrov became a member of the Asociation of Russian Artists in 1998
According to the sculptor Roman Shustrov, the angel is a generalized character that has gathered in itself the images of old men from the author's childhood. Those people were an embodiment of a special kind of culture and intelligence
Touching and soulful 70-cm angel with big kind eyes meet visitors in the Izmailovo Park on Fontanka, near the Youth Theatre
The angel has an umbrella in one hand – giving us a tip of what to take with you when you go out in rainy St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg Bronze Angel settled on a bench in Izmailovo park. He hides under an umbrella and reads a book – a real Petersburg resident – intellectual
According to Roman Shustrov, he dedicated the monument to the heroic generation, which survived not only a terrible civil war, but also the siege of Leningrad, the famine, the Great Patriotic War, Stalin’s repressions and other events they had to face
“Petersburg Angel” is a collective image of the old Leningrad generation from his childhood, “special media intelligence and spiritual culture”
Citizens and tourists use to put a coin on the lap of the angel – for good luck. Besides, the angel is a reminder of charity, on which the human society is based
According to its author, Roman Shustrov, the angel symbolizes all the older generations who went through the wars, hunger and repressions and made it to keep spotless minds and harmony in souls
Roman Shustrov is also a member of the International Organization of Doll Sculpture Artists (NIADA). His genre is a doll sculpture. His characters are always extraordinary. One of his angels - St. Petersburg’s one - is a nice old man, the other one wearing a pile is riding a bicycle.
In the Shustrov’s world, every doll sculpture is endowed with an individual character and personality. The artist doesn’t repeat his creations; working in papier-mâché it’s practically impossible.
Shustrov’s works can be found in private collections in Russia, Europe, and North America, some in the homes of international celebrities. Recently the artist has been invited by the city to create larger scale works in bronze for selected St. Petersburg locations
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March 3, 2021 St. Petersburg has unveiled a memorial to the medical workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic. The bronze sculpture, called “The Sad Angel,” is the work of Roman Shustrov, who himself died of the coronavirus on May 14, 2020
