Жилинская Н. И. Female Builder

Жилинская Н. И.

1926, Подольск Московской области— 1995, Москва

Female Builder

1958

Forged copper, wood. 120 x 66 x 52; base: 12 x 55 x 60
СО-861
Received in 1970 from the artist, Moscow

Location in museum The St Michael’s Castle Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Open Fund of Sculpture of the 20th – 21th centuries
Period Late 20th century – 21st century
CategoryIndustrial genre
Keywords 1945-1991 | socialist realism | Soviet Art | Workers | labor, work
Virtual exhibitions and 3d-tours
- For the Glory of the Fatherland
- The 100th Anniversary of the USSR
- Radiant Future. Art of Socialist Realism
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Female Builder belongs to the early period of Nina Zhilinskaya’s oeuvre. This is one of the rare works in the museum collection reflecting the principles of the “severe style”. The sculpture is distinguished by the antiheroic nature of its subject, a terseness and laconism of language and generalization of form. At the same time, its use of the expressive potential of its material, hammered copper, and its powerfully decorative character point towards the future evolutionary path of Zhilinskaya’s art, which would embody neo-Baroque principles in Moscow sculpture.

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