Noi Volkov Hand-Painted Sculptural Signed Teapot

Description

Noi Volkov is a Russian ceramic artist and painter creating paintings, sculpture, and limited edition teapots influenced by art history … more Noi Volkov is a Russian ceramic artist and painter creating paintings, sculpture, and limited edition teapots influenced by art history and pop culture. He is perhaps best known for his whimsical teapots, an intriguing combination of classical old masters and contemporary artists. The images on the teapot are familiar but they have been taken apart and reassembled into a totally different image with his own twist added. His skills as a painter are obvious, and his more recent work reflects his infatuation with the pop-culture of his adopted country.

Artist statement: “I paint and I sculpt. Ceramics is a medium where I can mix the two. Combining painterly marks and color with 3D form gives me a whole new direction to explore and develop. I explore interesting glazes and forms. I am trying to create a new, unorthodox style of ceramics. It’s a mixture of Renaissance and pop art. It has a little bit of Dali and some Picasso....When I discovered Picasso and Dali it changed my mentality. I fell in love with contemporary art. My own work became more complicated.” less