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Natasha and Maria Arendt
Natasha Arendt was born in Moscow in 1959. She graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School majoring in stage design. She is a member of the sculptural section of the Moscow Union of Artists.
Maria Arendt was born in Moscow in 1968. She graduated from Kalinin Art College of Applied Arts. She is a member of the monumental section of the Moscow Union of Artists.
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Sculptor Anatoly Grigoriev was the Arendt sisters' grandfather. In his works, he portrayed military pilots and scientists. The first human space flight became a landmark in human history, and the sculptor sought to capture it in the monument. “The flight of Yuri Gagarin is the first stage of space exploration, where there is a lot for humanity to go through, perhaps as much as on earth," Grigoriev shared.
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Natasha and Maria came up with the genre of dressing up in art. Inspired by the image of the astronaut, the sisters created Transformer, designed to minimize tissue in the world space. This is a large rectangle of fabric that can turn into a ball gown, a beach outfit, a turban, which is also a shroud, a urinal, a panel for the wall, and packaging material for works of art.