Valery Pchelin is a sculptor, designer, architect, and carpenter born in Kazakhstan and currently living in Krasnodar Krai in the south of Russia. He received his education in technical and art schools. Pchelin works with wood, creating sculptures, installations, designer objects, and land art. He is an expert on local types of wood in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, and Argentina.
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«For me, every piece of wood is my co-creator.
I have used wood in various combinations. I’ve started with a single piece of wood and removed everything that was unnecessary, and I have also combined numerous fragments of wood into a whole, like shipbuilders join together the hulls of ships from different pieces -- using frames, calculating the system of distributing weight, tension, and compression, taking into account the physical properties of the various species of wood»
Valery Pchelin
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The method of joining, constructing the form using either woodworking or carpentry techniques, has over time become fundamental in Pchelin’s art. His drifters — monochromatic objects that exemplify his current plastic language — are the result of the advances he has made in this method
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In maritime jargon, a «drifter» is a fishing boat or a sail, while everyday use indicates a person who is constantly moving from place to place. Thus the association with shipbuilding is not random. The multi-layered structure of Pchelin’s drifters, made from Oriental beech, recalls cliffs in which thousand-year-old compressed layers are interspersed with hollows that have been blown away by the wind, while their silhouettes resemble ancient, long-extinct plants. One might equally justifiably see in these drifters fantastic, disturbing aliens from horror films that give rise to feelings of intense apprehension; in the eyes of their creator, however, this represents life itself.
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Valery PchelinBULL BLACK • БЫК ЧЁРНЫЙ, 2019Maple, juniper, Caucasian beech, tinting, oil, wax
Клен, можжевельник, кавказский бук, тонировка, масло, воск
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Valery PchelinDRIFTER 03 • ДРИФТЕР 03, 2018Walnut, black tinting, oil, wax
Грецкий орех, черная тонировка, масло, воск45 x 35 x 18 cm
17 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 7 1/8 in€ 4,200.00 -
Valery PchelinDRIFTER 07 • ДРИФТЕР 07, 2018Caucasian beech, black tinted, oil, wax.
Кавказский бук, чёрная тонировка, масло, воск52 x 125 x 30 cm
20 1/2 x 49 1/4 x 11 3/4 inSold
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Valery PchelinDRIFTER 06 • ДРИФТЕР 06, 2018Oriental beech, black tinting, oil
Кавказский бук, черная тонировка, масло, воск42 x 23 x 26 cm
16 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 10 1/4 in€ 6,600.00 -
Valery PchelinDRIFTER 09 • ДРИФТЕР 09, 2018Oriental beech, black tinting, oil, wax
Кавказский бук, черная тонировка, масло, воск79 x 43 x 25 cm
31 1/8 x 16 7/8 x 9 7/8 in€ 8,400.00 -
Valery PchelinGREAT DRIFTER • БОЛЬШОЙ ДРИФТЕР, 2018Pine, polychromia, oil, wax
Сосна, полихромия, масло, воск60 x 305 x 60 cm
23 5/8 x 120 1/8 x 23 5/8 in€ 48,000.00
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Valery PchelinSTRANGER • НЕЗНАКОМЕЦ, 2017Caucasian beech, black tinting, red enamel, oil, wax
Кавказский бук, черная тонировка, красная эмаль, масло, воск65 x 200 x 60 cm
25 5/8 x 78 3/4 x 23 5/8 in€ 24,000.00 -
Valery PchelinDRIFTER 04 • ДРИФТЕР 04, 2018Caucasian beech, black tinted, oil, wax.
Кавказский бук, чёрная тонировка, масло, воск71 x 50 x 48 cm
28 x 19 3/4 x 18 7/8 in€ 13,200.00
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When explaining the mythology of his creation, Valery Pchelin calls these drifters wandering travellers: «Everyone drifts along their path in life. We drift along, accepting some things, rejecting others, and from this our story is built».
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Born ten years ago on the idea level, today these drifters, with their unlimited variation in shape, have grown into an independent class of object. Drifter-like pieces are perfectly capable of being scaled up in size, and in time will surely grow to monumental dimensions, capable of containing people within and allowing them to pass through.
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Валерий Пчелин любит работать под музыку минималистов ХХ века, Филиппа Гласса и Арво Пярта, под Бенджамина Бриттена. Слушает много японской современной музыки, медитативной, интересной своими ассоциативными рядами. Ему нравятся звуковые ярусы Гласса, которые находят отражение в дереве, в повторяющихся черных синтагмах, из которых сложены дрифтеры.
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Valery Pchelin
Valery Pchelin (1962). Member of the Union of Artists of Russia and the International Association of Fine Arts (AIAP UNESCO). From 1997 to 1999 he created monumental and decorative projects for the municipality of Pinamar and the bishopric of the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina). His works are in the collections of the State Russian Museum, Krasnodar Art Museum of Fine Arts named after F.A.Kovalenko, in private collections in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, Sweden and Austria.
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Artist's workshop
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More about Valery Pchelin
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Valery Pchelin. Cossacks
History of the people and family 10 December 2020 - 10 January 2021 Как история казачества и трагическая судьба деда привели Валерия Пчелина к созданию дрифтеров -
Valery Pchelin. Craftsmanship
13 January - 13 February 2021 Как Валерий Пчелин делает своих дрифтеров -
Valery Pchelin. The Meaning Of The Drifters
13 January - 13 February 2021 Объекты Валерия Пчелина, дрифтеры, несут собственные смыслы и раскрывают внутренний мир наблюдателя
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