Working on “Eternal Fire” 1. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Fire! Fire! Fire!!
Being a slight pyromaniac myself, I couldn’t resist posting about this artist. The 23 year old Russian artist Radya Timofey has quite a collection of street art credited to his name already, but “Eternal Fire” has to be one of his best! Since doing this installation, he’s already created 2 more but his use of fire has gotten me all giddy. So “Eternal Fire” is the artwork I’m going to focus on.
Working on “Eternal Fire” 2. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Working on “Eternal Fire” 3. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
The memory of the victory erases the memory of the terrific beginning of war (WWII). How was the fighting – everyone was – putting their faces in fire.
And how did they let the war happen? It’s repeating.
-Radya (translated from Russian)
Molotov Art for “Eternal Fire” 1. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Molotov Art for “Eternal Fire” 2. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Molotov Art for “Eternal Fire” 3. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Molotov Art for “Eternal Fire” 5. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Molotov Art for “Eternal Fire” 4. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Pictures were transfered to the base, varying density of bandages give different tones of color.
After the burning we have removed the rest of bandages. It’s simple.-Radya (again translated from Russian)
Molotov Art for “Eternal Fire” 6. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
Molotov Art for “Eternal Fire” 7. A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
“Eternal Fire” A series of portraits of heroic WW2 fighters celebrating Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany. Art by Radya Timofey.
The final installation is displayed on the walls of a WW2 hospital in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Being a guy that likes fire(!) as much as I do…I was inspired by this art installation. So, Radya Timofey for your balls, artistic vision and creative use of fire(!) Give Us Art! salutes you!
Savage1
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Wow. This is definitely very original and beautiful art. So interesting how they can create something like that with fire!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Indeed, I thought it was an interesting concept and use of material. Besides…it had FIRE!
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Savage1