"I prefer to see an ugly form ten times a day, in which there is brilliance, originality and intelligence, than to see once a month a beautiful nothingness in which the soul is barren"

Reihani Amin

"Eve"
2020
bronze, casting, patina
162х120х66

"Cat Giant"
2021
bronze, casting, patina
21х18х5

«Eve» 2020, bronze, casting, patina
162х120х66

«Cat Giant», 2021, bronze, casting, patina
21х18х5

"Painting 1"
2020
canvas
60*90

"Rearing horse"
2020
Bronze, casting, patina
60*52*23

"Painting 1" 2020, canvas
60*90

«Rearing horse», 2021,Bronze, casting, patina
60*52*23

"Painting44"
2020
Canvas
150*120

"Wet chicken"
2020
Bronze, casting, patina
42*40*16

"Painting44" 2020, canvas
60*90

"Wet chicken", 2021, Bronze, casting, patina
60*52*23

«ЕВА», 2020, бронза, литье, патина
162х120х66

But Ivan Matviyenko's case is completely unique. A man of quite a mature age, a successful music producer and businessman, decides to take up sculpture during the COVID-19 hiatus. Ivan Matviyenko picked up clay for the first time at the age of 62, and he is now 64.

During this time, he has created a large number of unique sculptural works, which resulted in two personal exhibitions at the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art and the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists.

The 20th century art knows many names of artists who didn't receive academic education, but created their own original artistic styles and were able to gain fame - either during their lifetime or, like Gauguin and Van Gogh, after their earthly completion.