Alexander Popov - potter, folk artist, winner of the prize "Maestro" of the Second International Festival of potters in g.Skopine. His name is well known among fans of traditional potters and ceramics. The master's works entered the collection of the State Historical Museum, the All-Russia museum of decorative and folk art, museum and exhibition center of Tver, Bakhchsarai Palace Museum, Historical and Regional Museum g.Skopina, Sergiev Posad Regional History Museum and Reserve, etc. . Whistles, glazed and obvarnye toys have become collectors' items of private collectors.
By birth associated with the famous Ohio fishing Popov studied the traditions of the center, was an excellent potter. He was one of the first to recover a lost ancient technique obvarki. He not only mastered it, but also improved it. His works he scald in insisting herbs. The artist has managed to find the expressive qualities of this technique, learned how to regulate the process. This viewer sees a different color and drawings of his obvarnogo decor. Appliances obvarki preserves nature of the material - clay pot and secure, as is usually done by means of chemical glazes.
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His works are a logical continuation of the old ceramics, plastics and develop consumer rationality of traditional forms. These traits are the basis of its garomnichnoy modern decorative pieces in which all due to the logic of practical things and the beauty of the clay sculpture.
Pottery Alexander Popov is perfect for the execution, always unique. It runs only a potter's way. Combining traditional and modern in its products is not only the continuity of art, but also makes them relevant to modern living environment. They fit perfectly in ethnographic and minimalist interior.
Popov designed tiles for stoves and fireplaces in Technology obvarki. Their priobretaeyut those who appreciate natural materials, looking for things in the world today marks its own national culture.
Alexander Popov graduated from Ryazan Art School, participated in many exhibitions. Has several personal.
Publications:
Popov. Exhibition Catalog-M., 1993
Frumkin. Pottery-maker. Alexander Popov //industrialists and entrepreneurs. 1994. August
Popov. Ceramics. Album-monografiya.-M., 2002
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