Charming Burlesque Dolls

Each art doll, which joins the gallery’s collection is not just a masterpiece of fine arts. They are all result of a long, close work. Some of them are born by the will of the imagination, they appear as a concept, a pure idea. Others are the result of a rethinking of a plot, a familiar character or an image. And some of the dolls are a result of a long and attentive work, when an author becomes a traveler, an anthropologist and historian at the same time. The latter case is related to Lena and Katia Popov’s dolls (a sister’s duet). These dolls impress spectators with everything from the shapes of the fine sharp ankles and wrists and fragile-looking necks (all made of plastic and on a solid frame) to the choice of material: wild animal fur, feathers of exotic birds, leather, bone, sand, shells, beads, papyrus, gold leaf.