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"Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9" Sculpture
Bulgaria
Sculpture, Stone on Stone
Size: 13 W x 10.2 H x 3.5 D in
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"Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9" - stone sculpture This original magnetite sculpture on granite stand is one of the latest artworks of the talented Bulgarian contemporary professional sculptor Ognyan Chitakov, deeply inspired by organic abstraction, postmodernism, abstract expressionism and astronomy science. It is a stunning abstract three dimensional form and an amazing elaborate carving in one solid piece of beautiful raw sandstone rock. The artist's concept is to create an unique spatial form with the help of extraordinary maze of carvings and details, both in order and disorder and leaving the feeling of lightness and outer space flight. The artwork is one amazing contemporary stone masterpiece and exquisite modern home décor. You can twist it by hand in both directions, as seen on the video. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, comet whose disrupted nucleus crashed into Jupiter over the period of July 16–22, 1994. The cataclysmic event, the first collision between two solar system bodies ever predicted and observed, was monitored from Earth-based telescopes worldwide, the Hubble Space Telescope and other Earth-orbiting instruments, and the Galileo spacecraft, which was on route to Jupiter. On March 25, 1993, a previously unknown comet positioned close to Jupiter was discovered by Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy in photographs taken by using the 18-inch (46-cm) Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory in California. Its appearance was very unusual—it comprised at least a dozen active cometary nuclei lined up like glowing pearls on a string. As the nuclei spread farther apart, a total of 21 fragments were seen. An analysis of their common orbit revealed that the original comet had been revolving about the Sun and had been captured into orbit around Jupiter, most probably around 1929. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DY1WSZWAj8
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Sculpture:Stone on Stone
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:13 W x 10.2 H x 3.5 D in
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:No
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Bulgaria
Ognyan Chitakov is a contemporary professional Bulgarian fine art sculpture artist. He has master degree of education at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia. He lives and works in the beautiful Bulgarian town of Asenovgrad, where his home and studio are based. Sculpture is his main way of thinking, his way of communication, his way of living and his complex look at life. Sculpture gives him the freedom to create and makes his ideas visible. He loves sculpture because it gathers all in him - form, space, function, architecture, design, engineering, technology and above all Art – both fine and sculptural. Among all materials used to shape sculptures his passion lies in stone. Stone is ancient and sacred, and it is already part of his nature. Ognyan Chitakov is nationally famous now for his extra large figurative solid stone sculptures, abstract statues and geometric monuments, which can be seen in many galleries, banks and public places all over the country. Most of his artworks are already part of private collections in Western Europe, Middle East and the U.S.A. "The stone material is alive and has a soul. I never ignore it and its gravity as well. I try to give each artwork the feeling of lightness." Ognyan Chitakov
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