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Short description: Microscopic artworks


Micro miniature: grasshopper playing on the violin
Microminiature sculpture by Vladimir Aniskin
Micro miniature in the eye of a needle by Edward Ter-Ghazarian 1

Micro miniature (also called micro art or micro sculpture) is a fine art form. Micro miniatures are made with the assistance of microscopes, or eye surgeon tools.[1] It originated at the end of 20th century.[2]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City holds a micro-miniature basket made by a Pomo Native American artist around 1910.[3]

The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, California has a collection of the microminiatures of the Armenian artist Hagop Sandaldjian in their permanent exhibition, The Eye of the Needle.[4][5]

The Museum of Miniatures located in Prague focuses on works of microminiature art. It features the work of Edward Ter Ghazarian, Anatoly Konenko, Nikolai Aldunin among others.[1]

The Museum of Microminiatures in St. Petersburg includes micro-miniature work by Vladimir Aniskin of Novosibirsk, Siberia, as well as Nikolai Aldunin of Moscow.[6]

Artists

  • Nikolai Aldunin
  • Vladimir Aniskin
  • Rafik Badalyan
  • Anton Chekhov[6]
  • Edward Kazarian[7]
  • Anatoly Konenko[6]
  • Mallikarjuna Reddy
  • Nikolay Savidov[8]
  • Hagop Sandaldjian[9]
  • Graham Short
  • Gunasekaran Sundarraj[10]
  • Nicolaï Syadristy[11][12]
  • Edward Ter-Ghazarian
  • Willard Wigan[13]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Small is beautiful: Prague museum focuses on micro miniature art". https://english.radio.cz/small-beautiful-prague-museum-focuses-micro-miniature-art-8685983. 
  2. "Определение из диссертации Станислава Коненко "Художественная микроминиатюра как средство построения микрокосма культуры"". http://www.dissercat.com/content/khudozhestvennaya-mikrominiatyura-kak-sredstvo-postroeniya-mikrokosma-kultury. 
  3. "Micro-miniature one-rod coiled basket". https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/848983. 
  4. "The Eye of the Needle: The Microminiatures of Hagop Sandaldjian". Museum of Jurassic Technology. https://www.mjt.org/exhibits/hagop/hagop2.html. 
  5. Weschler, Lawrence (2013). Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 59–60. ISBN 9780307833983. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi0KXWvM8HIC. Retrieved 30 June 2022. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 McDonnell, Sharon (7 April 2017). "The men who shoe fleas". BBC. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170331-where-fleas-wear-shoes. 
  7. Keyes, Bob (27 April 2015). "Portland auction of tiny artwork tests idea that less is more". Press Herald. https://www.pressherald.com/2015/04/27/portland-auction-of-tiny-artwork-tests-idea-that-less-is-more/. 
  8. https://www.afisha.ru/exhibition/nikolay-savidov-chudesa-v-igolnom-ushke-241592/
  9. House, Arthur (25 February 2019). "A wacky Wunderkammer in Los Angeles". Apollo Magazine of International Art. https://www.apollo-magazine.com/a-wacky-wunderkammer-in-los-angeles/. Retrieved 30 June 2022. 
  10. Gerald, Olympia Shilpa (6 April 2012). "The God of small things". The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/the-god-of-small-things/article3287518.ece. 
  11. "Nicolaï Syadristy's Micro Miniature Museum Kyiv, Ukraine". https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nicolai-syadristy-s-micro-miniature-museum. 
  12. Witt, Howard (31 July 1993). "Art's Minute Man". Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-08-01-9308010361-story.html. 
  13. "The man who makes millions from miniature art". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012. https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/the-man-who-makes-millions-from-miniature-art-6749854.html. 

Further reading

Ermann, Lynn. They have jobs on the slide: Microscopic art, The Washington Post, February 14, 1999




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