Flore, marble and 189 different unique precious stones, 35x80cm

Famous unknown artist Nikolai orlov. It was possible only in the totalitarian country, whose leaders hypocritically dictated on the people the bolshevist asceticism and in private nursed the other culture for their circle. "Every cloud has a silver lining". May be the years of Orlov's work in the workshops, that fulfilled the orders of the leaders of the former USSR accumulated the explosion of the artistic power, liberty, crank, which mark his art today. However, he was never the courtier artist. Just his works were on demand of the kings and the countries.

Orlov is extremely universal. His artistic ambitions today amaze the experts and the connoisseurs of art. He carves out of the stone Our Lady icons and the statures of the naked Bacchants. He uses gold and rubber, brilliant and wood. The defiant and teasing Asian luxury of some of his pieces of art violently opposes to the old and wild austerity of the others. The sweet poison of the modern freely flows to the classical cup. Sometimes, it seems, that he feels himself within narrow bounds in this world, and he breaks the space and goes to the forth dimension.

Thanks to the God, that for a while he comes back to his small village in Moscow suburbs, he returns to his workshop. Where he puts on his favorite felt boots, eats his bread with butter, holds in his hand another Easter egg from the marble or touches his new fireplace which is good for the throne hall, or he makes experiences with optics or makes the sketches of a huge fantastic chapel. For us. For you.