An Aquaintance with the Sculpture – the Meeting of the IDC “Amicability”

On September, 11, the art residence of Grigory Pototsky, a master of sculpture, Ambassador for Peace and the President of the International Academy of Kindness, opened its doors to members of the international diplomatic club "Amicability". The owner of the art studio warmly welcomed the guests and gave a short excursion, showing his sculptural works and telling about the process of their creation. 150 monuments made by Mr. Pototsky can be found all over the world. For example, the sculpture of Salvador Dali is located in Valencia, the sculpture of Peter Tchaikovsky - in Luxembourg.


The organizers of the event, the President of the Millenium International Business Club Sergey Afanasyev and the President of the IDC Amicability Sergey Dvoryanov, thanked Mr. Pototsky for his hospitality and creativity by giving the sculptor a present, a collectible one million dollar banknote, which is a symbol of a million ideas. The same gift was given to foreign guests - the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Malta to Russia Pierre Clive Agius. Antoine Somda, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Burkina Faso was also awarded with an honorary note. After the official part was over, the organizers of the meeting introduced the headliners of the meeting to the guests.


Actor and poet Maximilian Potemkin set an excellent tone for the concert part of the evening - lively rhythms and very lyrical notes at the same time intertwined in the air. Almost an entire piece of art was played out within the walls of the sculptor's workshop - Oleg Lebedev-Bovolsky showed the public a part from a new performance based on the novel "Anna Karenina". One of Shakespeare's sonnets was also performed.


The final chord was the performance of a film director Sergei Krasnoperts. An exquisite director's reading of Brodsky's poem allowed the guests of the event to look at the writer's work from a slightly different angle.
Ksenia Devi and Boris Shvartsman also sang a duet for the guests. A friendly warm atmosphere reigned in the workshop.


Then a presentation of paintings and an announcement of exhibitions of invited artists took place. One of the paintings depicts the famous martial arts master Khabib Nurmagomedov with two eagles. If one points the camera of a smartphone with the installed app at the image, then a whole flock of eagles will scatter on the screen.And at the end of the event, an artist Andrei Voron presented a painting depicting a stately lion with a proud gaze to the International Diplomatic Club "Amicability".


Then the guests talked during the buffet table. People from different countries and religions spoke freely with each other in the warm atmosphere of the workshop. The establishment of such cultural ties is the main task of the Amicability Club.

An article by Sofia Nikitina