World Doll Fair 2010, Moscow, Russia

3. Nomination for “pandora” award (“Pandora” (Greek) – gifted with everything). The award will be given to artists, art historians, collectors, gallery holders, editors in doll art sphere, who proved to be bright and talented in different aspects of their work.
A dollis one of the most interesting objects of material and spiritual culture. Scientists suppose that dolls appeared together with the human beings. They were found in the excavations of the ancient civilizations. Historically, dolls used to have lots of tasks to perform, some of them are completely forgotten today.
Nowadays dolls are objects of art and collecting. Sculptors, designers, drawers, painters and decorators have paid their attention to the doll. They have found new opportunities for combining arts and creating unique plastic language.