For over twenty years a sculptor resident in various parts of the world
Born in 1953 in Bulgaria, for over twenty years a sculptor resident in various parts of the world but at home in Avenza, a suburb between Carrara and the sea, Gheorghi Filin has produced, conceived, designed and sculpted an impressive series of monumental works in which technical skill is closely bound up with poetry.
In addition to “carving poetry from marble by the force of art,” as an ancient tombstone in the center of Carrara states, Filin loves to travel and sculpt his images of dreams and matter in places where it would seem really easy to dream. A traveler arriving in Dubai or the Emirates or in certain parts of China (for example Guilin), suddenly finds himself before a masterpiece by this artist. He is often shy and elusive, one who shuns fashionable occasions, but works steadily away in studios in Carrara.
As you can imagine, the territory that extends from Bocca di Magra to the pinewoods of Viareggio offers artists from all over the world countless opportunities for work (as well as much else) because of the many foundries, the great marble-cutting yards and the many workshops scattered around the Apuan Alps.
The piazza of Little Athens (Pietrasanta) or that of rougher Carrara often come to life with absorbing conversations between artists of all languages and countries: so much so that within in the circle of sculptors it is said that the international language is Italian spoken with the accent of the Tuscan coast. Gheorghi Filin is one of these men of marble: tall and stern yet ready to show himself a cheerful and romantic companion of nights of songs and discussions about art, but always with the thought of one or other of his creations which comes and alights like a butterfly wing on some magical Chinese lake. Gheorghi Filin represents that tradition closely, sparkling with technique and brilliant creativity, as one who loves to bring his works to completion like true timeless jewels, in the magical atmosphere of this territory which waits to be discovered and explored.
Pier Giorgio Balocchi
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