Grandchild by Anastassia Zamaraeva

Grandchild is an incredible seated sculpture by Anastassia Zamaraeva.

Dimensions: (H) 35.5cm X (W)14.5cm X (Depth)16cm

" I guess it’s inescapable when working with old family photos. With this sculpture, I’m thinking about what is passed on down the family line and about touch. The carved image is taken from a photograph of my great grandmother and great grandfather sitting side by side. Their hands positioned on their separate laps and not touching. These same hands come together into a single lap on Grandchild’s thighs. To me, Grandchild seems to have a wisdom and calm that is beyond his years. He is being carried by and carrying the previous generations within him.

 It was significant that the person was a grandchild rather than a child. Not sure if I can articulate why, but it’s about things that are passed on beyond the immediate parent-child relationship." - Anastassia Zamaraeva

Anastassia Zamaraeva is a London-based artist working primarily in clay. Influenced by her training as an art psychotherapist, her practice explores our relationships we have with ourselves, our environments and our loved ones. Drawing on lived experience, Anastassia works intuitively, moving between states of melancholy, discomfort and humour. Working primarily with figurative sculpture, craftsmanship and material focus are central to her approach. Her work is characterised by tenderness and intimacy, giving form to experiences that are often hard to articulate with words.