Crescent City, California: Tormented Sculptures
By Vall Polyanin, donated to the city and displayed in a museum on first Fridays. Vall was a Soviet Bloc refugee, and at some point was abducted by space aliens. These events heavily influenced his art, which features tormented naked figures.
- Address:
- 240 H St., Crescent City, CA
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the west side of H St., just north of its intersection with 2nd St.
- Hours:
- By appt only. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 707-464-7483
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Sculptures by Vall Polyanin were donated to the city and are on display in a museum on first Fridays. The artist fled the Soviet Union and they reflect that horror.
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We were told that Val escaped from the Ukraine during the Cold War, and somewhere along the way was abducted by space aliens. This heavily influenced his work, which features tormented naked figures mixed in with abstract stacks of shapes, some brightly colored and some muddy and organic.