TOKAY MAMEDOV - THE UNRIVALED MASTER OF PORTRAIT AND MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE

The article discusses the work of outstanding Azerbaijan sculptor Tokay Mamedov, as well as an analysis of the artist's sculptural works. At the beginning of the 20th century, a large national school of sculpture was formed in Azerbaijan with its own traditions and themes. The wide and multifaceted creative search of sculptors not only contributed to the birth of these traditions but also created the preconditions for the development of new characteristics and qualities of modern Azerbaijani plastic art. This is the most acute sense of modernity and aspiration to monumentality. Among the works of Azerbaijan sculptors, the work of the outstanding artist Tokay Mamedov attracts attention to its high technique and richness of materials used. In the work of Tokay Mammadov, two genres have always been side by side, requiring the closest attention to a person - a portrait and a monumental sculpture. Sculptural portrait is an area in which the gift of Tokay Mamedov is most fully revealed, its artistic principles are expressed. The outstanding sculptor deeply penetrated his model's soul, conveying a person's main characteristic through plastic materials.