The mosaic panel “Pottery” is located on the building at 50 Vaclav Havel Boulevard. At the center of the composition stands the figure of a potter; to his left is the figure of a woman, surrounded by pottery items. This monumental work on a folk theme is a remarkable example of the so-called end-grain mosaic technique and its original execution (a low relief combined with mosaic). Its authors — Kyiv artists Valerii Karas, Ivan Apollonov, and Oleksandr Dolotin — created in the late 1960s a cycle entitled “Creativity” consisting of four monumental works, one of which is the “Pottery” panel (a newly identified cultural heritage object of monumental art). The panel has suffered significant material losses.
Text and photo by T. Miachkova.