"Pioneer Girl" is me as a child, frozen between earth and sky. This girl with a cloud for a face was born from memories of that moment when, at ten years old, I first crossed the threshold of an art studio. Then my face dissolved in a fog of possibilities, while my body remained firmly planted on the ground — like a pioneer ready for a journey into the unknown. The cloud passes through her, making visible what is usually hidden: the moment of a child's transformation into an artist.
Bronze here is no accident — it's a material of eternity, capable of holding the ephemerality of a cloud. The patina creates a play of light and shadow, as if the girl is constantly moving between worlds. She is simultaneously a monument to Soviet childhood and a portal to the infinity of creativity. At Divot restaurant, where flesh becomes the art of gastronomy, my "Pioneer Girl" reminds us: we were all once pure potential, ready to dissolve into our dreams.
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*Svetlana K-Liée, 2023*