workshop of the sculptor Mikhail Reva (Odessa) Mikhail Reva

Passing the gallery

Text: Yuri Zhuzhin

A photo: Alexey Reydalov

Project author: Michael Riva

Magazine: N11 (78) 2003

Ukrainian sculptor Mikhail Reva is a versatile and successful artist. One of his works is on Deribasovskaya, and jewelry works with his stamp are in the offices of Ukraine’s strategic partners. Recently, the governor of the Odessa region provided Reva a one-story room for a workshop. So the sculptor had a chance to create a dream space, an ideal working environment for a creative unit. The project of the studio appeared twenty minutes after the future owner appeared on the threshold. It was decided to attach a second floor to the building, which not only increased the volume and thus made the room suitable for practicing monumental plastics, but also improved the proportions. Unlike sculptural works, his studio is eccentric. This is a neutral minimalist space with a lot of air and light. Net volume without solid partitions, forming an ideal background for several exalted works of Reva, like a giant grand piano, which he is going to install on Theater Square in Odessa, or the composition "Palm Freedom", invented by him in collaboration with Mango-Mango group for Moscow.