With Somewhere Out There, Galina Stetco explores the profound relationship between vulnerability and protection. A young child rests beneath the reassuring presence of a female dog whose body forms both a shelter and a guardian. The scene evokes an ancient bond in which the strength of the natural world becomes a source of comfort and security for humanity.

The dog, shaped with richly textured surfaces and marked by the traces of time, carries signs of experience, resilience, and devotion. Her visible nursing form reinforces her nurturing and maternal role. She embodies a strength forged through hardship, a protective presence capable of embracing vulnerability without judgment.

Beside her, the young girl appears in all her fragility. Her outward gaze suggests both wonder and uncertainty toward the world around her. Together, the two figures create a balance between power and tenderness, instinct and innocence, past and present. Somewhere Out There reminds us that true strength often lies in the ability to protect, guide, and provide a sense of safety to those who need it most.

L’article Somewhere out there (1/8) est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.

In this sculpture, Galina Stetco portrays the birth of a new world through the imagination of a young girl. In one hand she holds a brush — symbolizing the colors, possibilities, and paths she may bring into existence — while the other gently supports a small creature from her imagined universe.

The polymer resin medium allows the artist to shape the material with remarkable freedom, enhancing the sense of a world still in formation. The organic textures and expressive surfaces evoke the delicate moment when an idea begins to take shape and imagination starts transforming reality.

Galina explores the innate creative power of childhood: that inner realm where anything is possible, where boundaries have yet to be defined, and where dreams become the foundation of new realities. Shape of New World becomes a metaphor for creation, hope, and the transformative potential that exists within each of us.

L’article Shape of new world (Copie) est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.

In this work, Galina Stetco embraces a direct, raw, and transparent approach to the painted gesture. Far from any desire to idealize the body or celebrate its beauty, she presents nudity as a sensitive, almost everyday reality, embedded in the very material of the canvas.

The human figure, standing frontally, asserts itself through an authentic presence. It does not seek to please the eye; it exists fully in its fragility, density, and truth. Thick textures, material traces, and tonal contrasts express the artist’s intention to show the body არა as an idealized image, but as a lived space shaped by experience.

The partially erased or darkened face deepens the sense of mystery suggested by the title, as though the work were holding something silent and intimate within it. This striking presence reveals both the vulnerability of the body and its ability to endure, to move through, to overcome. Through a free and expressive visual language, the artist reveals a human presence without artifice, where strength arises precisely from the acceptance of fragility.

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With Man of concern, Galina Stetco evokes the deep connection between human beings and the space they inhabit. The male figure, made of approximately 2,000 stainless steel rectangles, holds a tree in his hands. These metal fragments symbolically represent the leaves the tree has lent to create the silhouette of a man, as though nature itself were taking part in the making of the human form.

In this work, the tree becomes more than a visual element: it stands for the universe, for nature, to which we are profoundly connected. Through this encounter between the human figure and the tree, Galina Stetco offers a sensitive reflection on our relationship with the living world, our interdependence, and our awareness of what surrounds us. The sculpture conveys a presence that is both strong and meditative, where industrial material is transformed into a poetic language expressing fragility, responsibility, and belonging.

L’article Man of concern est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.

This artwork depicts a child fully absorbed in the discovery of a fish held gently in his hands. The soft pastel surroundings — stripped of detail, nearly silent — form a suspended space, distant from the complexity of modern life. The scene evokes an instinctive return to what is simple, real, and alive.

In this moment of quiet contemplation, the child reconnects with the essential: presence, curiosity, and attention to the living world. The fish becomes a symbol of genuine connection, standing in contrast to the constant distractions imposed by contemporary life. The piece reflects on our ability to stay anchored to what truly matters, to regain a clear, sincere, and deeply human gaze.

L’article Révélation est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.

In this artwork, a young boy stands at the threshold of a dense forest, suspended between light and shadow. Behind him, the trees rise like an ancient architecture — a world shaped by knowledge, silence, and mystery. The rough, textured branches contrast with the child’s quiet presence, absorbed in his own inner landscape.

At the heart of the forest, a shifting light emerges — a vision that seems to originate from the boy’s imagination. This fragile glow opens a passage toward the unknown, like an intuition pointing the way without defining it. The piece reflects childhood as a realm of transitions, where the promise of possibility already lives within us, and where a dream begins to take shape.

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With Trust me, Galina Stetco explores support, protection, and compassion toward the vulnerable. The sculpture depicts a child holding a cat close, offering comfort and safety.

This tender gesture reflects the instinctive human ability to care and protect, even at a young age. Through this quiet connection, Galina highlights a universal truth: strength lies not in size, but in the willingness to be present for another.

The softly textured bronze conveys both fragility and the beauty of a protective embrace. Trust me serves as a gentle reminder that each of us holds the capacity to support, comfort, and uplift those in need.

L’article Trust me est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.

With Duality, Galina Stetco explores the coexistence of our internal contrasts. Two torsos face one another—similar yet never identical—suggesting the multiple states of one person or the natural duality between two individuals.

The angular, almost architectural forms evoke passages, scars, and the structural lines that build the human psyche. Set on contrasting bases, one raw and one smoother, the sculptures highlight life’s inherent oppositions: strength and vulnerability, stability and change, inner life and outward presence.

The work becomes a quiet metaphor for what shapes us: the constant duality between who we are, what we reveal, and what evolves within us.

L’article Duality est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.

In this sculpture, Galina Stetco portrays the birth of a new world through the imagination of a young girl. In one hand she holds a brush — a symbol of the colors, paths, and possibilities she can bring to life — and in the other, a small creature she seems to have created or tamed.

The textured bronze surface carries the vibrancy of an idea taking shape, capturing the raw, instinctive creativity of childhood: that inner space where everything is still possible, unbound by rules or expectations.

Shape of New World becomes a gentle metaphor for renewal: the world we build depends on our ability to dream freely, to create boldly, and to see the unknown with an open, childlike gaze.

L’article Shape of new world est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.

This bronze sculpture by Galina Stetco echoes the meaning of Soulmate, capturing the purity of a bond untouched by judgment — the bond that belongs to childhood. A young child bends toward a fish in a gesture of tenderness and instinct, touching the other without fear, without social codes, without boundaries.

Galina explores inclusion through the eyes of a child, an age before the norms of society take over, where curiosity and gentleness outweigh difference. The fish becomes a familiar presence, a quiet friend, a possible mirror of the self.

Through her sensitive handling of bronze, the artist offers a moment suspended between poetry and humanity, reminding us of who we once were: open, spontaneous, ready to recognize a soulmate in what the adult world later calls “other.”

L’article Friends forever 5/12 est apparu en premier sur Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean.