Which Tatar poet's poem became the basis for this work
Why the work consists of two parts and in what style is executed
Damir Bozik (Almetyevsk)
149 Lenin Street

Diptych
«Moon and Sun»

Ай һәм кояш

Tales of the golden apples
Street Art Research Institute
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NUVO BURO GROUP

Context

The creation of the diptych «The Moon and the Sun» by Almetyevsk street artist Damir Bozik was inspired by the Tatar fairy tale and eponymous poem by Gabdulla Tukay.

«There is a golden cradle in the Himalayan heights,
The one who sleeps in it is guarded through the night.
When the Sun is rising, the Wind is already there
Praising the Sun's entrance, the world must be aware.
The Wind serves as a herald whose duty is to say:
«The Sun's already up, greet another day!»
And when the Sun is out, performing his daily race,
Crescent, his young brother, takes the cradle's space.
Never left alone, he's surrounded by the stars,
Like the tiniest of torches, they shine from afar.
Crescent in the cradle sleeps for the entire night,
Till the Sun awakens Him with early morning light.
Day comes after night, brother comes after brother,
While one of them rests, he can count on the other.»


Gabdulla Tukay, «Crescent and Sun,» translated by A. Korolev

Almetyevsk city, 2019.
«There is a golden cradle in the Himalayan heights,
The one who sleeps in it is guarded through the night.
When the Sun is rising, the Wind is already there
Praising the Sun's entrance, the world must be aware.
The Wind serves as a herald whose duty is to say:
«The Sun's already up, greet another day!»
And when the Sun is out, performing his daily race,
Crescent, his young brother, takes the cradle's space.
Never left alone, he's surrounded by the stars,
Like the tiniest of torches, they shine from afar.
Crescent in the cradle sleeps for the entire night,
Till the Sun awakens Him with early morning light.
Day comes after night, brother comes after brother,
While one of them rests, he can count on the other.
»


Gabdulla Tukay, «Crescent and Sun,» translated by A. Korolev
Almetyevsk city, 2019.

Process

Art form: mural (diptych)
Method: pointillism
Material: acrylic spray paint

Ital. Mural — wall

Monumental wall painting created on a faсade or a blank wall of a building or any other urban architectural objects.
Pointillism or divisionism, is a stylistic trend in neo-impressionistic painting that arose in France around 1885. It is based on a manner of painting in separate strokes of an exact point or rectangular shape. It is characterized by the rejection of the physical mixing of colors for the sake of optical effect (meaning «mixing» in the retina of the viewer's eye).
Interesting facts about the work:

there are about 90,000 points per 1 facade
about 200 cans of paint were used on 1 wall
about 30-40 liters of paint were used on the background
about 60 shades of paint were used for each painting
Working on the mural, 2018.
Interesting facts about the work:

there are about 90,000 points per 1 facade
about 200 cans of paint were used on 1 wall
about 30-40 liters of paint were used on the background
about 60 shades of paint were used for each painting
Working on the mural, 2018.

Author


Among artists from around the world involved in «Tales of Golden Apples,» Damir Bozik represents Almetyevsk. A student of graffiti, Bozik has long used a modernized method of drawing with dots: to visualize the tales of nature, harmony and the interaction of the elements, he turned to the pioneers of pointillism and created a work that refers to the traditions of impressionism.
Painting «Millennium» Bridge, Kazan, 2018.
Among artists from around the world involved in «Tales of Golden Apples,» Damir Bozik represents Almetyevsk. A student of graffiti, Bozik has long used a modernized method of drawing with dots: to visualize the tales of nature, harmony and the interaction of the elements, he turned to the pioneers of pointillism and created a work that refers to the traditions of impressionism.
Painting «Millennium» Bridge, Kazan, 2018.

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