Stefan Lyutakov

I collected and made sculptures united not only by their ideas or meaning, but also by the material – black metal. They are united by the material cast iron and steel and its natural patina – rust. Rust on a metal object provides information about time, space, natural and human impacts, function, belonging. It seems to me that rust brings together past, future and present in one. In an instant I see my sculptures as they look now, now I see them as they look as if I made them before I was born, I see them as they will look after me. I often look for that objectivity and accessibility of sculpture that provokes us to touch it, examine it with our hands, pick it up to check if it has other functions. Some of the sculptures resemble boxes, old irons that open, turn and thus recompose themselves, acquire a different vision, live the way a useful object lives.

Stefan Lyutakov

Stefan Lyutakov’s works have a very simple narrative. Deprived of noisy drama, false vanity and pseudo-aristocratism, they lead us into the depth of his selective philosophy, into the depth of his emotional world, leaving room for our visual imagination and fantasy to understand it and discover a new one for ourselves. “Own Sun”, “Icarus’ Childhood”, “Box of Secrets” are some of the titles with abstract and complex themes, hiding precisely this potential of the narrative. “Self-Ignited Woman”, “Burning People”, these titles suggest heavy, dramatic themes, which in the specific interpretation of Stefan Lyutakov are more of a reason for reflection. They convey a sense of aesthetic resolution of this theme, through the perfection of the form, in balance with the characteristics of the material, cast iron. Thus, the initial interpretation of a sinister drama turns into a purely aesthetic message. The new compositions “My Dobrudzha” are a novelty in artistic communication between the materials paper/photoprint and metal. The nature of Dobrudzha/photoprint/ is the background of a story, supplemented with small metal animals in the lower part and the picture comes to life with the purity of a child’s fantasy and the sincerity of a mature author. The minimalist approach has maximum impact. Stefan Lyutakov’s narrative is a free-thinking projection of his reality. In the depth of his works we find those truths that we do not speak out loud. The quiet elusiveness and insight touch the spirit and heart always more and more deeply