Nikolay Burlyaev

Sculptures In Time Pt. I: Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD
Sculptures In Time Pt. I: Tarkovsky’s IVAN’S CHILDHOOD

About midway through Andrei Tarkovsky’s feature 1962 film debut of Ivan’s Childhood, in the midst of a Russian battlefield field torn asunder during World II, a cross is backlit by a setting sun. The cross is obscured in shadow and yet its beauty remains. A spiritual man, Tarkovsky was never afraid to ask questions about spiritual matters.