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Lifebuoy

2024
Materials: mixed media, concrete
550 см x 550 см
Category: sculpture
Item Number: 020321
420 000
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About the Work
About the Artist

Rescuing drowning people is the work of the drowning people themselves

Jacob Yakubov is a young artist, famous for his extraordinary works made from concrete and metal, exploring the traditions of ancient crafts and Zen philosophy.

At the end of 2011, he set off on a long journey through Southeast Asia to study multicultural layers and spiritual practices.

In 2012 he graduated from the New York Film Academy.

In 2013, he was the organisator of the Night Market project on the territory of the Red October factory in Moscow, in which art, fashion and design were united under one roof.

In 2016, he graduated from the Faculty of Gemology at the Russian State Geological Prospecting University.

In 2016, he graduated from the faculty of gemology at the Russian State Geological Prospecting University and founded the Yakubov Jewelry House.

In 2017, he founded the WHO I AM Gallery of Contemporary Art, and a year later participated in a program of the Moscow International Biennale.