Micro miniature

Micro miniature: grasshopper playing on the violin

Microminiature sculpture by Vladimir Aniskin

Micro miniature in the eye of a needle by Edward Ter-Ghazarian 1

Micro miniature (also called micro art or micro sculpture) is a fine art form. Micro miniatures are made with the assistance of microscopes, or eye surgeon tools.[1] It originated at the end of 20th century.[2]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City holds a micro-miniature basket made by a Pomo Native American artist around 1910.[3]

The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, California has a collection of the microminiatures of the Armenian artist Hagop Sandaldjian in their permanent exhibition, The Eye of the Needle.[4][5]

The Museum of Miniatures located in Prague focuses on works of microminiature art. It features the work of Edward Ter Ghazarian, Anatoly Konenko, Nikolai Aldunin among others.[1]

The Museum of Microminiatures in St. Petersburg includes micro-miniature work by Vladimir Aniskin of Novosibirsk, Siberia, as well as Nikolai Aldunin of Moscow.[6]

Artists

• Nikolai Aldunin
• Vladimir Aniskin
• Rafik Badalyan
• Anton Chekhov[6]
• Edward Kazarian[7]
• Anatoly Konenko[6]
• Mallikarjuna Reddy
• Nikolay Savidov[8]
• Hagop Sandaldjian[9]
• Graham Short
• Gunasekaran Sundarraj[10]
• Nicolaï Syadristy[11][12]
• Edward Ter-Ghazarian
• Willard Wigan[13]

References

1. "Small is beautiful: Prague museum focuses on micro miniature art". Prague Radio International. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. "Определение из диссертации Станислава Коненко "Художественная микроминиатюра как средство построения микрокосма культуры"".
3. "Micro-miniature one-rod coiled basket". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
4. "The Eye of the Needle: The Microminiatures of Hagop Sandaldjian". Museum of Jurassic Technology. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
5. Weschler, Lawrence (2013). Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 59–60. ISBN 9780307833983. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
6. McDonnell, Sharon (7 April 2017). "The men who shoe fleas". BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
7. Keyes, Bob (27 April 2015). "Portland auction of tiny artwork tests idea that less is more". Press Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
8. "Выставка Николай Савидов. Чудеса в игольном ушке, Краснодар – Афиша-Музеи".
9. House, Arthur (25 February 2019). "A wacky Wunderkammer in Los Angeles". Apollo Magazine of International Art. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
10. Gerald, Olympia Shilpa (6 April 2012). "The God of small things". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
11. "Nicolaï Syadristy's Micro Miniature Museum Kyiv, Ukraine". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
12. Witt, Howard (31 July 1993). "Art's Minute Man". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
13. "The man who makes millions from miniature art". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

Further reading

Ermann, Lynn. They have jobs on the slide: Microscopic art, The Washington Post, February 14, 1999