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Alexander Blazys

A Lithuanian immigrant, Blazys introduced modernist sculpture to Cleveland upon his arrival in 1925. These figures merge rhythmic movement inspired by music with faceted, geometric planes derived from Cubism.

The May Show: 8th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 4-June 7, 1926).

The May Show: 8th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen

Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).

Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show

Art Deco. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 1, 1971).

Art Deco

Art Deco. The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1973-January 27, 1974).

The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).

The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years

Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-September 10, 1989).

Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940

The Human Figure in American Sculpture: A Question of Modernity. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (organizer) (February 23-May 14, 1995); Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (June 22-September 10, 1995); Wichita Art Museum (October 19, 1995-January 7, 1996); National Academy of Design Museum and School of Fine Arts (February 15-May 5, 1996).

The Human Figure in American Sculpture: A Question of Modernity

Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996).

Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946

Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 28-July 18, 2004).

Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age

Bronze statue of a musician playing the balalaika, a string instrument with a long neck and triangular body. The sculpture captures the musician mid-movement, leaning to our right with their right leg extended straight and foot flexed. This creates a line up through their left hand holding the neck of the balalaika. The balalaika's triangular body is held almost level with the musicians' ear, their right hand resting over where the strings would be.

Balalaika Player

Alexander Blazys

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