FLAT SCULPTURES

What makes Zaretsky unique is that he creates a three dimensional sketch, in bronze. The bronze monkey is three dimensional, even though it is a sketch. Just imagine a pencil drawing that the artist cuts out with scissors, and then bends into a shape with several surfaces. The result is a three dimensional sketch.
Sculpture is a three dimensional art form. Zaretsky has found new ways to express three dimensionality. There are his sculptures of animals and humans, formed from thin bronze cylinders; when the bronze is bent a third dimension is created, even though, apparently, volume is nonexistent. This is Zaretsky's response to the question: How many unorthodox ways are there to sculpt three dimensionality? In my opinion, Zaretsky's two different responses are totally unique, or at least they are not familiar to me from my acquaintance with the conventional forms of art sculpture.