Portrait of Tutankhamon. Original mosaic by Irina Sumanenkova

Tutankhamun (1341 — 1324 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled 1332–1324 BC). He married Ankhesenamun, third daughter of Akhenaten (formerly Amenhotep IV), a famous radical religious innovatior, who put the worship of the god Aten in Egypt. Tutankhamun was nine years old when he became king, but the real rulers of the country were two regents - Ay and Horemheb. Pharaoh ended the worship of the god Aten and restored the traditions of Egyptian culture and religion. His reign was close to the apogee of Egypt as a world power. Tutankhamun died when he was 18 (or 19) years old. Such an early death can be believed to think it was unnatural. Tutankhamun could be killed by an order of his own regent Ay, who became a pharaoh after his death.

I was touched deeply by the young Tutankhamun’s story of life and sad expression of his portrait golden mask. It was obvious for me to choose a material for the creation of his portrait. What else would portray a gold in a best way, then a dry straw stalks, shining like a gold in the sunlight? As the width of it’s stalks is not wide, I decided to cut pieces, that would depict some ton - light or dark. That’s why you have an impression of some “straw mosaic”, when you look at the finished artwork. It took me a month to create this portrait.

This is an original handmade mosaic of dry sraw stalks, pasted on wooden board.
Not recreation, not a copy. Each piece of dry sraw stalks is unique.
Size: 40 x 30 cm.
Year of creation: 2003.

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