New Symbolism

The bronze, stone, wood, and marble of his sculptures harbor the imaginary, rather than tangible, features of romanticism. The sculptor always finds precisely the main plastic motive - a centripetal dialogue of shape - in a soft and picturesque interpretation of form, the proportions and execution of details, and general movement. The plastic concept of each of his sculptures tries to resolve the eternal conflict between things, improvisation and completeness, analysis and intuition.

Gothic and art nouveau, constructivism and postmodernism have brought into his creativity the effect of complete conventionality, and the sculptor's language of style has been enriched by "natural" rhythms and "vitality." As an artist, Anatoly Valiyev rapidly overcomes the boundaries of the influences that formed him, relying on the "sigh" of the last phase of the expiring twentieth century and trying to remain the mouthpiece of its plastic ideas.