Wij
Wij
This bronze sculpture (2022), prominently placed in public space in Leiden (the Netherlands), can be seen as a parody on ‘the classical statue’. A three dimensional collage of clichés that merges art historical ideals of beauty and gender into a stature of constant flux.
The shape of the work was created in combining fragments of 3d scans, both of existing well-known sculptures from art history, as well as from the hands of people from the local rainbow community. In this sense the work is photographic; build from detailed imprints of physical reality.
The shape of the work was created in combining fragments of 3d scans, both of existing well-known sculptures from art history, as well as from the hands of people from the local rainbow community. In this sense the work is photographic; build from detailed imprints of physical reality.