Cécile Reims ~ Metamorphoses ~ 1957-1958
Cécile Reims ~ Metamorphoses ~ 1957-1958
Ephemeral being ~ 2003
Sacred liquor - 2003-2004
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Bocio sculptures...Benin & UK... Unknown & Charlotte Rodgers
Bocio sculpture Benin
bocio; the word means "empowered (bo) cadaver (cio)" in the Fon language of Benin.
The most common and prototypical of the bacio genre, are bla-bocio whose surfaces have been bound tightly with cord, cloth, fur, chains, vines or other wrapping materials.The tieing and knotting of cords or other materials around a bocio serve to activate its power and bind other potent additive matter to the work.
The materials chosen to bind a sculpture vary; the most frequently employed are cotton thread, twisted feathers or plant parts, and strips of animal hide.
The placement of the bondage - usually on the stomach, chest arms or head - affects the meaning of the sculpture, since each body part is considered as the seat of different emotional concerns
Charlotte Rodgers 2013 ~ 'I Did Not Die Easy'. A baited badger which I found wrapped in a black plastic bag, and thrown onto the side of a motorway bypass. Its life,spirit and death were acknowledged, and its cry was sealed with nettle cord knotted around the jaw.Nothing is disposable.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Lothar Schreyer... works on paper
Coloured lithograph on tissue paper 1921
"Mother Earth". Woodcut and watercolor on thin Japan dated twice 1920 -66
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Myths of Hindus and Buddhists...illustrations... 1913
Book illustration from ''Myths of Hindus and Buddhists'' by Ananda K Coomearaswamy and Sister Nivedita, 1913
Garuda by Nandalal Bose
Dhruva by Asit Kumar Haldar
Dhruva, a young devotee of Vishnu, was blessed with eternal existence and glory as the Pole Star.
Pururavas by Khitindra Nath Mazumdar
Pururavas was the first king of the Aila dynasty and a mythological entity associated with the sun and the dawn.
The asceticism of Uma by Nandalal Bose
Kaliya Damana by Khitindra Nath Mazumdar
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
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