Friday, September 13, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Francesco (Cino) Bozzetti... Harpies...1913
Celenus and his Harpies 1913
The Wood of the Harpies 1913
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Cécile Reims ... burin and dry-point prints
Cécile Reims ~ Metamorphoses ~ 1957-1958
Cécile Reims ~ Metamorphoses ~ 1957-1958
Ephemeral being ~ 2003
Sacred liquor - 2003-2004
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.
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