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Sculpture, Ceramic on Ceramic
Size: 22 W x 61.4 H x 12.6 D in
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"Floreció la vara de Jesé” [Jesse's rod flourished], terracotta, wood and metals. The title of this 2001 work goes back to the miracle of the flowering of the rod thanks to which Joseph prevailed over the other younger suitors of the Virgin Mary. According to the French historian Louis Réau "it is an evident copy of the account of the appointment of Aaron as high priest, which is in the Pentateuch (Numbers, 17)". The bust was modeled in fired clay. The detail of the right arm and forearm that appears to be mobile and held with a window hatchet is inspired by an image of Mary in polychrome carving for dressing in the Cathedral of La Laguna. The thumb screws are visible on both heads as a reminder that they wore goldsmith crowns. The bust is attached to a wooden bell-shaped structure that in the language of Spanish polychrome sculpture is known as a "candelero" or "rueca". The uncovered head looks like it is ready to receive a wig. These mechanisms, hidden from the eyes of the faithful, are interpreted in sculptural language. In the modeling of the bust, wood carving was imitated using gouges and textures of fabrics in a state of deterioration were reproduced in allusion to a past of splendor. On the back there is an inscription in the old Castilian sense that reads as follows: HÍZOLA MIGUEL ÁNGEL MARTÍN FOR THE MANY DEVOTION THAT HE HAD. YEAR OF 2001 (Cf. catalogues EL FRACASO DE ADÁN [THE FAILURE OF ADÁN]. Edition of the Caja de Canarias Cultural Center, CICCA, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2002; TIMETE DEVM, Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik, Berlin, 2003. Edition of the City Council of La Laguna, cover photo.
Sculpture:Ceramic on Ceramic
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:22 W x 61.4 H x 12.6 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Contemporary Spanish sculptor, born on the Canarian Island La Palma (1959). As a sculptor he focuses on a critical review of Spanish sacred art. After exhibiting in Canarian institutions such as Círculo de Bellas Artes ("O vos omnes qvi transitis per viam", 1989), CajaCanarias ("Divino Maniquí", 1991), Municipal Museum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ("Kyrie Eleison") and CICCA de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ("El fracaso de Adán” [The Failure of Adam], 2002), his interest in locating his sculptures in places that might suggest an enriching dialogue from the iconographic point of view leads him to exhibit them in places as diverse as the Collection Museum of reproductions of ancient art at the Free University of Berlin, where his exhibition "Timete Deum" confronts the Greek models of Christian iconography; at the Siegburg Municipal Museum, specializing in medieval sacred art, his exhibition "Kyrie Eleison" (2003) is exhibited at the foot of Mount St. Michael, and at the Lübeck Cathedral, a former Catholic cathedral, now Protestant, the exhibition "Skulpturen im Dom”, composed of sculptures of counter-reformist roots, acquires special significance. Finally there is “EENS” (2005) in the Casa de las Conchas in Salamanca (in front of the Clergy), which is part of the commemoration of the bicentennial of its Plaza Mayor. He is interested in the iconography of Christian art, its roots in the East and the West, its sociocultural influence, as well as its political instrumentalization in the conquest and colonization of the Canary Islands. He dedicated his thesis, articles and his doctoral thesis to this. He studied outstanding images of the island of La Palma, from which he is a native, which later led him to study foreign sculptors such as Lorenzo Mercadante from Brittany, with a work attributed to La Palma. He has published two books: "Miguel, el Arcángel de Dios en Canarias: Aspectos socio-culturales y artísticos" [Miguel, the Archangel of God in the Canary Islands: Socio-cultural and artistic aspects]. Foreword by Víctor Nieto Alcaide. Ed. Aula de Cultura del Excmo. Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Scientific Publications, in the colección Arte e Historia [Art and History collection], nº 19, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1991. "El imaginero Lorenzo Mercadante. Estudio de la obra y claves de su huella en la Virgen de las Nieves de la isla canaria de La Palma" [Imagineer Lorenzo Mercadante.
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