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Ganapati Sculpture
Canada
Sculpture, Bronze on Bronze
Size: 8 W x 24 H x 7 D in
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About The Artwork
As a young boy I was very interested in mythology. Ovid's Metamorphoses were a great inspiration. The wild world of Greek and Roman Gods and animals, hybrid creatures, half fish or horse or bird held endless fascination for me. Recently I started to discover a world of Gods in India, very different, but also similar. Ganapati, son of Shiva and Parvati with his elephant head is just one of many colourful Gods. He probably has as many devotees as Mary, the mother of Jesus. He channeled the ancient Vedas and wrote them down with one of his tusks. Ganapati (in northern India called Ganesha) is the remover of obstacles and he is called upon for wisdom and endurance. The devotional practice in India is very sincere, but not rigid: a sculpture might show Ganapati using a computer to write down the Vedas. My version of Ganapati embodies other elements of my travels in India: peacocks and monkeys. An Indian version of the Town Musicians of Bremen: Ganapati, balancing on one hand, carrying a peacock, symbol of beauty, on his belly. A monkey trying to still its 'monkey mind’, rides on his feet.
Original Created:2013
Subjects:Classical mythology
Materials:Bronze
Styles:ConceptualFigurative
Mediums:Bronze
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Bronze on Bronze
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:8 W x 24 H x 7 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:Canada.
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I live in Nova Scotia, Canada, but was born in Amsterdam and studied architecture in Delft. Most of my life I worked as an architect and builder, while sculpture was my hobby. About 20 years ago I stopped working as an architect when I started to sell sculpture. While I see my architecture as very sculpturesque, it was certainly abstract; My sculpture however brought me back to the human figure. I am intrigued about how to express the ephemeral, the fleeting and transitory in the permanent, lasting medium of bronze: the timeless bronze represents to me the never changing moment we live in, the Power of Now: Always experienced in different ways, fresh again and again. The human form is my greatest inspiration, certainly its unspeakable beauty, but very much also, its ability to change and to show the processes of transformation. I love playing with our ability to consciously or subconsciously read all these expressions. I work mostly from life models, however I am not concerned about the anatomical correctness. My concern is the expression, the feelings generated by the work.
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