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HES (Life = Water) Sculpture
Turkey
Sculpture, Metal on Bronze
Size: 16 W x 47.5 H x 31.5 D in
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About The Artwork
HPP (Life = Water) Bronze Casting, Marble / (Tree)125x80x40 (cm) - (Axe) 46x25x25 (cm) / Light source (Axe) distance 1(m) 11-2014 Due to the destruction we created so far, the technology that advanced rapidly and the convenience that came with it blinded us, consequently we, unknowingly could not accept the massacres that we are part of. This progress that we acquired through trials is enough to see the consequences of the equation that we are in. If we do not question our methods in an expedited manner, this world will turn into a place where no living thing can be accommodated. This will be our own demise rather than the world itself, given the cycle of life. In fact, the world will restart after thousands of years from the beginning but this time it will be free from the deadly virus, us. The first part of the work is a tree, of which all but one last branch is chopped by human beings. The channels that carry water to life are cut off until there is one last remaining. The tree carries only a single bud on it. That is the only remaining sign of life. The light source is another completely transformed tree. It has been cut off from its body where water flows strongest, and it has been transformed. Now it serves its own killer. The killer in return serves the humanity, it empowers us. Energy equals money and technology. Technology and processed information brings us awareness. The projection of generated energy reveals us the big picture; the concrete reflection of the nature that is ready to give birth despite all the destruction that surrounds it and the last remaining bud that’s about to disappear. Nevertheless, we’re on to the next... This false perception of the world which has no other focus than money and power that’s clearly a dead-end, needs a mental revolution. Otherwise, the cycle above will continue until it is way too late... P.S.: This sculpture is casted with a mold that consists more than 120 pieces. And casted monolith solid body.
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Metal on Bronze
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:16 W x 47.5 H x 31.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Turkey.
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Turkey
Born in 1978 in Ankara, Iskender Giray was brought up in various parts of Turkey because of his father’s profession. His family finally moved to Istanbul where he spent most of his youth and settled as an artist. He was always eager to see the differences and common points of cultures. Since early ages, his life was full of arts and crafts. However, he studied his second passion in the university as many artists in Turkey who found themselves in a socio-economic dilemma implemented by the conjuncture that force them to take another profession than art for a “safe” future life. Giray choose physics, the knowledge of the universe. He studied in Physics Engineering at the Istanbul Technical University and he believed that the knowledge of physics taught him different ways of observation and ways of putting different data to get a new solution. In 2006, he decided to commit himself only to the arts and quit not only master degree in Physics but also his corporate job. Since then, he has been collecting data to create his artistic practice, storing every piece of information only to transform it into a new work. Except for his works exhibited, the artist who is also known for his iron sculptures, named as "Guerrilla Sculptures", that he placed on his own discretion in the streets of Kadıköy , the region where he lives, in Turkey. He likes to use bronze, steel and iron materials in his works. In some of his sculptures, he views the anamorphic technique as an additional dimension for expression. He generally constructs his works on a story and most of his works are focused on matters such as "Nature" or "Social Injustice”. As an artist he is always in the desire of creating a new world without giving up his own.
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