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Sculpture, Glass on Glass
Size: 18.1 W x 26 H x 11.8 D in
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This is, ahem, a silver male torso with his cock on display. We tend to be a bit coy when it comes to the male anatomy, especially in TV and films. By contrast, women's bits are routinely on display. This sculpture serves to redress the balance. It is made from a real human being, with nothing added or taken away. It is neither enhanced nor reduced. The tummy is real. The bum is real. It's man as he is. He isn't an Adonis, just a real guy. The penis is at the centre of this work. Put the sculpture on a table and you can't avoid seeing the man's cock. It's at eye level. I produced this work by getting a life model into a scanning studio where they scan everything from car parts to medical devices. We scanned his body using one of their high resolution, commercial-quality, extremely expensive devices. Every minute in their studio cost $$$. I then printed it using shiny resin, and topped it with glass, so you can use it as a table top. It's naughty furniture. It will be a talking piece, possibly shocking, definitely distinctive. Is it objectification? Maybe. Transgressive? Yeah, probably. You will see some imperfections in the torso, due to the printing process (it's still a developing art), though I will do some additional sanding before you get it. The torso is mounted on a heavy oak block which came from my local saw mill, and has been oiled to enhance the grain. The oil won't come off on furniture; it has hardened. Unlike varnish it makes the wood shine though beautifully. Did I mention it is very heavy? The torso is mounted on to the block using steel rods and a bolt. When you get it, and I will provide instructions, you push the rods into the wood block, and secure each with the nut. It comes complete. It is very straightforward. The table top is translucent tempered circular glass. Shiny glass on top of a shiny silver male torso. Hmm. I have put two glasses on the glass to show you the scale. Like the wood, the glass is heavy. I haven't stuck the glass to the torso, because transporting it would be difficult. You can glue it if you want. Each of my sculptures is hand-made, from selecting wood at the saw mill, to printing the sculpture (which takes hours). I will sign the piece on the underside of the block, not that anyone will easily see it.
2021
Glass on Glass
One-of-a-kind Artwork
18.1 W x 26 H x 11.8 D in
2
Not Framed
Not applicable
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I've always done creative work, mostly to do with marketing and words. In fact I was offered an interview as a copywriter with Saatchi and Saatchi, the advertising agency, and progenitor of Saatchi Art, many years ago. I said no. I didn't feel I was good enough. That was foolish. On this site I've put a pretty disparate range of work. But there are some common threads: - Ugly Modern Phrases: My posters are a gentle critique of salesy language. They presumably come from my marketing and writing background. - 3D Sculpture: Recently I got into 3D printing, which allows me to produce sculptures using modern technology; and that's a lot of fun. - Missing People: My 'Missing People' project involves empty sheets from dead people's photo albums. It's not as gruesome as it sounds. Rather, it's wistful. All that's left of them are the captions - the words they wrote so many years ago. And meanwhile, I've got plans to do.... Art videos I'm working on art videos, based around vox pop conversations. We get to hear ordinary people arguing and shouting.
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