PUPAE,GLOW-WORMS AND ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL BEINGS Sculpture

PUPAE,GLOW-WORMS AND ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL BEINGS 2012 Material: patinated terracotta, brass rods, granite This particular terracotta miniature( the figure itself is about 15 x 10 x 5cm big) is hovering on brass “stem” and is anchored in a small granite block. This particular" Pupae", as I call them all, shortly, is an exception among other "Pupae" 's not painted black as I usually do with my sculptures(painting my terracotta sculptures black has almost become my characteristic and I do it since I have travelled to Africa after my graduation in 1986. Maybe all this carved African statues made out of ebony influenced me, that I started to paint them black- as if I wanted to cover the clay's natural colour and warmth?)Also, most of my figurative sculptures of that time have very distinctive,clearly seen geometric forms, one could say cubist.Additionally, some bodily parts are distort. The large body of work with title “Pupae, Glow-worms and all Those Beautiful Beings” has started to evolve as far as in 1997. Through all this time it has been through many changes-as this is also the key idea of this work: Metamorphosis - one form changing into another… not only external changes but most of all, internal ones! Mystic creatures, half insects-half humans caught on their transitional journey to yet another (maybe human?) form. They appear to be in state of latent (sexual)consciousness and realization. At the beginning I was more focused on the body itself- faces were very abstract and unified and only later I started to make more detailed faces with different expressions,even.Usually they are painted black , but patinated with light pigments, so that they really tend to look like made of ebony or even bronze! at the beginning I was anchoring them in huge river stones, which were carefully chosen for each figurine ..so, that the base was much larger then the sculpture itself.I wanted to point out that base(the stone) and the figurine were equally important for the whole sculptural-structure! Later I was replacing river stones with terracotta, dome-like, black painted shapes . At the exhibitions I usually represent them in this manner, because dome-like bases function more unified. Which is desired sometimes, depending on space. Usually I create installations - large groups of this small hovering figurines, like a little"forest" and they come on different high stems.... I will add an example on additional photos, so one can get a better idea... however, these sculptures are not recommended for people with small children if they are not kept out of children's reach! because they are on stems and are hoovering and swinging and can be damaged if they hit something. Optional I can also cast them in bronze and can be perfect sculpture for the outdoor/garden! In that case more thick and stainless steal rod is required.