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THE MUSCLE OF TERROR Sculpture
United States
Sculpture, Precious Materials on Other
Size: 7.5 W x 11.4 H x 2.8 D in
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About The Artwork
In his monograph published in 1862, the Mechanism of Human Physiognomy, neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne experimented with electricity in order to link the human soul to the muscles of the face and therefore discovering what Dawin referred to as the physiology of emotion. david gil’s sterling silver amputating necklace with hand engraved ivory cameo portraying de Boulogne’s Muscle of Terror is an invitation to the luxury industry to surgically remove from the consumers brain what economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen referred to in 1899 as conspicuous consumption, behavior deliberately intended to cause the emotion of envy, the most unfortunate aspect of the human soul resulting from an upward social comparison. Fabrication by Maison Arthus Bertrand Nominatation to the Sommet du Luxe et de la Creation under category Audacity next to Van Cleef & Arpels
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Sculpture:Precious Materials on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:7.5 W x 11.4 H x 2.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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If perception is the process of becoming aware through the senses and reality is the state of things as they actually exist, the gap between the two raises questions about what we know to be true. I am a multidisciplinary artist particularly interested in this gap and its relationship with technology, media, systems of power and human behavior. Film and Painting are my main mediums of expression. www.davidgil.eu
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