VERSAILLES GHETTO ' QUEEN ELIZABETH II ' Sculpture

QUEEN ELIZABETH II MAKES POP ART! A sculpture from the Versailles Ghetto Collection. Versailles Ghetto or the criticism of idolatry In our world where the image is worth more than the content, the personalities who accompanied and caused changes in the world by their talent, their genius or even their madness are eclipsed and replaced by show business stars with limited and ephemeral talents, skilled at manipulating their image. People who seek recognition without it being really justified. Daty illustrates, in this series, the reign of provocation, of shocking and ephemeral images to the detriment of authenticity, ideals and long-term vision. The heroes (good or bad) of the history of our human civilizations are presented in a gallery of portraits like the official paintings that noble families had created by famous painters in grandiose gilded frames. They thus acquired this legitimacy recognized and attested by future generations who did not hesitate to keep them in plain sight in public places and museums, giving them an eternal character. Daty diverts this perception by incorporating a common thread into this series, a common element which instantly destroys this image of respectability, a symbolic attribute of the refusal of embodied representation and absurd idolatry: THE LANGUAGE OF ALBERT EINSTEIN: During a celebration of his birthday, at the very serious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, on March 14, 1951, the physicist already known worldwide, respected and even revered was annoyed by this state of affairs. Fleeing the crowd, he stuck out his tongue at a paparazzi who begged him to strike a pose. He later explains that he wanted to break the academic and conventional image that people had of him, this absurd idolatry that was suffocating him. Yet another snub to the human stupidity th

Sculpture:3d Sculpting on Copper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:39.4 W x 41.3 H x 6.7 D in

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