"Viridia" (Neo-Amphora Series) Sculpture

Mark Foster Gage’s Neo-Amphora series is a collection of 15 unique handcrafted objects, all designed and hand-made by the artist and formed from a desire to re-introduce detail and figuration into a world so dramatically dominated by a joyless and abject minimalism. Each Neo-Amphora is a different color, and was designed using recycled digital objects rescued from the dark and unused corners of cyberspace- all recombined and given new life as a part of a new and magical menagerie of forms intended to surprise and delight. Featuring everything from tiny mythical creatures, to mermaids, Japanese robotic Gundam parts, abstract forms, 3d textures and mechanical mechanisms, each Neo-Amphora tells the story of its high-resolution origins in a voice of color unique to that object. The series, being made from roto-molded and partially recycled urethane, also asks if contemporary materials can be imbued with the same vital and invigorating aesthetic qualities almost entirely unique to designed objects from ages past. Through the language of form and figure, detail and color, each Neo-Amphora is designed to speak in a harmony of voices that emerge from both the great design precedents of design history and the digital technologies and materials of contemporary 21st century life. Each Neo-Amphora is signed on the bottom by Mark Foster Gage and comes with a certificate of authenticity as well as a complimentary signed copy of Mark Foster Gage's Rizzoli-published monograph "Mark Foster Gage: Projects and Provocations" (Rizzoli 2018). Colors produced include originals in gold, silver, sky blue, dark blue, emerald green, dark grey, dusty rose, bright magenta, yellow, cream yellow, pastel pink, mint green, lavender, peach, and periwinkle. As only one of each color was produced, not all colors are available. The origin object was designed in the computer, 3d printed at full scale, and cast as a negative into a silicon mold contained by an Aquaresin mother-mold. Each individual piece in the series was then roto-cast by hand and hand finished. Due to the extensive use of high-resolution detail, the urethane casting material was pushed to its limits resulting in a high failure rate of individual castings. The objects featured in the series are therefore the unique and lucky survivors of an intricate and detailed process—and the fittest have survived. Each color is limited to an edition of one, with one artists proof. The series is divided into two categories of color: matte-finish native-color objects, and metallic airbrushed painted objects. The casting mold was destroyed after the final casting. Not recommended for actual use for liquids. All objects in the series evidence some slight tooling and finishing imperfections that are unique to that object, and intentionally left to show their handmade origins.

Sculpture:Plastic on Plastic

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:8 W x 20 H x 8 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.