Tag Archives: Sculpture

1856: Mauresque Noire

Posted on July 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Cordier: Mauresque Noire [Black Moorish Woman], 1856

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2015: Cube of Shadows

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anila Quayyum Agha: Intersections (2015) (source)

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300-600 AD: Double-Faced Head Fragment

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

This earthenware fragment dates from 300-600 AD and was produced by an artist of the Remojadas culture—which flourished on Mexico’s Veracruz Gulf Coast from about 100 BC to 800 AD and is considered to be part of the larger Classic … Continue reading →

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2012: Moving

Posted on July 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leandro Erlich: Monte-Meubles. L’Ultime Déménagement (2012) Installation in Nantes, France (source) The translation is hard to do nicely. Literally, the title means “Furniture Elevator: The Final Move,” where “move” has the specific sense of moving to a new house or … Continue reading →

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1990: Bókw

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Rick Bartow (Mad River Wiyot): Bear Mask (1990) Photo taken at the National Museum of the American Indian The Wiyot word for “bear” is bókw. (source)

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2001: Anatomy of a Centaur

Posted on June 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Masao Kinoshita: ケンタウロス [Centaur] (2001) (source)

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2016: Emanation

Posted on June 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sukhi Barber: Emanation (2016) (source)

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450 BC: Wanting in Delicacy

Posted on June 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Athlete with head of Lucius Verus [detail] (c. 460-450 BC); Braccio Nuovo, Vatican. (source) This portrait-statue, described in the Vatican Catalogue as heroic, is (though larger than life) perhaps as completely the opposite as one can conceive. It may be … Continue reading →

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2009: Familia Muerta

Posted on June 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

Adrián Villar Rojas: My family dead (2009) (source)

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3rd Century AD: A Slave Rebellion on Chios

Posted on June 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Athenaeus of Naucratis relates the story of a slave revolt in an early 3rd-century Greek work called the Deipnosophistae. It takes place on the Greek island of Chios, close to what is now Turkey. Athenaeus first explains that, unlike other … Continue reading →

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