In Red Shields, 1999, I worked with a rich red-brown color. I used the shape of the shields in order to define objects that have the sense of the corporal, but have an organic directness. Red Shields is a work that consists of three elements - sculptural forms that are constructed out of plaster over wire. The surface is finished with an application of iron oxide powder. The three objects are based on earlier investigations of the shape of a sand-dollar, following pieces/ideas like "White Shield", 1998 or "reflection/shield (maquette)", 1998-1999. » more
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Red Shields: 3 elements, plaster over wire, pigment;
shield 1: 59” x 6” x 64” (150 x 15 x 163 cm);
shield 2: 61” x 59” x 17” (156 x 150 x 43 cm);
shield 3: 62” x 31” x 33” (157 x 78 x 85 cm)
Shields for Humans: Graphite on paper, each 59" x 85" (150 x 215 cm)
As drawings, the Shields for Humans series, 2000 works on a similar level as the "black shields" series does. Here I emphasize the frontality and mass of an imaginary shield-like form. The drawings confront a person as a massive, yet at the same time almost fragile form. Various layers of graphite powder are worked and incised by pencil and eraser-lines. As drawings they build up a tension that plays with the viewer's physicality. » more
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June 2007 – Copyright Vanessa Paschakarnis
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