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Brancusi, The Kiss, at the Phila Museum |
Prompted by recent trips to the
Rodin Museum and the
PMA I've been looking at a lot of figurative sculpture. I have loved that Brancusi sculpture since I was a kid. It hits just the right note.
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Pre-historic figurative sculpture |
Maybe it is because I went to PAFA, a prominently figurative place, or maybe because I was in one too many art history courses that began with the Venus of Willendorf but throughout school I largely disregarded this particular type of work. Which is sort of bizarre because I love the figure. In truth, I guess the real reason is, I wasn't as comfortable in the language of sculpture and so I wouldn't engage with it as fully. But like any art form, there is a lot of work, a lot of bad work, and a few exquisite ones, and I had to look to find the ones I am really drawn to. These are a few of my all time favorites.
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veiled figure in Central Cemetery, Vienna |
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Rodin, study for Polyphemus |
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Henry Moore, detail of figure
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