Paul Vanstone | Man Mountain
8 January 2009
We are pleased to announce that the first new work of 2009 to be installed at the Cass Sculpture Foundation is Paul Vanstone's Man Mountain.
Man Mountain harks back to the idealised male torso as portrayed by Classical sculptors. However, this is a twenty-first century appropriation of potent masculinity, distinctly postmodern as a result of its self-referential production. Vanstone uses Himalayan Grey Indian marble's strength and striations to emphasise the power and beauty of his subject. The reverse of the piece is left roughly hewn with deep horizontal score marks which highlight the sculptors stone carving techniques and add a texturally interesting facet to this deceptively contemporary work.
- Unique edition.
- Made from Himalayan Grey Indian marble with a steel base.
- Standing 1.8m high.
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