About the Book
Influenced by anatomical drawing, 3D architectural representation and an exploration of the void and negative space, this series reinterprets the classic bust sculpture to illustrate thoughts, feelings and states of mind through the intersection of drawn lines and volumes in space. With over 200 linear meters of wire, this body of work revisits and pays tribute to an ancient art, bringing it to present times.
Overlapping two-dimensional galvanized wire anatomical portraits are contained in a geometrical and transparent assemblage. They express/reflect the universal conflict of human duality/dichotomy (good and bad, love and hate, life and death, etc.). Going beyond the figurative representation of the subject, the interaction between the heads materializes the abstract world of our minds.
Overlapping two-dimensional galvanized wire anatomical portraits are contained in a geometrical and transparent assemblage. They express/reflect the universal conflict of human duality/dichotomy (good and bad, love and hate, life and death, etc.). Going beyond the figurative representation of the subject, the interaction between the heads materializes the abstract world of our minds.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
# of Pages: 20 - Publish Date: Sep 04, 2017
- Language English
- Keywords art, portrait, anatomy, drawing, sculpture, wire, body
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About the Creator
Federico Carbajal
Montreal, Qc, Canada
Federico Carbajal was born in Mexico in 1978. He received a BA in architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana Leon and an MA in architecture at the Université de Montreal. He first encountered sculpture in New York where he found work as Holton Rower’s assistant in 2000. Carbajal too became a sculptor, and since 2002 has worked for various architecture firms. In 2010 he enrolled in an independent studies programme offered by Visual Arts Centre in Montreal under the tutelage of the artist Helga Schleeh. His MA thesis was placed second for a Steel Structures Education Foundation Scholarship and a later project won him the 2010 Emerging Sculptors Exhibition’s Artcast prize. His work has been exhibited in Mexico and in Canada.