Diana is one of the works in the Cement Sculptures series, these are reproductions of classic sculptures popularised by mass-produced statuary used to decorate gardens in Italy. The sculptures, sensual and provocative, are painted - evoking a Disney like colour scheme - then covered with elegant crochet, thus blending, yet again, unexpected connections between high art and folk art, the traditional and the contemporary, a reflection of popular styles and flexible motives, liberated from ancient hierarchies of culture.

DIANADIANA
© Marcelo Vilela | Courtesy Câmara Municipal de Alijó
DIANADIANA
© Marcelo Vilela | Courtesy Câmara Municipal de Alijó
DIANADIANA
© Jonty Wilde | Courtesy Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Artwork Details
PRODUCTION DATE
2020
MATERIALS
Concrete statue, acrylic paint, handmade cotton crochet
DIMENSIONS
210 x 50 x 60 cm
Artwork exhibited at
BeyondBeyond
07/03/2020 > 09/01/2022Beyond
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