Exhibition: RODIN UNCOVERED
RODIN UNCOVERED
An Exhibition by William McEvoy
06 August - 04 September 2011
Preview: Friday 05 August | 6.30 - 9.30
McEvoy has always been inspired by the human form and also the conveyance of an emotion within art, be it in art’s attempt to inspire certain feelings in the viewer or, as in Rodin’s case, to use the human body to convey raw emotions through the slightest tension or gesture of the body captured in solid marble and bronze.
With this exhibition McEvoy hopes to pay tribute to Rodin’s work, by taking normal people and casting them (as Rodin was once accused of doing) in the postures of some of his best known works. However, McEvoy‘s process of casting is more akin to the wrapped sculptures of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, playing with each of these artist’s ideas of emotion and what is seen or not.
“This is an interesting contrast between one artist’s work, which shows in detail all its secrets, and others which hide and cover up detail, encouraging us, the viewer, to remember what was there, bringing back our own feelings which are attached.”
McEvoy is also interested in the idea of sensuality and tantalization, adding:
“Rodin’s sculptures can be very sensual and tactile and by hiding these details or only allowing hints of the human form to show (i.e. the curve of a bare back, the hint of a breast or a muscular torso, our mind is free to fill in the gaps). Through covering up and not allowing us to see, the sculpture has become more sensual by giving us a tantalizing glimpse.”
