MID CENTURY MODERN BRUTALIST BRONZE BALLERINA SCULPTURE! VTG GIACOMETTI ERA JERE

TORTURED BRUTALISM! BRUTALIST BRONZE BALLERINA SCULPTURE! AFTER ALBERTO GIACOMETTI POLISHED GRANITE BASE DIMENSIONS: Height: 17" Base: 3-1/4" This beautiful bronze work is a marvelous exampleof the sixties brutalist movement in fine art sculpture! Tortured metal is stretched and worked with an eye towards perspective. The figure's arms are extended; she dwindles as your eye travels up her structurally visible legs to small breasts, hollowed head and chest. How close you get to her, determines whether she retreats or advances, The light caresses and touches her mottled, gnarled and molten surfaces,casting shadows and sculpting space in and outside the figure. Very much in tune with some of Giacometti's finest works,this piece has this added element of 'negative space.'The viewer is confronted with the absence of materialas bronze is worked and tortured to show onlya fraction of reality. The hollowed torso and limbsdemand the viewer increase their perceptionof what is in this negative space. We must take the sculpture further.The finest artists of the mid century periodwere not just sculpting form but contemplating existential concepts. The hollowed out elements which dominate this workcan be compared to the parts of the woman/ballerina that need fulfillment. Aspirations, dreams, accomplishments. Truly a mid century Brutalist masterpiece. Gorgeous vintage condition. Displays beautifully! A wonderful art addition to your NY penthouse,Palm Springs atomic ranch or Cape Cod estate! MID CENTURY, BRUTALIST, BRONZE SCULPTURE FOR YOUR EXISTENTIALLY ENRICHED INTERIORS! _____________________________________________________ All text, images and descriptions Copyright GALLERY 20TH. 2024. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized usage in whole or part, including eCRATER listings, is strictly prohibited. ______________________________________________________