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Porcelain Heart Series ~ An Installation 1998
   
   

Mîmesis or ‘imitation’ is a body of work consisting of 70+ hand cast porcelain hearts. Each piece has a tendency in imitating  the anotomical organ.
Each cast heart went through a physical metamorphosis in the same way humans have literally changed the true meaning of the word ‘heart’.
It is a historical, poetic, thoughtful, sensing iconic symbol contrary to its actual function. These hearts become real, and yet have mythological references. They emit part of the human condition for want or need to know who we are, and where are we going.

 
       
Selected works from this series...
         
 
'Arachne'  
porcelain, metal & nylon  7" x 6" x 6"
 
'Itchy'
porcelain, rubber & plastic hands  6" x 6" x 6"
     
                   
     
   
'Ovid's Dream'
  porcelain, metal  &  scotch tape ship  14" x 4" x 4"
 
 
'Achilleus'
porcelain, wax, metal & nylon 4" x4" x 4"
 
     
'Immortal
porcelain, shoe & wire  3" x 5" x 5"
   
                   
                         
'Historical References'
porcelain, paper & spectacles
         
 
 
'Three Fates'  [close up]  
(9" x 20" x5") porcelain, wood, metal & gold leaf ~private collection
'Homer'
2000
The Vehicle Series
           
 
     
         
   
Plato
   
               
Ovid
     
           
             
               
    Pompeii        
     
             
         
           
               
         
 
Vergil
 
     
 
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