Sculpture titled "Ettore e Andromaca…" by Nunzio Capece, Original Artwork, Ceramics

Ettore e Andromaca 4-2012 Sculpture by Nunzio Capece

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Original Artwork Sculpture, Ceramics

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 5.1in, Width 2.4in
Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
Categories Figurative

Small majolica terracotta statue. Hector and Andromache, the theme of love without a future, of the ultimate and aware embrace of an imminent ruin. The theme already addressed in painting by the master is solved in this small masterpiece in an extraordinary way. The figures come together in a strong but tender embrace, they look like an ancient and twisted olive trunk. The soft and sensual female figure, with a strong and wide pelvis and long hair gathered in a braid, gently caresses the neck and shoulders of the man while the strong and athletic man holds the woman with passion and desire as if to hold back the moment forever. In this gesture is the dynamism of the composition, in the rhythm of the arms and hands that draw a spiral that starts from the buttock of the woman and ends at the ear of the man. Fourth version in majolica red clay with black and crystalline engobe. The signature is imprinted on the inside of the piece.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Ceramics

Sculpture technique using as raw material a malleable Earth which can have different color then cooked to increase its solidity.

Figurative

Figurative and colorful painting having taken the liberty of including all forms of art without border of cultural genre and geographic origin, without hierarchy of values between high and subculture.

Technic Sculpture

Sculpture is an artistic activity which consists of designing and producing shapes in volume, in relief, either in the round (statuary), in high relief, in low relief, by modeling, by direct carving, by welding or assembly. The term sculpture also designates the object resulting from this activity.

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Nunzio Capece

Italy

Nato in Basilicata nel 1954. Vive a Napoli nella prima metà degli anni '70, grafico/vignettista per opuscoli e manifesti politico-sindacale, per poi essere a Potenza dal '76, partecipa a collettive[...]