Pulsating
with all the power and vitality of an African tribal warrior, this state
ostensibly portrays a dancer. The geometrical rhythms of its surfaces are
fragmented and distorted to reflect movement. Despite its vigour, the
sculpture's gentle coils and the softness of its carving evokes the artist's
appreciation of the human form. This piece was sculpted at a a point when the
artist was concerned with primitive forms and with abstraction. Born in France,
he studied in England and settled in London in 1911. In 1914 he enlisted in the
French army, and during this time he made wood carvings and continued to exhibit
in London. Influenced by the work of Auguste Rodin and Constantin Brancusi who
reduced figures to their most simplified form. Gaudier-Brzeska worked as a
draughtsman and sculptor and was also closely linked to the Vorticist group.
Potentially a great artist, he was killed in action in 1915 at the age of 23.
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Pulsating
with all the power and vitality of an African tribal warrior, this state
ostensibly portrays a dancer. The geometrical rhythms of its surfaces are
fragmented and distorted to reflect movement. Despite its vigour, the
sculpture's gentle coils and the softness of its carving evokes the artist's
appreciation of the human form. This piece was sculpted at a a point when the
artist was concerned with primitive forms and with abstraction. Born in France,
he studied in England and settled in London in 1911. In 1914 he enlisted in the
French army, and during this time he made wood carvings and continued to exhibit
in London. Influenced by the work of Auguste Rodin and Constantin Brancusi who
reduced figures to their most simplified form. Gaudier-Brzeska worked as a
draughtsman and sculptor and was also closely linked to the Vorticist group.
Potentially a great artist, he was killed in action in 1915 at the age of 23.