Terry Stringer, 'Hand Head Rose', 2023 Bronze Unique, 1620mm on base
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Terry Stringer, 'Hand Head Rose', 2023 Bronze Unique, 1620mm on base
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Terry Stringer, 'Hand Head Rose', 2023 Bronze Unique, 1620mm on base
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Terry Stringer, 'Hand Head Rose', 2023 Bronze Unique, 1620mm on base
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As the title foretells, Hand, Head, Rose is an artwork of several elements. Finished with a distinctive painterly quality that is characteristic of the artist, the sculpture has the appearance of a rich graphite drawing or a moody sepia photograph, expanded into three dimensions. The sculpture is filled with varying planes and perspectives, creating a sense of movement and cleverly merging the three key subjects into one. From the frontal plane, the viewer is met with a head and shoulders portrait but discovering the back of the sculpture, there is a surprise encounter with fingers, leaves and a rose in bloom.
As Stringer explains: “This changing of subject is part of my long time preoccupation with the hidden side of the sculptural object. Here these seem to tell a story about someone reaching out to beauty. But also, by the mounting of the flower onto the stem of the neck, this is about the bloom of youth.”
As the title foretells, Hand, Head, Rose is an artwork of several elements. Finished with a distinctive painterly quality that is characteristic of the artist, the sculpture has the appearance of a rich graphite drawing or a moody sepia photograph, expanded into three dimensions. The sculpture is filled with varying planes and perspectives, creating a sense of movement and cleverly merging the three key subjects into one. From the frontal plane, the viewer is met with a head and shoulders portrait but discovering the back of the sculpture, there is a surprise encounter with fingers, leaves and a rose in bloom.
As Stringer explains: “This changing of subject is part of my long time preoccupation with the hidden side of the sculptural object. Here these seem to tell a story about someone reaching out to beauty. But also, by the mounting of the flower onto the stem of the neck, this is about the bloom of youth.”