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FROM EXTREMELY DETAILED 3D SCANS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CLASSICAL SCULPTURES OF ALL TIMES, EDUARD LOCOTA HAS DIGITALLY SLICED AND EXTRACTED THE ESSENTIAL PART OF TO ARTWORKS, THEN PHYSICALLY 3D PRINT THE CLASSICAL ARTWORKS INTO A NEW REPRESENTATION, FIT FOR THE XXI-ST CENTURY. “WE THEN POLISHED AND REFINED THE 3D PRINTS, TOOK MOLDS AND RECREATED THE SCULPTURES WITH STRONGER AND MORE DURABLE MATERIALS LIKE JESMONITE AND TRANSPARENT RESIN.“ EDUARD LOCOTA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DIGITAL 3D MODELLING SOFTWARE FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW; AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE HAS COMBINED HIS DIGITAL 3D SKILLS WITH HIS PHYSICAL SKILLS WITH THE PURPOSE OF GIVING BIRTH TO THIS RADICAL NEW COLLECTION; REPRESENTING THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF ART AND DESIGN.
FROM THE 3D SCAN OF THE CLASSIC SCULPTURE MADE BY GIAN LORENZO BERNINI, THE RAPE OF PROSERPINA: WE HAVE EXTRACTED THE TIGHT YET TENDER GRIP OF PLUTO, SQUEEZING PROSERPINA’S VOLUPTUOUS BODY, A GESTURE AT THE CROSSROAD BETWEEN AFFECTION AND VIOLENCE.
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FOR OUR OTHER METOPE, THE SCULPTURAL MASTERPIECE PIETA, MADE BY MICHELANGELO IN 1499 WAS CHOSEN TO TO HIGHLIGHT THE LIFELESS BODY OF JESUS, HELD BY THE VIRGIN MARY.
In the current context focused on excessive and unsustainable consumerism, the 21st Century welcomes us with a Darwinian transformation for both men and nature. Evolution which leads to the development of a synthetic man living in a synthetic nature. Heavy topics as regeneration and sustainable environment are thrown into the arms of the future generations, that have not been born yet. Thus, the artist’s creations highlight the synthesis through alternative materials used, such as: synthetic marble (resin and marble dust), synthetic resin (Plexiglass), synthetic cement (Jesmonite), charcoal, burned wood, and so on. His works have a powerful conceptual plasticity but also physical plasticity, a concept that can be interpreted as modern works of the 21st Century. His pieces are collected all around the world, belonging to private collectors, Forbes 100 companies and royal families.
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