Neo-Classical head resting on PR side with cloth strips wrapped around top of nose and upper lip; open eyes; deeply crackled surface; mottled patina with greens, golds and browns; two incised/drawn mummy-like heads on back of neck; interior has deeply textured surface

Art %C2%A9 Estate Igor Mitoraj %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York

Eros Bendato Screpolato, 1999

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Bandaged and broken, Eros, the god of love, rests in the tension between the ideal and the reality of the human condition. Strength and beauty is contradicted by inherent fragility. Life is precious because it is fleeting. And love brings both joy and heartache. Mitoraj used the timeless artistic language of Greece to address these conflicts in a new way. They are intimately personal, yet the monumental scale of the sculpture, weighing close to two tons, also suggests the glories and failures of entire civilizations.

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Details
Title
Eros Bendato Screpolato
Artist Life
Polish, 1944-2014
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.23
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Neo-Classical head resting on PR side with cloth strips wrapped around top of nose and upper lip; open eyes; deeply crackled surface; mottled patina with greens, golds and browns; two incised/drawn mummy-like heads on back of neck; interior has deeply textured surface

Art © Estate Igor Mitoraj / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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