Evan Penny’s Hyper-Realistic Sculptures
Working in a similar ‘hyper-realistic’ sculptural style to Ron Mueck, Canadian artist Evan Penny examines the terrain between the real and the replica and our susceptibility to perceive the photograph as a source of authentic information.
Working in molded and dye-painted silicone, implanting real hair one strand at a time, Evan Penny makes figures at twice life size or larger.
Oddly, the closer one gets to this work, the closer one looks at the details of Penny’s work, the more real it appears. Penny constructs molds for the silicone by modeling clay by hand, a technique he also uses as an artist who makes props for movies.
This work, a self portrait, shares with other work by Penny a sensibility that goes beyond just technological virtuosity. Through the painstaking creation of scars, blemishes and other imperfections of the body, Penny investigates human corporeality and fallibility.
March 4, 2008 - Category: Art - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 5
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May 30th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Very interesting
July 24th, 2008 at 5:33 am
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September 26th, 2008 at 9:40 am
hi myself param……. i saw your works i like the all one. i m also make sculptures but i m now a student . doing becahlor of fine arts in sculptures . i want to ask you some thing i want to study in australia after completeing my education . so please suggest me how ill maintain my works in australia. is there any college or any thing where i can take admission thnx……
March 11th, 2009 at 10:43 am
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