Dear Art Lover,
It is not
often that I get to work with two models at the same time. Many years ago, I ran a special “Open Studio”
at the AVAA (Austin Visual Arts Association) studios in Austin, Texas. I touted it as a session for sculptors in which
painters and those drawing were welcome, as long as they do not complain about
sculptors moving our stands of clay around the room as we deemed necessary. It was a hit and I hope that the artists had
more of the sessions after I hosted those I did.
My two
female models were of very different ages and physiques. They did not know each other before the
session, so I tried to come up with poses of them being together, and yet not.
I am sure you have heard of the intimate connection two people make if they would
stare into each other’s eyes for ten minutes.
So imagine how great or how uncomfortable to have your naked skin
touching someone for 3 hours, breaks or no breaks!
I just
had a tangent of a thought. Ostracism is
considered to be the most horrible punishment we can dish out. As social creatures, to have society or just
a group or even one person cut off your contact with anyone else would indeed
be painful and lonely. We also know from
wars and abuse situations that if you want to humiliate someone, you make them
remove their clothes before you hurt them.
So, I wonder if we took two warring leaders and made them simply pose
together nude, or stare into each other’s eyes, could we make a more peaceful
world?
This first
sculpture is titled “After the Bath,” casual poses for the lounging ladies in
all probability thinking different thoughts of their different lives. This sculpture is currently located at the Franklin Barry Gallery in Indianapolis. If you tell owner Don Elliott or his helper Chuck that you would like to add
this one to your art collection or mediation room or pool area, etc, tell them that
I said the prices is a much lower $800.
Mention this blog in case they cannot reach me to verify. Or contact me.. the same deal.
After
the Bath
10" h x 18" x 18"
terra-cotta sculpture by Kelly Borsheim
This
second sculpture reminds me a little of my first trip to Italy in 2004. The pose as sculpted was setup just to get as
many of my beloved triangles into the figures.
But the base.. hahah.. too subtle?
My first time in Italy, I was thirty nine years old and wanted to put my
hands on a Michelangelo sculpture before I turned 40. I backpacked around for six weeks. More often than not, every time I met a man
on the bus, in the quarries, in a hostel or ferry or train, or just walking
around admiring what is essentially Italia, I heard two questions. “How old are you?” and “Have you ever had sex
with another woman?”
Really? I never had a problem
telling my age, especially after my 78-year-old teacher Mrs. Steiner (or was
she 72?) told us the first day in her English class that she wanted to stop the
whispers and hushed jokes and just told us her age and how proud she was to
have reached it. However, I was raised
in American culture in which it is considered rude to ask a woman her age.
The other
one stumped me. Do most men think this
immediately and it was just here that they actually say the question outside of
their heads? Boh! When I moved to Italy the first time in 2006,
I did not hear this so often, in fact, it was rare. It made me wonder if this is the tourist
market more than anything.
“Waiting
and wondering” is the title of this terra-cotta sculpture of two women sitting
on a cloud based that has a decidedly phallic shape. Make of it what you will. I am just playing with shapes and being a Nature
girl. Also $800, but not in the gallery.
Contact me in the studio via http://BorsheimArts.com/contact.htm
Waiting
& Wondering
8.5" h x 15.5" w x 9" d
terra-cotta sculpture by Kelly Borsheim
Peace and happy new year. Make the most of 2017!
Kelly
P.S. Please check out the “Raccolta e Regalo” sale
I am having on selected artworks.. Ends tonight at midnight, central Texas
time. http://www.borsheimarts.com/SaleArt2016-LaRaccoltaeIlRegalo.htm
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