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Ceramics/ Gallery
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Potgun
Earthenware, w 30cm
I have a very large gun, it's 30 cm long
and it looks the business.
The gun is a universal symbol of masculine
aggression and power. As boys we adopt the
gun as a representation of the manhood we
aspire to.
Heroic figures from the movies like Clint
Eastwood/ James Bond/The Terminator caricature
our need for a role model of a man who always
wins, is always effective in whatever he does
- in other words the embodiment of potency.
This ideal is all the more important because
it so often contrasts with life as it actually
is. I think this myth of the super-hero man
is worth looking at, it has some value to
men and boys as long as it's not just taken
at face value.
No person or animal was hurt in the making
of this sculpture. The clay got a thorough
beating however, luckily it took it like a
man. |
