Copper Shank + Weighting Bowl by Maria Positano

About the work
Date of completion:
7 June 2018
Edition type:
Unique work
Classification:
Sculpture
Medium:
Weaved copper, Sapele wood and brass found object.
Dimensions:
23×40×200 cm
Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 Maria Positano
License:
All Rights Reserved.

Provenance records
  • 19 Mar 2019 Verification
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Artist statement:
Maria Positano's practice is driven by the creation of physical artefacts and manipulation of organic matter. She deploys elements associated with rituals and ceremonies: these include the elements used [fire, burned wood, metal and wax] and the processes applied [metal working, wood burning, casting]. Maria Positano’s work evolves around symbolic containers. She seeks the layering of symbolic meaning projected onto the object of worship, which turns inanimate matter into the icon. The object, as a result of an alchemical process, or shamanic investiture, becomes a representation of the human striving to unconceal the unknown thing. Exploring the individual´s psychological engagement and immersive experience with the object, each artwork creates a charged space. By juxtaposing transient materials and bold imagery, abstracted and symbolic, crafted object and sharp finish, she wants to create the experience of the self-reflection on the notion of being human. Our contemporary understanding of anthropological, historical and visual codes becomes in her work a channel for unified communication between worshippers and the worshipped. Within this process emerges the figure of the archetypal Demiurge [artist, shaman, alchemist, smith] who becomes the intermediary for powerful and insightful mediation of the spiritual territory into the physical realm.
... Maria Positano

Biography:

Maria Positano's practice is driven by the creation of physical artefacts and manipulation of organic matter.
She deploys elements associated with rituals and ceremonies: these include the elements used [fire, burned wood, metal and wax] and the processes applied [metal working, wood burning, casting].
Maria Positano’s work evolves around symbolic containers. She seeks the layering of symbolic meaning projected onto the object of worship, which turns inanimate matter into the icon. The object, as a result of an alchemical process, or shamanic investiture, becomes a representation of the human striving to unconceal the unknown thing.
Exploring the individual´s psychological engagement and immersive experience with the object, each artwork creates a charged space. By juxtaposing transient materials and bold imagery, abstracted and symbolic, crafted object and sharp finish, she wants to create the experience of the self-reflection on the notion of being human.
Our contemporary understanding of anthropological, historical and visual codes becomes in her work a channel for unified communication between worshippers and the worshipped. Within this process emerges the figure of the archetypal Demiurge [artist, shaman, alchemist, smith] who becomes the intermediary for powerful and insightful mediation of the spiritual territory into the physical realm.