Fragmented
"Monument for Cervus Vitalis #2 (Malus Sylvestris) " by Stief DeSmet (Bel)
location: Nature area Garzebekeveld, vijvers Markey,
Vijverstraat in Adinkerke | De Panne, Belgium
(Beaufort18)
The work of Stief DeSmet is often situated along the fluid boundary between nature and culture. Monument for Cervus Vitalis #2 (Malus Sylvestris) is a life-sized bronze statue of a red deer. The fracture lines between the different body parts are clearly visible and some parts of the deer’s body are actually missing. These elements suggest that the statue is not a complete whole, but a phase of a process. (...)
There are branches growing out of the statue, as if the mutilated but proud deer is still a fruitful source of new life. (...)
The fragmented artwork seems to embody the contradiction underlying the human urge to dominate nature.
Source: www.triennalebeaufort.be/en/beaufort-monument-cervus-vita...
Fragmented
"Monument for Cervus Vitalis #2 (Malus Sylvestris) " by Stief DeSmet (Bel)
location: Nature area Garzebekeveld, vijvers Markey,
Vijverstraat in Adinkerke | De Panne, Belgium
(Beaufort18)
The work of Stief DeSmet is often situated along the fluid boundary between nature and culture. Monument for Cervus Vitalis #2 (Malus Sylvestris) is a life-sized bronze statue of a red deer. The fracture lines between the different body parts are clearly visible and some parts of the deer’s body are actually missing. These elements suggest that the statue is not a complete whole, but a phase of a process. (...)
There are branches growing out of the statue, as if the mutilated but proud deer is still a fruitful source of new life. (...)
The fragmented artwork seems to embody the contradiction underlying the human urge to dominate nature.
Source: www.triennalebeaufort.be/en/beaufort-monument-cervus-vita...