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notes. During the creative process I never
see photos or drawings of the sculpture, some paraphrases are a synthesis of many
because it would end up being a copy.” works; such is the case of modigliani.
It is not based on any specific work,
The question is always this: what is is an invented form. But despite this
the essence? In the sculpture David for is recognized immediately. here sacal
example, the importance is its beauty and captures this exquisite Italian master
strength, in the sculpture El moises, his lengthening. In other cases the painting
severity. on other occasions sacal creates is chosen as a starting point, it is not the
the work from an element that the artist artist best-known, such is the case of
has painted repeatedly as the woman with georgia o’Keefe, whose flowers are well
Iguana, by Raul Anguiano or things which known but sacal chose his buildings. In the
interested the artist, as it is the case of sculpture sacal imagined the building as
Diego Rivera, where the sculpture brings a human body; he even made wings that
together his two passions: women and resemble the statue of Liberty.
pyramid.
In grant wood, the sculpture is the
The resolution is always different. The expression of the two characters, captures
essence of the characters is intuitively, the key from it, frustration and the
without knowing in advance how it will be unhappiness. The trident continues on the
resolved: ‘”El moises” is ninety percent hair cut body of the sculpture. For sacal cuts
and beards. At The Venus of Botticelli I found denote mourning and suffering. Another
that wind is essential and had to express that sculpture where the cuts expressed drama
movement. In Venus I have made the face is The Cry of munch, this sculpture is so
very much influenced by sylvia, my wife, and convincing, which makes us see the pain,
let the wind pass through sculpture. as if we could touch the anguish.
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