David Breuer-Weil b. 1965
Maquette for Visitor, 2010
bronze with brown patina
18 x 17 x 23 cm
and dated (back of skull): DBW; (inside of casting): David Breuer-Weil 2010 A/P DBW
2012-2010-35
© David Breuer-Weil
Photo: Bridgeman images
Maquette for Visitor is the working model for the artist’s monumental head, Visitor I, exhibited at Chatsworth in 2010. Its tactile surface reveals his fingerprints greatly enlarged to imply ‘that...
Maquette for Visitor is the working model for the artist’s monumental head, Visitor I, exhibited at Chatsworth in 2010. Its tactile surface reveals his fingerprints greatly enlarged to imply ‘that a higher power has constructed and placed this unearthly figure in this suffocated position’. It relates closely to Breuer-Weil’s Philosopher paintings, which also feature a large head. Of these works, the artist has stated that he wanted to express ‘the immense potential power of thought … This work is a visual embodiment of thought. Every human being is largely hidden and secret.’
Provenance
presented by the artist, 2010Literature
Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., 'Out of Chaos: Ben Uri; 100 Years in London' (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015) pp. 156-157.2
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