Thread: Nude figure study (L'ecorche)

Easily up to your superlative senses.
Can you imagine that the posture is a little beyond what a human figure
might be expected to hold?
I don't think that the exposed musculature anatomy feeds my senses.

An unusual piece Undy but right up there with your usual high standards!!!

Wow!, that's an interesting piece.
Leonardo Da Vinci (and his anatomical drawings) crossed with a bit of Michealangelo and his human form sculptures. Maybe with a bit of Hannibal Lecter thrown in as well. As some bits look a bit tasty!
I presume viewed from behind one quarter shows the guts n gizzards in all their visceral glory and the other quarter just the bare skeleton?
Sort of reminds me also of, a 3 dimensional take on the X ray style Aboriginal rock paintings as well.
Great!
I'd like one of what he just had.

I like this very much, aside of the excellent craftsmanship the flailed flesh reminds the viewer of physical beauty only being skin deep, plus for me it immediately brings Da Vinchis' anatomical drawings to mind.

Wonderful as always, I like what you have done to the base this time, you need brighten your lights a bit for the photos though, hard to see.
Queensland Myrtle? obviously quite good for carving??.

Exquisite work as usual. I wish I lived closer to Queensland... I think I'd be tempted to sign up for one of your courses. I don't suppose you ever get down Adelaide way....

There's very little in the photos to give scale, but I recognise the spot on which she's sitting from previous posts. That's your extraction table no? So she's about 350 to 400 mm high? Also have to agree with Rob. The lighting is great for effective artistic showing, but for us we want to see the detail!

Thanks for the feedback folks...always appreciated

Originally Posted by Mike the knife

the flailed flesh reminds the viewer of physical beauty only being skin deep, plus for me it immediately brings Da Vinchis' anatomical drawings to mind.

Nailed it Mike..visual beauty is made of muscle, skin and bone..real beauty is made of that, plus other (more important) stuff...

Originally Posted by Robson Valley

I don't think that the exposed musculature anatomy feeds my senses.

Agreed RV.."L'ecorche" (flayed anatomy for artists) is not designed to be nice.
The reason I persist is that all the great figurative sculptors that inspire me did this..
The best analogy I can think of is practicing the scales if you want to be good at piano...not fun, but essential if you wish to be good at figure carving..

Thanks. It's a good read. I mean that classical form with twist and movements goes way back - possibly with its origin in India. Then reference to enlightenment and science followed by a sort of contemporary deconstructionist feeling with that dividing line makes it like a historical essay. Some good basic abstract geometry emerges as well making it even less personal than it already seems. But it's strange how strong a personal comment comes through, though Im not sure how I'd define that: Tragedy? Pathos?


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Originally Posted by movay_2008

But it's strange how strong a personal comment comes through, though Im not sure how I'd define that: Tragedy? Pathos?

..no real personal comment here movay..other than improving my students anatomy skills..I have noticed that some folks are uncomfortable with the process, but that is to be expected.
it can be confronting for some art students to realise we are just flesh and bones..(the flayed plinth is just me playing silly buggers)

Can't help but comment that is a very high cut above factory line carving. Hard to believe there is no creative conscious or subconscious at work there?