Blog #20 January 27, 2023. by catherineabrams.com/catherineabramsartworks.com

Deborah BUTTERFIELD at  Marlborough Gallery

Τα Αλογα της Ντεμπορα Μπατερφιλντ στην Γκαλλερη Μαρλμπορο.

Η καλλιτεχνης χρησιμοποιει μπρουντζο με πατινα για αυτα τα αγαλματα που ειναι σε φυσικο μεγεθος,  σαν να ηταν ζωντανα.  Πολλα  εκμαγεια συνδεονται για το τελειοτικο εργο.Η πατινα κανει τα αλογα να μοιαζουν σαν να ειναι καμωμενα απο ξυλα αποβρασμενα απο την θαλασσα.

Deborah Butterfield was born on the same day as the 75th Kentucky Derby, an event which she describes as an impetus for her lifelong fascination with her unique subject matter: horses. Along with boarding and caring for her own horses, her sculptures exemplify the great appreciation and respect she has for them. Despite being an accomplished rider herself, Butterfield renders her horses as stoic and unridden, fixed in a perpetual state of solitude, their branch-like corporeality almost haunting. Simultaneously, her sculptures serve as a symbol for the vitality and allure of the natural world, their formality an embodiment of the inner world of the horse.

Horses are like the ocean. I mean, they’re extremely civilized and domesticated. They’re very smart—maybe not at doing what people do or what dogs do but they’re really smart at what they do. They’re the best at being horses of anybody. But there is that danger and respect. The idea that at any moment they could kill you. Not that they want to. They’re just—they’re forces of nature. It can get to be like a rogue wave: you just never turn your back on the ocean.

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