Plaster & Rope Sculptures
Plaster Rope Acrylic
60 x 40 x 15 cm
In this part of his project, Dan Carabas captured his fleeting sculptures, which he made of bodies, rope and fabric, in plaster casts. This transformation from the transient moment of their existence into figures that remain in space was a significant departure from his previous artistic explorations. While photography, animation and painting enabled the artist to capture his vision of sculptures that exist only in the moment on a two-dimensional level, it was plaster cast that made their presence in space possible, but nevertheless remaining a reflection on the continuous change and transformation of life.
“In my experiments with the conventional art mediums through which I express my METAMORPHIC SCULPTURES, I have now finally achieved a three-dimensional representation of them. This marks the peak of a process that began with the meditative, fleeting form of a transformed body through rope and fabric and its two-dimensional images and animations. It culminates in an abstract three-dimensional form, held in space by plaster and rope. But despite the remaining sculpture, it still only shows a hollow imprint of the original creation which has already passed. Nevertheless, it’s a reflection on the continuous change and transformation of life.”
