2024
K I N G - O F - C U P S
ALUMINUM SCALPTURE

“KING OF CUPS” EMERGES AS A TEXTURALLY RICH, ABSTRACT ALUMINUM SCULPTURE, EVOLVING FROM A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FINE PHOTOGRAPH THAT CAPTURES MULTIFACETED DEPTH AND LIGHT INTO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EMBODIMENT OF LIFE. THE SCULPTURE’S SURFACE IS ADORNED WITH A SERIES OF PROTRUSIONS AND INDENTATIONS THAT ECHO THE FRAGMENTED WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING INHERENT IN THE KABBALISTIC CROWN, KETER EMANATION, WHICH IS A REFERENCE TO THE TEN SEFIROT OF THE KABBALAH.

.THIS PIECE TYPICALLY SYMBOLIZES THE EQUILIBRIUM OF EMOTIONS, WISDOM, AND THE PROFOUND JOURNEY OF INNER-SELF REFLECTION. THE CHAOTIC, YET METICULOUSLY CONTROLLED FORMS WITHIN THE CAST MIGHT SYMBOLIZE THE DUALITY OF MASTERY AND HUMILITY IN CONFRONTING THE SUBCONSCIOUS. CRAFTED FROM ALUMINUM, THE ARTWORK EXUDES A CONTEMPORARY, INDUSTRIAL AURA, WHILE THE HAND-SCULPTING IMPARTS AN INTIMATE TOUCH, FUSING MODERNITY WITH THE ETERNAL. THE METALLIC GLOSS OF THE ARTWORK ENGAGES WITH AMBIENT LIGHT, CASTING DYNAMIC SHADOWS AND HIGHLIGHTS THAT METAPHORICALLY CONTRAST THEMES OF ILLUMINATION AND OBSCURITY, SERVING AS BEACONS FOR KNOWLEDGE AND THE MYSTERIOUS. THIS SCULPTURE CONCEPTUALLY EXPLORES THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND SPIRITUAL REALMS, THE CONTEMPORARY AND THE ARCHAIC. THE REFLECTIVE PROPERTY OF THE ALUMINUM NOT ONLY INTERACTS WITH THE PHYSICAL LIGHT BUT ALSO PLAYS ON THE CONCEPT OF INTROSPECTION, ENCOURAGING VIEWERS TO CONTEMPLATE THEIR OWN INNER WISDOM AND EMOTIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THE SCULPTURE’S SMOOTHNESS AND THE ROUGH BACKDROP ACCENTUATES THE ARTWORK’S INHERENT THEMES OF DUALITY AND HARMONY—THEMES THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO AVISAR’S OEUVRE. 

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