2009 5 07 Picadoras

Picadoras

© Ginestet, 2007

Innocence, purity, predisposition, openness

like the white sheet of paper

Inspiration, showering in light

Gestation, production, like cells that multiply,

creating, calling into life, shape, one cell,

two cells and a kaleidoscope full of cells.

Maturity, perfection, devotion

Reflection, thinking about culture,

about your own actions

Satisfaction, happiness, deep joy

emancipation

seven picadoras

technical sheets

Regarding the sculptures above:

Symbolic representations similar to Minoan statues found on the island of Crete

(6000 a 2000 B.C.). This collection is made from precious materials, like gold

and gems. The reason why the work is done in gold is very simple. Due to the

size of the figures, the work is very similar to a miniature. In order to be able to

touch them as much as you want you need appropriate surfaces. Gold is the

best protection for the precious manufacturing, the chiseling and the carving in

bronze, and for your skin. The gems and the gold emphasize the classical and

antique character of the work. On one side, these statues follow sculptural

tradition and, on the other side, they innovate the tradition by the means of the

use of unprecedented technical skills, allowing a fuller range of nuances in the

gold surfaces from shiny to matte.

The seven sculptures refer to seven main colors which appear through precious

stones. They symbolize seven feelings or emotional stages, requirement for any

kind of creation, let it be artistic or human.

The orange stands for innocence and openness.

The rose pink stands for inspiration.

The blue stands for gestation.

The green stands for mothering and maturation.

The violet stands for respect, distance and reflection.

The yellow stands for satisfaction and for pride about the achieved work.

The red stands for rest, farewell and emancipation.

The name picadoras is an allegory to describe the dichotomy between

femaleness and maleness – a symbolic combination of the horn as

representation of maleness and the female torso in a single sculpture. The

following pictures show the single male elements.

innocence

inspiration

gestation

maturation

intellectual

reflection

satisfaction

emancipation