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Sam Jinks: Ultra Realistic Sculptures of Human Bodies
07.24.2009
11:46 am
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Australian artist Sam Jinks’ peculiar human sculptures:

imageThe scary thing about both sculptures is not what might be happening to the figures - though this is sinister - but rather their comprehensive level of detail. The verisimilitude in the treatment removes you from the comfort of analogous images in the history of art. In the tradition of figurative sculpture, the agonised figure - from Ghiberti to Kollwitz - is bathed in aesthetic heroism.


The allure of a robust sculptural medium is not for Jinks. Rather, with skills that exceed the standards of the wax museum, Jinks makes the skin look like skin, which is luminous and penetrated by light. You could imagine seeing pores and follicles if you took a microscope to the surface.

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Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.24.2009
11:46 am
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