Video: Porcelain figurines "Love is " by Barnaby Barford
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We all remember a series of illustrations called "Love is …" ("Love is …"), which became famous in our latitudes thanks to inserts in the Turkish chewing gum of the same name. And here is the sculptor Barnaby Barford in their series porcelain sculptures by the same name explores the boundaries between love, passion and pornography.
Pornography, orgy, and indeed sex in general are not at all what we expect to see in porcelain and earthenware figurines. But, nevertheless, British artist Barnaby Burford is not shy about working in this style. Of course, these porcelain sculptures of his do not show explicit sex scenes, but they do hint at them.
In his work, Barnaby Burford tries to explore exactly where the line between love and lust lies. And in this endeavor, he uses methods that seemed inconceivable before.
In a series of porcelain and earthenware figurines created by Burford, various episodes related to near-sexual topics are depicted. But this is not just a desire to show the base with the help of high art. No, the artist tries to touch upon important and relevant topics around philosophy in his works.
For example, he shows children who are unattended and dripping in piles of porno magazines. It depicts four pairs of arms and legs peeking out from under a blanket. He shows a prim Victorian couple in which a man, leading his beloved by the arm, looks at another lady passing by.
Of course, in terms of frankness, Barnaby Burford's work is far from the porcelain figurines from Jessica Harrison, depicting headless Victorian girls. But then there is something more in his sculptures than just trying to shock, namely, meaning and edification.
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