Attachment 65455Attachment 65456Attachment 65457Attachment 65460
http://www.alfarrow.com/reliquaries.html
Printable View
wow thats wonderful art
I must admit that I never heard about Al Farrow untill a few days ago. I discovered his incredible "Reliquaries" series while visiting the "2050 a brief history of the future" exhibition at the "Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium" in Brussels last weekend.
I've spent hours looking at every detail of his work, recognising and identifying firearms, barrels, cases, headstamps, all kind of gun parts... If you like guns & ammunition, art can't get any better than this!
A clever and interesting attack on religion and at the same time a complete waste of parts and components.
Google the guy.....
"Beauty, like supreme dominion.
Is but supported by opion."
Benjamin Franklin 1741
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
― John Adams,
I am perpetually surprised by the historical and continuing partnership of war and religion. The atrocities committed in acts of war absolutely violate every tenet of religion, yet rarely do religious institutions speak against the violations committed in the name of God. Historically, Popes have even offered eternal salvation to those who fought on their behalf (The crusades, etc.).
In my constructed reliquaries, I am playfully employing symbols of war, religion and death in a facade of architectural beauty and harmony. I have allowed my interests in art history, archeology and anthropology to influence the work. The sculptures are an ironic play on the medieval cult of the relic, tomb art, and the seductive nature of objects commissioned and historically employed by those seeking position of power.
Al Farrow,