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Lifestyle January 11, 2013
’n Magdom kleure en teksture : “The Dying Slave” se mosaÃ¯ek-oppervlak van 42,6 vierkante meter bestaan uit 225â€‰â€‰000 tesserae (klein teÃ«ltjies) wat met die hand gesny is. Altesame 1 500 kg materiaal is gebruik — van kalksteen en marmer tot graniet en klippies.|
Hard aan die werk in die Kaaptadse ateljee : Spier Architectural Arts het ’n ogie gehou oor elke stap in die ontwerp- en konstruksieproses. Dit het ingesluit die ontwikkeling van die ontwerp, die keuse van materiale en ’n geskikte styl van mosaÃ¯ekwerk, en oorsig oor die oprigting van die werk.|
Spanwerk : Die produksie is in die ateljee in Kaapstad afgehandel waar dit 10 mosaÃ¯ekkunstenaars vyf maande geneem het om die werk te voltooi.|
Stukkie vir stukkie : Die mosaÃ¯ekwerk is geskep in panele van 1 vierkante meter.|
Delikate kuns : Die panele is daarna in kratte na die wynlandgoed geneem waar ’n span van vier kunstenaars dit naatloos aan die groot panele geheg het.|
Voor en agter : Die mosaÃ¯ekpanele is aan albei kante van die groot panele geÃ¯nstalleer sodat die beeld aan die voor- en agterkant van die installasie sigbaar is.|
’n Verbyganger bewonder die strukture : Op ’n afstand kom die nege panele in lyn om die volledige prent van “The Dying Slave” te onthul. Die panele is 4,2 meter hoog en dek ’n gebied van 30 vierkante meter.|
PHOTOS Micky Hoyle WORDS Malibongwe Tyilo and Liani van der Westhuizen
An installation at Spier in the Stellenbosch winelands is a reminder that you don’t have to visit a gallery to be exposed to art. The large-scale piece by Marco Cianfanelli features a mosaic image set on nine tall columns and takes art into the realm of architecture, giving it a functional quality and inviting viewers to submerge themselves in the work.
The Dying Slave by Marco Cianfanelli sits at the junction of two footpaths on the Spier wine farm. Like Marco’s acclaimed Madiba sculpture, the work features columns that together create the completed picture.
Marco based his large-scale image on Michelangelo’s well-known figure of a male slave in the throes of death. It was created digitally, using a photographic source, and then digitised into lines of pixels, which were created in mosaic by artists from Spier Architectural Arts, working in conjunction with the Spier Arts Academy to offer employment-based training in contemporary mosaic.
“Initially, I was concerned that the roughness of stone mosaic used would not be conducive to achieving a slick digital effect,” says Marco. “After seeing the first sample created by the studio, I realised that the richness of texture and the intense colour of glass added an incredible dimension that made perfect sense with the concept.”
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