Sculpture
Brass statuette, 'Dance, Dance, Dance'
Dancing seductively, a young woman twirls so that her skirt swirls gracefully around her ankles. Pah casts the elegant figure in brass, adding a bronze-like patina. Dark curls frame her face in a dreamy portrait inspired by Victorian statuary.
Brass statuette, 'Shiva's Highest Form'
A five-headed cobra spreads his hood to protect Shiva, celestial overlord of deliverance through destruction. Shiva is one of the most complex gods of India, embodying seemingly contradictory qualities.
Bronze sculpture, 'Elongation II'
Drawing from her extensive experience in ballet, Emne Al-Haje creates this oxidized bronze piece depicting the beauty of a dancer who gracefully incorporates a glass ball into her routine.
Bronze sculpture, 'Patience'
Lucia Prata presents this emotive sculpture, depicting a seated man, almost folded in upon himself. His features exude humility, almost humiliation, as the prone form is suggestive of a street beggar.
Bronze sculpture, 'Daydream I'
As though lost in a daydream, she stretches her arms backward, extending into a ribbon of lithe imagination. Feminine features suggest the perfection of human movement - an important theme in the art of Emne Al-Haje, who studied dance for many years.
Bronze sculpture, 'Concave Movement II'
A dancer's graceful strength contracts her body into concave form, the limpid line finishing in pointed toes and stretched fingers. Emne Al-Haje knows the movement only too well after her experience as a dancer and as a self-confessed admirer of the human figure.
Bronze sculpture, 'Woman III'
A sense of flowing grace embellishes the arched torso of a woman in this sculpted piece by Lucia Prata. Arched shoulders reveal a sensual beauty, unaffected by the lack of limbs and anonymity. Prata sculpts this piece from bronze and sets it upon a granite base.
Bronze sculpture, 'Inspiration'
Sitting with her head slightly tilted, this woman's nude body exudes unsurpassed beauty. Carmen Gutierrez sculpts her image from bronze with a patina finish to recreate the warm glow of bare skin.
Bronze sculpture, 'Dance Stretch'
Poised en pointe, a dancer flexes her lithe body. Emne Al-Haje sculpts the graceful figure in the allonge, or lengthening pose. Sculpted from bronze, the work shows a handsome, oxidized finish.
Bronze sculpture, 'Sinuousness'
A rope twirls effortlessly in the hands of this dancer, demonstrating a sinuous fluidity. The lithe figure arches backward while touching hand to toe. Airy and beautiful, this elegant work by Emne Al-Haje celebrates the human body in bronze.