Cecilia Schiller’s neuestes Automatenwerk ist ein Überraschungsgeschenk, das für den 90jährigen Künstler Cy de Crosse von seiner Ehefrau Paula in Auftrag gegeben wurde. Im Begleittext des FBautomata… heißt es dazu :
„Cy is an amazing multi-talented artist and Paula wanted the piece to reflect the history of his storied career. I met her on the sly and she took me to his studio while he was away. I was surprised by the diversity of his work and by the fact that many of his sculptures shared some of the themes and a sense of humor apparent in my own work. I recognized a kindred spirit.The very first image Paula showed me was a self-portrait by Cy of himself as a multi-armed magician. As a youngster Cy dreamed of becoming a magician and in my opinion, became one as a professional artist. Cy’s self-portrait was lively and perfect for translating into an automaton. As I delved in a little deeper I found other imagery I wanted to include, such as: The Roman-Greco backdrop representing Cy’s home-away-from-home, Florence, Italy; the owl was the mascot for his business; the military figures marching across the cornice are taken from his machine series of photographs; the perspective floor and yellow back wall of the gear understory were inspired by another recent painting by Cy, “the Idea Brain”. Virtually every part of this automaton has a reference to some part of Cy’s career, the hypnotic pinwheel is representative of his time as an ad-man convincing us to use “foaming bubbles” or eat Pringles! Even the gears are cut with imagery that references his artwork.“
Il Mago, An Automaton by Cecilia Schiller
North House Woodworking instructor Cecilia Schiller crafted this incredible Automaton. Her description and the wonderful story behind it follows. See more of Cecilia's work at her website: https://ceciliaschiller.com/Learn more about her upcoming courses at North House: https://northhouse.org/instructors/cecilia-schiller______________________________IL MAGO(The Magician)Created by Cecilia SchillerIL MAGO was a surprise gift from Paula DeCosse to her husband Cy to commemorate his 90th birthday. Cy is an amazing multi-talented artist and Paula wanted the piece to reflect the history of his storied career. I met her on the sly and she took me to his studio while he was away. I was surprised by the diversity of his work and by the fact that many of his sculptures shared some of the themes and a sense of humor apparent in my own work. I recognized a kindred spirit.The very first image Paula showed me was a self-portrait by Cy of himself as a multi-armed magician. As a youngster Cy dreamed of becoming a magician and in my opinion, became one as a professional artist. Cy’s self-portrait was lively and perfect for translating into an automaton. As I delved in a little deeper I found other imagery I wanted to include, such as: The Roman-Greco backdrop representing Cy’s home-away-from-home, Florence, Italy; the owl was the mascot for his business; the military figures marching across the cornice are taken from his machine series of photographs; the perspective floor and yellow back wall of the gear understory were inspired by another recent painting by Cy, “the Idea Brain”. Virtually every part of this automaton has a reference to some part of Cy’s career, the hypnotic pinwheel is representative of his time as an ad-man convincing us to use “foaming bubbles” or eat Pringles! Even the gears are cut with imagery that references his artwork.
Gepostet von North House Folk School am Montag, 6. April 2020