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Aivar Simson took his artistic pseudonym Simson of Seaküla from his native village where he is presently living in a farmhouse inherited from his grandfather. The brass penises by Simson of Seaküla were shown for the first time in exhibitions in the early 1990s: winged, ornamented with national belt patterns, equipped with menacing tales of the Tyrannosaurus, and crossed forelimbs that make the creature seem like it is begging. These three penises decorated with human characteristics are only a fraction of Simson’s analogical production. There have been many customers, and this surprising sculptural piece could probably be found in several Estonian homes. The early 1990s were the years when the frivolous mentality could still enthuse the exhibition guest, the modernist relationship to sculpture had yet to lose its actuality and brass was still considered the most appropriate material for making sculptures. Juta Kivimäe

Simson Seakülast, Simson von Seakyl
Polite Dick

 
Artist: Simson Seakülast, Simson von Seakyl (Aivar Simson) (1959 - )
Title: Polite Dick
Date: 1993
Technique:
Material:

bronze
Height (cm): 20.6
Width (cm): 11.5
Depth (cm): 40.0
Description: Aivar Simson took his artistic pseudonym Simson of Seaküla from his native village where he is presently living in a farmhouse inherited from his grandfather. The brass penises by Simson of Seaküla were shown for the first time in exhibitions in the early 1990s: winged, ornamented with national belt patterns, equipped with menacing tales of the Tyrannosaurus, and crossed forelimbs that make the creature seem like it is begging. These three penises decorated with human characteristics are only a fraction of Simson’s analogical production. There have been many customers, and this surprising sculptural piece could probably be found in several Estonian homes. The early 1990s were the years when the frivolous mentality could still enthuse the exhibition guest, the modernist relationship to sculpture had yet to lose its actuality and brass was still considered the most appropriate material for making sculptures.

Juta Kivimäe

Related categories: Contemporary Art
Copyright notice: Art Museum of Estonia
AME collection: Sculpture collection
Collection number: S 1705
Accretion number: EKM j 45746
File info: Source type: digital photography
File type: TIF
File size: 77.05MB
Resolution: 6951*3873px @ 300dpi
 
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