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: |
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