Artwork details
- Medium : Stone With Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 9in, Height: 9in, Depth: 6in
About this artwork
This cobra-shaped stone displays both a rough and a smooth side. The rough side was achieved by cutting the stone with a five-inch diamond blade and pitching the slices with a mallet and chisel. This figure represents me as I prepare to work: coiled and ready to burst into action. Energy and light surge through me and the path ahead remains uncertain. I admire the honeycomb calcite for its capacity to reflect light and the white veins holding mineral…
deposits within its intricate layers.
Medium: Honeycomb calcite.
White base included. Dimensions with base: 10" x 10" x 7.5"
Medium: Honeycomb calcite.
White base included. Dimensions with base: 10" x 10" x 7.5"
Robin Antar
United States
Credentials
- Works on commission
Robin Antar, an American sculptor, skilfully narrates stories with stone, with a career steeped in emotion and observation of American life. Specializing in realism, she uses her unique technique to carve meticulous artworks that magnify aspects of American pop culture and register pivotal historical circumstances. Antar's pieces, deeply emotional and rooted in her personal experiences, explore both individual and national layers of conflict and trauma, offering a heart-rending testimony to her subjective interpretation of what America embodies.