"All the snark and word games, moral posturing and linguistic faggotry, this is what lies behind it—-bloodlust"
- Sam Hyde
Fen de Villiers
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Fen de Villiers
@FendeVilliers
Fine Art Sculptor
Passionate about strong aesthetics and powerful archetypes.
Challenging aesthetic relativism.
- Press, media, men with cameras and soylets standby as this protest is enacted. This is simply setup and allowed, a theatrical performance made possible by museum management. Clear them all out. Start again. They are corrupt beyond belief.
00:00 - We live in a time where people are unable to sense when something is revoltingly kitsch. Apart from Alexander Stoddart and Sabin this list is truly gruelling to scroll through. Figurative Realism is materialist warts and all dreck. Not remotely connected with the high idealism ofWestern art is thriving, not dying. Meet 20 sculptors who are not only preserving the legacy of Western art but are also innovating within its rich tapestry. 🧵
- Replying to @christopherrufoThese exact types head all of the major art institutions and galleries. It becomes clear quickly why culture has remained on a downward slope. Only once these parasitic entities have been shaken off can we truly move forward.
- Prince Leo von Hohenberg the great-grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand passed by the Exhibition this evening. We had a wonderful and energetic discussion regarding sculpture and forging a fresh synthesis in our time. Now we are connected I look forward to our cultural
- Prometheus is complete in bronze! It has been quite a process and a considerable labour of love. Really enjoying this in raw unpatinated bronze.
00:00 - The biggest crime of our time has been a misunderstanding of Greek, Roman and Renaissance sculpture and a profane interpretation of these works as being realistic. They are idealisations and sit within the realm of perfect forms. Sculptural geometry that was so divinely pure theI have still trust in people and I do hope you can tell the difference between the slop on the left and the sculpture on the right. Please tell me you do
- 1/12 We are living in a spiritual and aesthetic dark age. It is trench warfare on the cultural front. I am trying to find something of WHO WE ARE. Today. We are not 1700s man, not 1800s man. I care about where we are today and where we are going.
- JP means this sort of clownish nonsense.
You’re unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn more - Moving forward with commissioned sculpture. Cleaning up the lines on the clay positive. Next stage going into hard casting wax for further shape correction, then into bronze. Influences: Vorticism, Futurism and Art Deco
00:00 - I think about this often. 1949 BIS Lunar Spacesuit aka The Space Knight. But is a cape needed in space? YES.
- Commission I was working on in clay several months ago.
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