Rebecca Stevenson Searching for the avant-garde in contemporary wax and encaustic artmaking is challenging and subjective. Although the term “avant-garde” was originally applied to innovative approaches to art making in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, it is applicable to all art that pushes the boundaries of ideas and creativity and is still used today to describe art that is radical or re ects originality of vision Rebecca Stevenson’s work can be shocking in its juxtaposition of content within masterfully-modeled structure. In this interview, the artist explains her intent and in uences and shares her processes with Wax Fusion readers We’d like to open with a quote from the catalogue of your recent solo exhibition, Bacchanale, at the James Freeman Gallery in London: “Stevenson’s specialism is wax, an ancient but often overlooked sculptural medium. The history of wax is deep, from the lost wax processes used in bronze sculpture dating back to the Egyptians in antiquity and its use in the creation of death masks since Roman times, through to the wax portrait pictures of the 16th and 17th centuries, and as a medium for anatomical models from the 17th century onwards ... In all instances, wax is related to the body and to the ephemerality of esh… There is a Spell in Every Sea-shell Wax and polyester resin 46 x 35 x 30 cm Also featured on the front cover.
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