Featured Artist CICERO D’AVILA Turns Marble Into Dreamlike Sculptures

Today in general there seems to be a dictatorship set up in the contemporary art world—an integrated system among institutions, curators, critics, galleries, press and collectors that defines the rules of who can be in or outside of it. Behind the politics of this system there’s often no real interest in the actual content or quality of an artwork; rather it simply suffices for the ‘powers that be’ to designate upon a work the label of ‘art’. Cicero carry out his work staying true to his ideals, and don’t follow market dictates or make choices based on any kind of ‘intellectual’ or political impositions whatsoever. Over the course of his career he have found it’s in fact quite possible to survive and get along in this way—”my sculptures have been acquired by significant private collectors throughout the world, and represented by Raphael Macek Gallery around the Word, this help me maintain a very high standard of quality in my work”.

RED ANGEL WAS A CHALLENGE TO WORK ON, BECAUSE IT TAKES THE TRADITIONAL THEME OF AN ANGEL AND ADDS A MODERN, CONTEMPORARY TOUCH. AT FIRST GLANCE THE WORK LOOKS LIKE A TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE, BUT IF WE GO DEEP INTO ITS ESSENCE, WE SEE THAT IT IS A TOTALLY SENSUOUS ANGEL WITH A VERY SEXY FORM; SO FOR ME THIS WORK IS REALLY AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE TABOO AROUND THE IDEA HELD BY ARTISTS FROM ANTIQUITY THAT ANGELS DO NOT HAVE SEX.

THERE’S ALWAYS THIS ELEMENT OF SENSUALITY PRESENT IN MY WORK. WITH THE SCULPTURE REDHEAD CARYATID AGAIN I WANTED TO PLAY WITH THE RIGIDITY OF A COLUMN (TRADITIONALLY CARYATID SCULPTURES SERVED AS SUPPORTING PILLARS IN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES) BY GIVING HER A LOT OF LIGHTNESS, VERY SENSUAL CURVES, AND AN INTENSE AND INVITING LOOK.

“I DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE EXPERIENCES IN MY DAILY LIFE, MY WAY OF VIEWING THE WORLD, AND HOW I SEE MYSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL WITHIN IT. I TRY TO MATERIALIZE EVERYTHING THAT SENSITIZES ME INTO THE FORM OF SCULPTURE”.

Destination Bali - The Island of the Gods

BALI

IMAGINE VOLCANOES THAT TOWER AGAINST THE SKYLINE, SET PERFECTLY INTO A TROPICAL PARADISE THAT SEEMS REAL ONLY BECAUSE YOU’RE TOUCHING IT. IN THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO, BALI IS THE MOST POPULAR ISLAND FOR TOURISM, VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS.