Thursday, 25 September 2008

The imege i liked


At tate modern i did like a sculpture it was made by peter peri in 1899 to 1967

Hungarian born Peri arrived in London in 1936 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He became a key member of the Artists international Association the anti-fascist artists' movement, and practiced a social realist style of art. In the 1930s he pioneered the use of concrete, a cheap, durable, colourable medium suitable for public sculpture.This is a major example of a number of cement figures cast between the mid-1930s and 1940s. Peri worked with Collins in the Air-Raid Rescue service and clearly conveys his empathy with this unpretentious, ordinary man. He wrote of such a character, 'however common his work, he also is entitled to become the subject of a sculptor, since he is a member of our society'. I got this info from > http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=16607&searchid=12775