{"id":1338,"date":"2020-03-30T01:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T01:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2020-03-30T01:11:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T01:11:30","slug":"new-sculpture-pandemic-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/1338\/new-sculpture-pandemic-experience","title":{"rendered":"New: a sculpture for the pandemic experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Art expressing the predicament we are in. This is a clay sculpture that I just finished that speaks to living in the midst of the pandemic. It is now at the foundry to be cast in bronze. Titled, <strong><em>Into the Unknown<\/em><\/strong>, it captures a sense of abandon. You could say that the figure has cast his fate to the wind. Is he afraid? Or is he open to what the future holds? Or both? I see the sculpture as art mirroring our experience in these uncertain times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1339\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1339\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1339\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0001-resized-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"INTO THE UNKNOWN\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0001-resized-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0001-resized-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0001-resized-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">INTO THE UNKNOWN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1342\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0026-cropped-resized-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0026 cropped resized\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0026-cropped-resized-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0026-cropped-resized-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0026-cropped-resized-1024x760.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1346\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0027-cropped-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0027 cropped\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0027-cropped-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0027-cropped-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0027-cropped-1024x690.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1343\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0032-resized-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0032 resized\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0032-resized-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0032-resized-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0032-resized-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1341 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0016-CROPPED-resized-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0016 CROPPED resized\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0016-CROPPED-resized-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0016-CROPPED-resized-768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSC_0016-CROPPED-resized-702x1024.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art expressing the predicament we are in. This is a clay sculpture that I just finished that speaks to living in the midst of the pandemic. It is now at the foundry to be cast in bronze. Titled, Into the Unknown, it captures a sense of abandon. 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