Llew Summers
Heaven Sent, 2015
Bronze
2200 x 1100 x 600mm
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Wings often, but not always, attached to bodies, are an integral part of most of Llew’s later works. In Heaven Sent the slightly stylised nature of the wings contributes to...
Wings often, but not always, attached to bodies, are an integral part of most of Llew’s later works. In Heaven Sent the slightly stylised nature of the wings contributes to its overall form being in the shape of a cross.
Llew’s primary artistic interests and concerns were twofold: the sensual or real physicality of the body and the spiritual aspect of humanity. Neither is subjugated to the other in this work rather the two aspects are melded and in balance. Like any work its interpretation is properly left open to the viewer but it can be viewed as the soul flying down to meet the body. Another viewer might see the lower figure of the male looking (or aspiring) to heaven. In an alternative interpretation of this idea, the male could even be calling to his muse, or the combining of the male and female spirit.
Llew’s primary artistic interests and concerns were twofold: the sensual or real physicality of the body and the spiritual aspect of humanity. Neither is subjugated to the other in this work rather the two aspects are melded and in balance. Like any work its interpretation is properly left open to the viewer but it can be viewed as the soul flying down to meet the body. Another viewer might see the lower figure of the male looking (or aspiring) to heaven. In an alternative interpretation of this idea, the male could even be calling to his muse, or the combining of the male and female spirit.