The artwork features a voluptuous, earthy-toned sculptural figure with a rounded, pregnant-like silhouette. The smooth, clay-like material and simple, abstracted form create a sense of primordial femininity. The emphasis on the distinctive curves and protrusions suggests a focus on the body's natural shapes and functions. The artist's style appears to employ a minimalist approach, distilling the human form down to its essential elements. While the exact context is unclear, the sculpture's primal, organic quality evokes a timeless exploration of the female experience and the mysteries of the human body. ...
Renee So was born in Hong Kong in 1974 and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. So lives and works in London. Spanning numerous traditional craft techniques including ceramics, hand-woven textiles and furnitur, So's work is centred around representations of the female figure in prehistoric cultures. She bestows monumental grandeur and caricatural qualities to the figures in her works, which weave together a pattern of cross-cultural references. These include prehistoric Europe, Africa and Meso-America as well as ancient Egypt, Assyria and China. Her fictional personas borrow from ancient ritual masks, military and aristocratic portraiture. ...
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