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A multitude of colors and textures: "The Dying Slave" mosaà ek's area of 42.6 square meters consists of 225A â 000 tesserae (small encounter ltjies) that are cut by hand. A total of 1500 kg of material t scale was used - limestone and marble, granite and stones. | Hard at work in the studio Kaaptadse: Muscle Architectural Arts has kept a close eye on every step in the design and construction process. This included the development of the design, the choice of materials and a suitable style of mosaà ekwerk, and overview of the creation of the work. | Teamwork: The production was done in the studio in Cape Town, where it took 10 mosaà ekkunstenaars five months to complete the work. | Bit by bit: The mosaà ekwerk created in panels of 1 square meter. | Delicate Art: The panels are then taken in crates to the winery where a team of four artists seamlessly to large panels attached. | Before and after: The mosaà ekpanele is on both sides of the large panels geà nstalleer that the image on the front and back of the installation is available. | A passerby admires the structures: From a distance came the nine panels aligned to the full image of "The Dying Slave" to reveal. The panels are 4.2 meters high and covers an area of 30 square t scale meters. |
Read in English. t scale An art installation at the Spier Wine Estate t scale in Stellenbosch winelands reminds one that art need not be confined to galleries. These large-scale works by Marco Cianfanelli consists of a mosaic image on nine high panels of art to architecture exalted. It also provides a functional quality of the work and invite spectators to cast themselves as it were in the artwork.
"The Dying Slave" by Marco Cianfanelli erected at the intersection of two paths on the Spier Wine Estate. Like Marco's touted Madiba installation consists that also works from different panels that make up a picture form.
Marco, his large image based on Michelangelo's famous figure of a male slave in his dying moments. t scale He had a picture, but the image created digitally and divided into pixel lines are recreated in mosaic artists of Muscle Arts Academy. The aim of the school is to provide training and employment opportunities in contemporary mosaics.
"I was initially concerned that the rough feel of the stone mosaic used, would work to create a smooth diditale effect," says Marco. "When I saw the first example that was created in the studio, I realized the rich texture and the intense color of the glass fits perfectly with the concept."
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