Small Embrace 2, 2021
33x 26 x 18cm
Bronze Resin, Edition of 95, available, £1550
Bronze, Edition of 8, on commission, £7 550
This bronze figurative sculpture depicts a hug or loving embrace, and has been sold multiple times as a wedding ( anniversary) gift, or simply to a couple celebrating their relationship.
While the gender details are kept vague to describe the universal nature of the human impulse to give and receive an embrace, the body posture of each participant in the embrace subtly indicates their different attitudes and stance .
One of the huggers is holding himself straight , either being the one that holds slightly back or the one that offers strength through his erect posture . The second person is more surrendered in her body posture, leaning into her friend/lover, offering trust, seeking closeness, giving warmth.
On this second version of the sculpture, the boundaries between the two bodies, seen from the profile views has been softened, nearly dissolved, to give way to a “shared skin”, and thin sheet that covers them both tightly.