Bronze Sculpture, Granite Base

Alfredo Alea My life led me to study forms and underlying structure of the natural world through science. As I began my undergraduate studies in biochemistry I switched majors to fine arts when I realized I was spending all of my time drawing the shape of living systems and chemical bonds for no other reason than its beauty. This led me to a liberal arts field, where I became focused on the psychological introspection indicative of the human condition. Finding it very constraining to think of man as the center of things, I thought, why not merge the human story to the natural world. After pursuing my graduate degree in the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts in Philadelphia, I visited the Museum of Archaeology in the University of Pennsylvania continuously. I had an epiphany then; somewhere between the museums of natural history and art, there lay an imaginary boundary I have sought to explore. How could the categorical distinction between these two fields be thought of as two different endeavors altogether?
After further studies abroad in art residencies in Barcelona and Rome I realized at once that one single museum could one day house all of human knowledge, art and science together. A cumulative mega museum without categorical distinction. It is a false dichotomy to think human endeavors are exclusive and separate from the realm outside man's control. It is in our interpretation of events, man-made or natural, from which we draw these distinctions.
My work deals with fictional as well as rationally-based structures of knowledge. Whether it be a piece of scientific tool that is out of place in an art gallery, or a fictional archaeological artifact in a natural history museum. The goal is to blur the boundaries that our minds have reserved for the dissemination of knowledge into compartments isolated from one another.

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Bronze Sculpture Granite Base

Dimensions: 14" x 9" x 9"

Weight: 15 lbs

Retail: $2200

Item will be boxed and shipping is included in the price.

Proceeds from this item will benefit both the artist and DC.