Take inspiration from the Hunt Museum and produce something for display within the museum.
I chose the Olmec Man Statue situated close to the exit door in a sort of miscellaneous cabinet.
A bit of research into this little guy was intriguing. Something like 2500 years old from Gulf Coast of Mexico.....2 things struck me immediately. 1) The statue itself is in wonderful condition and 2) what the hell is it doing stuck in a cabinet in a stuffy museum in the south west of Ireland ...devoid of any context. A little bit of reading on museum ideologies indicated that many museums are trying to move with the times and acknowledge both the objects they have and discuss the rights and wrongs of how they came to be here.
Therefore my piece for the museum was going to pose similar questions.......
1st pose is suposed to be reverrential, looking from below with strong accentuated features...a la deity.
Whether statue reflects a king or a god is unknown but it is strangely a little different from all of the other Olmec statues that I have reaerched.
3rd pose shows a contemporary iconic image a la hollywood portrayal of a film star. Taken from below at an angle it shows the Olmec Man's strong features in the most positive light.
The last pose shows the sorry way the statue is currently presented to the viewing public. Not only is it surrounded by artefacts from different cultures and eras ....they are representations of animals. To add insult to injury the statue is overlooked by 2 crucifixes as if to put the 'foreign' icon in its place.
No reverence , no context....what is it doing here??????
Finished assembled piece showing different ways of portraying an individual.
And there we have it ...The Olmec Man ....as you like him....gift wrapped for your pleasure!!!
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