Deformatio by Jorge Egea

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Jorge Egea

Jorge Egea creates Deformatio, a collection of porcelain works that blur the boundaries between sculpture, objects and jewellery (if there is any). Bringing out the question of who and when someone becomes a jeweller, and how and where a piece of jewellery exists, La Basílica Galería Temporary Exhibtions invites Egea as an art historian and artist, to comment on this notion while expanding his work as an sculptor.

Jorge Egea uses his passion for classical culture and previous experiences on the study of the image of the Greco-Roman god, Apollo, and creates deformations of the ideal image of the Apollonian, who also represents virile beauty and masculine strength. The deformations that come about, allow Egea to explore issues that have not been present in his previous work, such as irony, leisure or transgression from shapes that constantly remind us of the presence of our classic archaeological culture.