The Grenade - Thiago Sancho
Title: The Grenade (Heart) 2021
Series: Eve
Material: Iron, copper, plastered gauze, plaster, PVC glue, cold porcelain and resin
Dimensions: 45 x 45 x 21 cm
Artist: Thiago Sancho
The form is contained within the iron pins that pierce it, forming a rectangle tripod for the piece. The fourth pin crosses the piece horizontally through the sculpture’s very centre, balancing out the composition. The collation of ferruginous pins, with originally sterile medic white gauze and delicate porcelain stamens and pestles, add intensity to the sculpture.
The sculpture is an allegorical representation of a human heart. Raddled from inside but still intact, good condition from the outside, it is appealing to a metaphysical essence of a heart; exemplifying the dichotomy of potency and fragility. In the artist’s concept, The Grenade is the most emotional and unpredictable character of a tale.
Sancho implies that the human heart is like a grenade with a removed safety pin. It can fail and explode any minute from the day one is born until death.