Elizabeth - Thiago Sancho
Title: Elizabeth 2021
Series: Williane
Material: Iron, gauze, plaster, resin, PVC glue and cold porcelain
Dimensions: 35 x 22 x 8 cm
Artist: Thiago Sancho
Continuing to explore the transition of Williane, Sancho unravels the physical remnant of Williane’s masculine past. This form represents a cast of the pelvis with a hand laying modestly on top of it. Seemingly, this piece is the extension of the Morena one. Assumingly, Sancho was inspired by the render of Boticelli’s Venus or Aphrodite of Knidos, however, in contrast to the aforementioned artworks, in the Elizabeth piece the hand does not embarrassingly cover up a body’s nudity. The artist intentionally leaves the masculine nudity seen, perhaps, referring to a male classical nude sculpture, such as Farnese Hercules. Building up a dialogue with a viewer, Sancho creates an artwork that is exemplifying a combination of natural dualities, the union of opposites — the masculine and feminine. The artist centres the mythological composition on the emerging flower to symbolise rebirth.