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Striding

Bok, Teodor (1947-2007)

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Since the second half of 1990s in Teodor Bok’s master prints, drawings and sculptures, one can observe an inspiration from primitivism, the classics of modern avant-garde, and also the everyday art. The artist created large-format figures from wooden components of different shapes and sizes. Despite the use of clearly unexpected elements, we clearly recognise in this sculpture the silhouette of a striding man. The well-founded association with the works of Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti comes to mind. Bok admired his works at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art near Copenhagen (see: letter to Ewa Kuryluk sent on July 2nd, 1973). Despite the seemingly constructive-mechanic approach, Bok’s sculptures are never lacking expression, which can be observed also in this work. The head – made of one piece of wood, without eyes or ears, the nose accented by a short, round piece of wood placed in a square-shaped hole – as well as the pear-shaped torso – with different kinds of elements attached, suggesting limbs, a penis – are full of energy and machine-power, but also human fragility. Heavy, roughly craved sabots on the feet evoke the mythical wanderer.

Renata Piątkowska

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Information about the object
Author / creator
Bok, Teodor (1947-2007)
Object type
sculpture
Time of creation / dating
21st century
Place of creation
Kopenhagen (Denmark)
Technique
cutting
joining
gluing
twisting
Material
wood
paint
fibreboard
Keywords
Copyright status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M44
Localization
The object is not currently on display
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