Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 2014

RobinAntar
www.rantar.com
Robin Antar’s passion as a
sculptor involves a technique
she coined more than 20
years ago – the precise art
of creating “virtual records”
of contemporary culture…
capturing everyday objects in
carved stone. She is ambivalent
about what she sculpts...
these foodstuffs, yet she loves
to carve them since she recognizes
their significance far
beyond what they represent
on a store shelf or on someone’s
table. Who can know
if a bottle of ketchup will exist
in 4025AD? Or if a can
of soda can stand the test of
time as well? In the nature of Vanitas paintings, she strives for an absolute realism in texture
and form from a solid block of stone. Her sculptures are a record of the present; a preservation
of the mundanities and morbidities of our culture for references in years to come. „Essentially,
I replicate these items on a real life-scale, complete with meticulous detail. I achieve this
absolute realism by incorporating parts of the actual object, as well as custom-made stains,
paints, plastics and gold leaf. It’s more than art imitating life; it’s art-mirroring life.
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