An international, interdisciplinary, peer- and blind-reviewed open-access online journal of contemporary theory, research, and application in aesthetics.
Claudia Losi, Asking Shelter (2016) Bronze casting of rose branches, silver approx 32 cm of diameter. The “Asking Shelter” installation consists of a series of hut-like structures of various sizes and numbers, created by assembling bronze castings of rose branches. The branches are from different types of rose bush, both wild and domestic, young and woody. Each branch is unique in shape and size. The structures resemble archetypal shelters with simple lines. Some seem to have been drawn by a child or conceived during a dream. While these shelters may provide protection, they can easily cause pain if one is not careful when inhabiting them. Courtesy the artist & private collection Photo: Andrea Rossetti
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