These big hands are on display until november 26th outside the ca’ sagredo hotel in Venice. Created by the Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn‘s support sculpture features two large hands emerging from the grand canal for the Venice Art Biennale 2017.
It is represented by the halcyon gallery.
The giant-hands sculpture aims to make a statement on the effects of global warming.
Quinn, is famous for using body parts – and especially hands – in many of his sculptures.
The gigantic limbs represent a force of nature-weakening.
The commentary exposes the fragility of our constructions and natural environment and its susceptibility to be forces of nature and men.
‘I wanted to sculpt what is considered the hardest and most technically challenging part of the human body. the hand holds so much power – the power to love, to hate, to create, to destroy’ -lorenzo quinn
Credits: Images © lorenzo quinn
Via: halcyongallery
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