In a previous post we mentioned the elegant and highly polished sculpture "Eástre" (Hymn to the Sun, 1924) by Scottish colourist John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961), in connection with Holly Fulton's Spring/Summer 2015 collection.
Let's refocus today on the sculpture with this quick animated gif of the brass cast preserved at the Hunterian Art Gallery in Glasgow (the Aberdeen Art Gallery owns the original one). As you may remember, the statue is a representation of the Saxon goddess of spring and a portrait of the artist's partner, dancer Margaret Morris.
Eastre is a symbolic representation of rebirth and fertility, fundamental themes for Fergusson who stated: "The head is composed entirely of sections of a sphere (to show the) effect of the sun (and its ) triumph...after the gloom of winter." The piece could therefore be the starting point for cleverly constructed pieces (the sections of a sphere can obviously lead to the creation of different shapes) inspired by the beauty of Spring.
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