Point of View
by Giancarlo Biagi
Enlightened Perception
Throughout our journey of over twelve years as the editorial team of Sculpture Review, we have transmitted to our readers the voices of many artists who have made figurative art the pivot of their expression. But what is figurative art? Today, when a CAT scan fed into a computer reproduces a subject precisely, or a figure is created by making a life body cast replicating with an uncanny realism the skin, eyes, hair, and expression of the subject, what does figurative art signify?
As we pose this question and look around us, we are confronted by echoes of the Hellenistic Period that provide an astonishing delight to our senses. Our intellect then takes over with a thirst to discover the new that will intrigue, amuse, or frighten us, and we are left pondering this kaleidoscopic fragmentation of modern expression that museums, galleries, and exhibitions throughout the world offer us.
As the end of this first decade of the new century nears, we are confirming the figure's aesthetic values of proportion and grace with a heightened maturity and a rediscovery of the classical, where the figure is the vehicle and its abstraction the enlightened perception, in my point of view.
Giancarlo Biagi
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