Rock Glasses
Medium: Alabaster (purchased in Hong Kong)
Dimensions: 58 mm x 165 mm x 75 mm
Year: 2003
For sale.
Background: Rock Glasses are a development of the idea in Venetian Mask, where the Maori stingray motif from Venetian Mask is carved into the surface of the mask or glasses. The motif used is from a Maori rock drawing of a stingray and represents spiritual protection. This sculpture was the birth of the ethnoglasses series, which are a suitable format for exploring ideas of cross-culture and issues of cultural identity. The wearer is either blinded or their view is modified by their culture.