Soldered brass, 2009.
An expressive, mythological assemblage in soldered brass that reinterprets classical narratives of abduction and hybridity through a surreal domestic lens. Joining the body of a saddled, prancing horse with a stylized female torso emerging directly from a miniature brass bathtub, the sculpture forms a centaur-like hybrid that evokes the violent abduction myths of Roman antiquity. The figure tilts her head back in a dramatic, sweeping gesture, framed by the rim of the tub—adorned with delicate scallop shell reliefs—which masks the surreal join between human form and equine base.
Finished in a bright, polished golden brass with visible traces of silver solder along its structural seams, the work balances smooth, figurative modeling against raw industrial joining. The horse’s raised foreleg and arched tail impart a lively kinetic rhythm, counterbalancing the heavy, reclined stance of the upper torso. By assembling cast decorative souvenirs and domestic brass vessel fragments into a singular mythological figure, Rape of the Sabine subverts monumental narrative history paintings and classical bronzes into a compact, poignant study of vulnerability and transformation.
