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| Emil Alzamora Abrazo 126" X 48" X 18" Bronze, Edition of 3, 10.5 ft.H x 4ft.W x 1.5ft.D |
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| Emil Alzamora Masochist, 2004Gypsum Lifesize |
The human figure is frequent in Emil Alzamora work. Alzamora has based his artistic career through sculpting the human figure. His works varies with use of medium such as bronze, marble, bonded aluminum, and gypsum. Some of his figures have the Greek idealism of the youthful body, but he blends it with a strange contorted appendages. His conceptual works displays an emotional or psychological expression through the figures position as closed and somber. Some of his figures have a defeatist look with their heads looking down while others have their face covered with a blank expression.
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| Emil Alzamora Water Changes Everything Bonded Aluminum 16 x 9 x 9" |
He mutates the appendages of his pieces to alter the human form. Water changes Everything is a hybrid between an abstract and a natural human form. Alzamora created the piece to have the lower form of a human body with hips, legs and feet. The lower body is welded together as one symmetrical piece; the upper torso are based on the hips which opens out into waves like many appendages. The bonded aluminum heightens the water effect of flowing curvilinear shapes with this form. Another piece exaggerates the arm or neck by making them long like his bronze piece Abrozo. Masochist displays a twisted deformed figure with one hand as a foot and one foot as a hand. The leg with the hand latches on the neck as if to pull the head apart. The expression on the figure face appears determined to do its dark intent.
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| Emil Alzamora HTFOW 2010 Life Size Steel Resin Iron |
His use of material helps give a dark meaning to his works. HTFOW sculpture stands outside by beautiful lake. The rust from weather gives the life size sculpture great contrast as its slouches above a blue lake. It has a hunched closed form and is interpreted as a sad piece because it’s looking down. From afar, the sculpture appears to be hovering by the lake like an apparition, but it standing on its toes which is welded to the ground.
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| Emil Alzamora, Mother and Child I Ceramic 2009. 18" x 20" x 12" |
Mother and Child I is made from the white porcelain found in dishware. It can be interpreted as humorous because the medium is porcelain, but it also has a dark appearance. It is a bust of a mother and child with their face covered in a floral pattern. They look like a dark fantasy character from a Guerillmo del Toro movie even though they are made of white glossy porcelain. Viewers could find this piece strange because porcelain figures are innocent and pure like angels, but they one can view the stern mouth and chin and the rest it covered in this design. The white and hint of pink glossy finish enhances the viewers’ attention toward the unexposed faces.
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They also bring out a uneasy perception such as his statue Shift. Made from gypsum, the piece is like a stop motion sculpture of a head moving from right to left. Alzamora displays the rapid motion of the head from left to right. It stands out from it outside grassy location. His works are beautiful and unique in their figure. They draw attention to their despondent appearance.
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