Sin Cerebro (Without a Brain)

[quintessentone]

This sculpture, Sin Cerebro (Without a Brain), is my first completed sculpture in Mexico.


 
It is a surrealist sculpture describing a person unable and unwilling to see truth in anything, because they’ve been brainwashed into a lie.  Regardless of facts or evidence of a matter, these people are incapable of seeing truth. They absolutely will resist any idea beyond the propaganda they willingly expose themselves to on a daily basis.  I see it as willful ignorance, to be honest, and it is going to kill even more people than it already has since 2020.


 
The form of the sculpture is a surrealist analogy. I’m describing a story about telling someone that their hair is on fire. And yes, that maybe true, however, because of the propaganda they have been exposed to and brainwashed by, that their hair is not on fire, they are prevented from realising the truth, and that is that their hair is actually on fire. They are Sin Cerebro.
 
Secondly, I’m using a medical looking mask to serve as the perfect demonstration of the willingness to obey propaganda. And I’m doing that because masks were never about protection from anything. They were singularly about conforming to fascist totalitarian diktats and propaganda. And those that followed and are still following along, they are Sin Cerebro.


 
Enjoy.

It has been said that a good/great piece of art is one which provokes thought or emotion. With your piece, it provokes thought for me.

Although I disagree with your take on whether or not masks prevent transmission of illnesses, the title you chose sort of does not make any sense, in that, the choice to wear or not to wear a mask requires a brain to have a belief system to follow, therefore the brainwashed subject would have a brain and be following their belief system - so the mask would be over their mouth or there would be no mask at all.

[myselfaswell]

It has been said that a good/great piece of art is one which provokes thought or emotion. With your piece, it provokes thought for me.

That's fantastic.  Thanks for making my Sunday, that's about as good as it gets for an artist, except of course selling a piece for $1M  .

[quintessentone]

That's fantastic.  Thanks for making my Sunday, that's about as good as it gets for an artist, except of course selling a piece for $1M  .

Yeah, I really like it. But, I added my thoughts after the fact. I hope you don't mind feedback. If I bought that piece, I'd move the mask to a different location...maybe hanging on one of the hair protrusions and blowing in the wind.

[myselfaswell]

Yeah, I really like it. But, I added my thoughts after the fact. I hope you don't mind feedback. If I bought that piece, I'd move the mask to a different location...maybe hanging on one of the hair protrusions and blowing in the wind.

Well, that's the thing about art.  People are entitled to apply their own thoughts to what they see.  And that's good.  If we all agreed and felt the same about artistic things, life would get pretty boring pretty quickly.  Good, or negative reactions, I don't mind. 

Honestly, I have exhibited enough to know that few people really respond to art, and many people will walk by a piece as though it weren't even there.  So if I spark a reaction, to me I have succeeded, to a point.

[sahgwa]

Your initial post doesn't have the image anymore but luckily I was able to see it in the reply. 

It is a simple but effective piece; I like the fact that the medium is wood, a lot too, as it juxtaposes the organic, with the inorganic mask very well.  As if saying in a subtle way,  real life versus plastic fake life. 
Good job :)

[myselfaswell]

Your initial post doesn't have the image anymore but luckily I was able to see it in the reply. 

It is a simple but effective piece; I like the fact that the medium is wood, a lot too, as it juxtaposes the organic, with the inorganic mask very well.  As if saying in a subtle way,  real life versus plastic fake life. 
Good job :)

Strange, I can see the images no worries in the OP.

And thanks for the kind comment.

The wood is pine, which turns out to be extremely difficult to sculpt any kind of details into, such as eyes, the grain is too fragile, thankfully the idea was always to have a blindfold.  Also, I had to add a wedge of timber for the nose as the main piece was too thin.

[quintessentone]

Strange, I can see the images no worries in the OP.

And thanks for the kind comment.

The wood is pine, which turns out to be extremely difficult to sculpt any kind of details into, such as eyes, the grain is too fragile, thankfully the idea was always to have a blindfold.  Also, I had to add a wedge of timber for the nose as the main piece was too thin.

I used to carve wood many moons ago, but I am wondering if your chisels need a good sharpening because pine is the recommended wood to carve? Also, why not try Dremel tools for the carving of finer details?

[myselfaswell]

I used to carve wood many moons ago, but I am wondering if your chisels need a good sharpening because pine is the recommended wood to carve? Also, why not try Dremel tools for the carving of finer details?

All tools are scalpel sharp, literally.  I suspect it is the variety of pine used.

[quintessentone]

All tools are scalpel sharp, literally.  I suspect it is the variety of pine used.

Could be, but I recall taking a course in how to sharpen my chisels and it was difficult because different chisels require sharpening at different angles (manually on sharpening stones and straps).