Venus

The artistic collective of the WhiteBlood Foundationhttps://whiteblood.orghttps://instagram.com/whiteblood_foundation?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==boasts a diverse range of expertise within its ranks, including marketing managers, lawyers, and engineers with a clear and pronounced international vocation. It recalls the experiment of Billy Kluever and Rauschenberg when the "Experiments in Art and Technology" (E.A.T.) project was launched, a non-profit organization created to promote collaborations between artists and engineers.The works are the result of continuous reflections developed within their specific fields of expertise.Consider the use of the so-called "Live Carbon," a material compound based on recycled carbon that undergoes continuous technical reworkings, or the philosophical, conceptual, and artistic speculations revolving around the definition and identification of artistic processes relentlessly pursued by the collective. These speculations also touch upon copyright as a consequence of technological means, and the repercussions on the structural characteristics of communication through the use of famous (or infamous) brands capable of producing pervasive effects on the collective imagination.The reverberations of Milton Ernest Rauschenberg's work seem evident in the collective's attempt to blur the distance between life and art, with clear inspirations from Dadaist ready-mades and New Dada works, where the author's intervention transfigures the pieces with references to personal experiences or to Johns' paintings of numbers, flags, and letters, which were picking up Duchamp's message about the role of the observer in altering the meaning of art.
The artwork: Venus: 40cm in height, 10x10cm baseMaterial: Recycled carbon with a patchwork effect called "Frankenstein," originating from Motorsport.The artwork references the Venus de Milo, a sculpture from the 2nd century BC created by an unknown artist during the Hellenistic period. The arms are missing, and their original position is unknown, but it is believed that she held objects associated with the cult of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, known as Venus in Latin. The sculpture was discovered in the early 1800s and has had a significant history. Today, it is honored by millions of visitors at the Louvre. Our Venus is much smaller, created with the Frankenstein effect, which enhances the three-dimensional forms of the female body's harmony. The Venus, as an artwork, appears to emerge from the pedestal, materializing in the real world as if emerging from the Metaverse.