ABOUT THE WORK

One of the more prominent sculptors working today, Daniel dela Cruz has been creating a body of work notable for their highly symbolic language, referencing mythology, religion, and various sources of collective human stories. In this particular sculpture, dela Cruz nods at the formal qualities of the early sculptures of the female figure, which symbolize nature, fertility, and life itself. A voluptuary, the sculpture is remarkable for its dynamism, its hair streaming loose, its wings unfurled in ferocious intensity. It commands great concentration and power. It’s hard not to think that this work draws its sustenance from mythological roots. On the other hand, it may possibly be a pure invention that dela Cruz has eked out from inspired vision, which finds full-bodied expression through the medium of brass.