Collateral Damage

Sculpture / 2017

Head - woman, plaster, wood, steel, 30 x 30 x 60 cm, 2017
Head - man, plaster, wood, steel, 30 x 30 x 60 cm, 2017
Shot, plaster, wood, steel, 30 x 30 x 30 cm, 2017
Blessing, plaster, wood, steel, 30 x 30 x 50 cm, 2017
Fist, plaster, wood, steel, 30 x 30 x 60 cm, 2017
Torso - woman, plaster, wood, steel, 30 x 30 x 60 cm, 2017
Torso - man, plaster, wood, steel, 30 x 30 x 60 cm, 2017

The "Collateral Damage“ work is emphasising on rescue- and military missions. He takes the trivialising term „collateral damage“ as starting point for new sculptures that resemble - in their fragmentation - destroyed archaeological artifacts.
Kunec motifs take the primary archaeological association ad absurdum. The cuts are initially lead by the principle of randomness. The fragment’s rearrangements are then characterized by a conscious choreography thus making the sculptures appear as metaphors for the resolution of identities.
In addition to partially destroyed naked torsi (shown at aeroplasics contemporary, Brussels), he uses e.g. hands in different functional positions. These hands describe a punch, a weapon’s discharge gesture or a blessing gesture. References to sexuality and religiosity are a fascinating manner in contrast to the classical Greek-style aesthetic. Robert Kunec sculptures are characterized by a strong expression and radicalism. Mastery is due to initial training at the Academy in Prague and his education as a restorer.