The sculpture from the “Nymphaeum” series. Again, it is based on the idea of otherworldly creatures. It is also a levitating position, which is inspired by the yoga position called “cobra”.
The work is based on the larger statue of Ishvara III. In addition to the small scale of its prototype, the spiral of the body is mirror-inverted.
Ishvara III follows on from the older work Ishvara. Again, it is an ironic view of divinity, or rather the personification of the god of all gods. The pedestal – a cube forms the lower part of the entire work and represents matter – the earth. From the perspective of human life, the earth with its processes remains as if unchanging and constant. Man has grown from this matter and in his vanity tries to control, shape and transform it, tries to become a god. Man is born, lives, dies. Yet the earth figuratively remains in its place. From the perspective of human life, it appears unchanging. The statue – the figure, with its composition, connects the entire human body in a left-sided (self-)destructive spiral. Through the mutual cooperation of all parts, the body creates a kind of tetrahedron twisted into a spiral. The spiral is the axis of the composition of the figure (statue), manifests itself in almost all parts and symbolizes time (or a vain effort to go against time) and the essence of being. It depicts the passage of time during the course of human life.
photo: Miloš Šálek
The statue is based on the plastic original of the EVA statue that served as a co-by model for this statue. The sculpture is prefigured by the earlier sculpture “Humility” and “Virtue of Virtues”. Like these two sculptures, the EVA sculpture is inspired by the yoga posture Gomukha Asana (cow position), sometimes referred to as the “woman’s pose” because of the exercise that not only symbolizes a woman, but is also a pose – an exercise that has a significant effect on the female organs. In yogic and ancient Hindu philosophy, the cow has a sacred meaning, but it can also figuratively symbolize purely feminine principles and especially motherhood and the related concept of a higher form of love. The theme or symbolism of the biblical Eve stems from this issue. Eve as the progenitor of mankind, who was not born of a woman (the statue does not even have a navel).In humility she accepts with outstretched arms the predestination of the inevitable fate of one of her offspring and, figuratively, of all mankind. She hovers as if above the ground, using a hidden point of contact on the calf of her left leg to create a shadow under her body, and to ensure stability she lightly touches the ground with the little toes of both feet, from which she is essentially born through a man.
The sculpture is anchored by stainless steel pins to a stone base. The base is made of light granite (Silesian granite) in the shape of a half-ellipsoid. The upper side of the ellipsoid is polished, the bowl-shaped elliptical form is roughly worked (pummelled) around the perimeter. The base is anchored to a concrete foundation.
Ensuring implementation:
Casting of the statue: H V H spol. s r.o. Art Foundry, Horní Kalná
Manufacture of pedestals and stonework: Vítězslav Orel Masonry
