“ATHLETES” by Koldo Logan

Koldo Logan returns to artAmore Sitges with a new collection of sculptures. From August 25th to September 23rd, you can enjoy this new stage of Koldo, who began customizing Action Man and now with “Athletes”, opens the way to a new possibility of serial and limited sculptural production. The opening will take place on August 22nd at 7pm. at artAmore Sitges,

Koldo introduces his new collection as follows:

“ATHLETES” shows my inner universe and reflects a way of feeling and perceiving a world of fantasies that already started and was forged in my previous stages. It all began by customizing standard dolls and evolved by creating clay figures and mythological characters. A path against the contemporary languages established by the ruling aesthetics of modernity. Geometric rigor does not motivate me and I need the recognition and interest of my followers. They have given me the security and strength to go deeper into this way of making “objects of desire.” Once again, fetishism and eroticism are the passion that guide me.

Now, I seek to contemporize the most classic athletes and do it with passion and modesty. I try to mold the Olympic bodies with clay. I want to stay aware of details, and I let the manual finish come through, creating an aesthetic result in which the hand-sketched look that I find so satisfying is intense.

I allow the relaxed pose and stillness of the rugged athletes to show through. They don’t move or gesticulate, they just wait their turn to jump and dance in their skintight tights. Sensually posing, they seduce me again with their sculptural bodies. I imagine them thinking how and when they will give their last dance, acrobatics, and pirouette. This fantasy inspires me and takes me back to the homo-erotic world of artists as relevant to this culture as Mark Beard, at the beginning of the 20th century in the USA, or Touko Laaksonen (better known as Tom of Finland). The impressionistic finish of the brushstrokes also attracts me. In my mind, those non-existent dancers that, perhaps, would torture or scandalize Edgar Degas visually resonate.

“ATHLETES” opens the way to a new possibility of serial and limited sculptural production (10 numbered and signed units on the base of the piece). This more sustainable and affordable way starts from manual molding and then proceeds to scanning the original. The digital information obtained allows 3D reproductions in the desired size by printing with “Pla” filament. Subsequently, resin and steel are injected. The pictorial finish, with its nuances, carried out manually in each pre-production, gives the piece a unique and unrepeatable result.