A new art sculpture by Harma Heikens, Firestarter is a 14" long polystone sculpture based on Harma's "A Good Year" &
"Sorry" sculptures from her exhibition. Firestarter is sized to impress
on a shelf, it sits upright, wheel ablaze, ready to roll on.
- size: 14"L x 4"W x 10"H
- material: polystone
- produced by: ToyQube
- arrival: Q4 2016
To me the burning tire refers to the popular revolt that we see a
lot of these days. A gasoline-filled tire is a low-fi weapon, similar to
the Molotov cocktail. But the "Wheel of Fire" is also an ancient
religious symbol, referring to the sun an the motion of the earth, and
the symbolic nature of fire is both creator and destroyer, purifier and
defiler. The symbolic meaning of the burning wheel and the actual
application of the burning tire as a violent means of revolution
coincide, which makes the image extra powerful.
But it's of course also a symbol of speed- if you want it to be
about formula 1 racing it's okay with me, it's never just one thing- and
it's an obvious rock&roll reference too:
'This wheel's on fire, rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!'
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!'
Harma Heikens (http://www.harmaheikens.nl/)
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