WORKS
ADRIANNE WORTZEL
Art, Psyche & Machine

ELMO ROCCO Bronze Warrior

Polished laquered bronze
10 x 5.5 x 4 in
2012
Cast and bronzed sculptures, depicting ELMO ROCCO,  a character initiated from a robotic performance production Battle of the Pyramids, created by the artist in a 2008 residency at EYEBEAM. In Battle of the Pyramids, toys manufactured as companions to children were reconfigured as unsettling instruments of war, emulating the idiosyncratic military strategies of a Napoleonic army overwhelmed and overdressed for military battle in Egypt.





Photos by Arden Sklar


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