defensor mundus (2019) Original Mixed-media Sculpture by Antonio Mele

The work depicts an ancient archer holding the tesserste orb in his left hand. Externally inspired by Tolkien's Nazgûl, it inverts their conceptual meaning, from threatening and negative to protective. The title means "defender of the world." The sculpture is made using assembly techniques, with an internal iron skeleton and external layers of epoxy resin and trachytic rock powder. A solid iron structure is incorporated underneath to anchor it to the base. Its dimensions are: height 300 cm, width 220 cm, depth 140 cm. The weight is approximately 300 kg, but this is an estimate.

Materials used:

iron skeleton and external layers of epoxy resin and trachytic rock powde

Details:

• Mixed-media sculpture on Other
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 220 x 300 x 140cm (unframed)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Unspecified
• Subject: People and portraits