Writings

Ares Demertzis / Sculptor

Esculturas en Museos, Parques Escultoricos y Colecciones Institucionales:

	Vendedora de Mas-Caras Merchantress of Masks 2.50x1.50x1.20 meters Stainless Steel Museo Nacional de la Mascara San Luis Potosi, Mexico The "Catrina" is the female representation of death in Mexico. She is carrying masks of the Artist and Graciela Salas Vega. Photo: Stephane Querbes.
Detail Self-portrait mask of the Artist. From the sculpture "Merchantress of Masks." Photo: Stephane Querbes.
	Conquista del Joyel del Viento Conquest of the Wind Jewel 11.20x3.08x1.22 meters Painted Carbon Steel Municipio de Ecatepec Estado de Mexico, Mexico Quetzalcoatl, major diety of pre-Columbian Mexico had as his symbol the sea shell. The Mayans said of the conquest that the Spaniards had torn their god in half, as occurs in this stylized sea shell sculpture. The Artist poses next to his sculpture.
Piedad Pity 3.20x1.65x1.65 meters Stainless Steel & Painted Carbon Steel Museo de Arte Queretaro, Mexico The Artists self-portrait lies mutilated at the Virgin's feet.
	Joseph's Dream 3.00x1.50x1.22 meters Stainless Steel & Painted Carbon Steel Gani Art Garden Scripps Ranch San Diego, California Genesis: Joseph, being his fathers favorite, was given a coat of many colors. He dreamt the sun and the moon and eleven stars paid homage to him. This sculpture was created for a sculpture park dedicated exclusively to Biblical themes.
Amantes Lovers 3.00x3.00x1.22 meters Stainless Steel Prefeitura Municipal Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil A severed and disarticulated triangle penetrated.
	Sueños de Troya Dreams of Troy 3.80x2.45x1.90 meters Stainless Steel & Painted Carbon Steel Technological University of Monterrey (Tecnologico de Monterrey) Campus Estado de Mexico. The majestic stainless steel horse, symbol of decepcion in the Trojan war, urges the rusted and disfigured warriors forward.
The Games People Play 3.00x1.50x1.22 meters Concrete & Painted Carbon Steel L'Estriade, Place de la Gare Quebec, Canada Money, sex and ego. Not necessarily in that order.
	MamaPapa 3.00x3.05x1.60 meters Painted Carbon Steel Parque Metropolitano La Sabana San Jose, Costa Rica Created for a sculpture park where youngsters and ducks frolick.
MamaPapa Viewed from the lake
	Sidero Maja Steel Snake 3.05x1.20x0.60 meters. Painted Carbon Steel. Consejo de las Artes, La Habana, Cuba. The Greek word for steel is "sidero." The word of the indigenous Cubans for snake was "maja."
Amantes En Eden Lovers In Eden 2.02x0.71x0.81 meters. Stainless Steel & Painted Carbon Steel. Oficina del Historiador, La Habana, Cuba. One slab of stainless steel creates a male and female figure facing in opposite directions. From two intertwined wedding rings, which resemble a red apple, a serpent emerges to wrap around the figures, whispering into the left ear of the female figure.
	Female Front View
Mascaras, Mentiras y la Eterna Verdad Masks, Lies and the Eternal Truth 1.73x0.70x0.95 meters Stainless Steel & Painted Carbon Steel Museo de Arte Moderno Centro Cultural Mexiquense Toluca, Mexico. A male and female "figure" rises from the grave slabs traditional in Latin-American cemeteries. The figures are masked, and the masks they used during their lifetime litter the base. The ultimate mask ("eternal truth") can be perceived behind the features of the male figure.
	Detail
Rojo Atardecer en el Malecon de la Habana Red Sunset on the Havana Boardwalk 1.30x1.42x0.20 meters. Painted Carboon Steel. The waves thunder against the "malecon" (boardwalk) as a red sun sinks over the horizon. Galeria "Los Oficios" Havana, Cuba.
	O Theos Tu Polemu The God Of War 2.15x1.00x0.50 meters. Stainless Steel & Painted Carbon Steel.
Coatl Emplumado Feathered Serpent 1.76x0.75x0.50 meters. Painted Carbon Steel.
	En Acero La Virgen The Virgin In Steel 3.25x2.00x1.35 meters. Stainless Steel and Painted Carbon Steel. Museo de Arte, El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico Created by invitation to the "VII Bienal Guadalupana" and exhibited in the Museo del Carmen in Mexico City.