Vanessa Gocksch
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ARTOGO?
WEAPON - BAG - OBJECT?
 
 
     
"Chupa Sangre" bronze & fiberglass 18" x 7"  2000        
WBO inspired by an object found on a public bus in the city of Bogotá, Colombia.
This object being a harpoon made from a spoon or fork that was carefully crafted into a vicious killing device in which all details were thought out, even the draining of the blood, thus the name they give it - "chupa sangre" meaning; blood sucker. This harpoon has been incorporated into this the tip of this WBO, which depicts threw symbols (snake, egg, blood, weapon), the cycle of life and death.