stone – Marco Cueva

Gnosis/Kosmogoni

Posted on July 15, 2017September 22, 2020 by Marco Cueva

All the pieces are now placed, the inauguration will be on September 15.
Gnosis is a Greek word for knowledge and insight, Cosmogony is the teaching of the world’s origin or creation.
The installation consists of eight stone sculptures with more or less anthropomorphic features loosely based on art history works mixed with pop-cultural elements. The pieces carved in stone from different parts of the world: porphyry and pegmatite from Sweden, serpentinite from Zimbabwe and granite from India and Brazil
The material selection is an important element of the installation, the stone stands for continuity and variation, coming from many different places.
This is a commission for the district of Rinkeby in Stockholm,

Balam/Gnosis 2017

Neko/Gnosis 2017

LaSiren/Gnosis 2017

Esperanza/Gnosis 2017

Sophos/Gnosis 2017

Chak-Mol/Gnosis 2017

Neko/Gnosis 2017

Leoa que Ri/Gnosis 2017

Chak-Mol/Gnosis 2017

Balam/Gnosis 2017

Chak-Mol/Gnosis 2017

LaSiren/Gnosis 2017

The penultimate leg of the work for Rinkebyterrassen

Posted on May 31, 2016September 22, 2020 by Marco Cueva

I’ve begun with the last four sculptures for the Rinkeby Terrace, the materials come from different parts of the world, one i got from from the woods behind my country house, another comes from Zimbabwe via Maputo and yet another one i got in Tuscany, where i had the opportunity to visit some old friends.