Greek Heads

The classical Greek head—a symbol of early high culture—has become kitsch, overused and milked of sentimentality, sold in all better discount shops. Here Koster has taken the same figments of grandeur and augmented them with dripping deer horns, a dirty monkey, a gleaning tick, and a drooling hamster-thing. A colorful gloss coating distances them further from their serious and stony-faced brethren in Athen's museums.

The authentic Greek sculptures, in their naked marble, have been lauded as brilliantly abstracted, an aesthetic judgement analogous to cinema's black-and-whites. “Shame on me for coloring my heads so!” But now it has come to light that many of the great classical sculptures were gaudily painted in a plethora of colors (e.g.: 1, 2).

Her Greek Heads are made from various mixtures of plaster, sometimes using cloth and polystyrene, and painted with gloss or matte enamel.

TickTick TickTick Tick—close-upTick—close-up Showing the size of the Drippy HornsShowing the size of the Drippy Horns Dirty MonkeyDirty Monkey Greek head with Dirty MonkeyGreek head with Dirty Monkey Greek head with Dirty HamsterGreek head with Dirty Hamster Greek head with Dirty HamsterGreek head with Dirty Hamster Making of sculpting with TickMaking of sculpting with Tick Making of sculpting with Dirty MonkyMaking of sculpting with Dirty Monky Using rope to position in drying proces Making of sculpting Drippy HornsMaking of sculpting Drippy Horns