Sgt. Martin Tours was a sculptural project which never reached completion mainly due to lack of interest on a theme I had been working on for at least five years.
Even though, the work remains "postponed" at its best, and I do regret not finishing it..
Sgt. Martin Tours, depicts Saint Martin of Tours, also known as "San Martin Caballero", Patron of the merchants, in Latin American Catholic Culture.
Martin, son of a military officer, was drafted to the Roman Army and posted in the outskirts of Tours, France, during the Roman occupation. During patrol, Martin gave a beggar half of his cape. (according to the story, every soldier paid for half of his gear so he would treasure it.), so Martin surrendered his half of the cape, thus remaining loyal to the Roman Army.
My work back then, consisted in a series of sculptures based on transforming Nativity scene figures into Taliban fighters, and sometimes combining them with western looking action figures to create scenes of the current Afghan conflict.
In this case, the piece was inspired by a photo of an American special forces soldier who was riding along with other afghan fighters at the very beginning of the conflict in 2001.
So this was sort of an up-to-date version of the Saint's imagery.
José Luis Rojas www.behance.net/pastiche
Sgt. Martin Tours was a sculptural project which never reached completion mainly due to lack of interest on a theme I had been working on for at least five years.
Even though, the work remains "postponed" at its best, and I do regret not finishing it..
Sgt. Martin Tours, depicts Saint Martin of Tours, also known as "San Martin Caballero", Patron of the merchants, in Latin American Catholic Culture.
Martin, son of a military officer, was drafted to the Roman Army and posted in the outskirts of Tours, France, during the Roman occupation. During patrol, Martin gave a beggar half of his cape. (according to the story, every soldier paid for half of his gear so he would treasure it.), so Martin surrendered his half of the cape, thus remaining loyal to the Roman Army.
My work back then, consisted in a series of sculptures based on transforming Nativity scene figures into Taliban fighters, and sometimes combining them with western looking action figures to create scenes of the current Afghan conflict.
In this case, the piece was inspired by a photo of an American special forces soldier who was riding along with other afghan fighters at the very beginning of the conflict in 2001.
So this was sort of an up-to-date version of the Saint's imagery.
José Luis Rojas www.behance.net/pastiche