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Mr. Kirmss does not assume any pre-knowledge of 
Western and non-Western art and cultures on  the part 
of the viewer. An explanatory text appears beside the 
installation of his work.
 
The sage sculptor has cleverly fused facets of  several 
artistic traditions across the ages and  cultures into his 
unique work. He did not set out to merely replicate  a 
17th-century English sculpture that can be found in the
galleries of the V&A.
 
It's interesting to note that a number of the  paintings 
in this grand three-story installation are  influenced by 
multiple cultures, only in two dimensions.  They also 
represent aspects of John Milton. Yet Mr. Kirmss' bust 
remains the  sole fascinating interpretation of what  Milton 
may have  looked like.
 
There ARE lasting visual symbols that are  universal across 
cultures. Some  of the earliest ones, sexual in nature, can be 
found in ancient Near Eastern and pre-dynastic Egyptian 
pottery. These same potent images undeniably persist in  art 
to this very day.
 
Yes, you ARE viewing a color photograph of the  work out of 
context. And it's entirely NOT the artist's  fault.



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