"What a piece of work is man!"
Artist: Neville Williams (with the assistance of Fei and
the willing participation of the clientele of 'Headquarters on Crown')
©️Arts Law Australia
Featured central model: Steve
There were also other Community members and friends
who participated in this body printmaking work.
Size: 150cm W x 180cm H x 5cm D (unframed)
Media: Acrylic, body prints and indelible ink on stretched canvas
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The artist's intention is to celebrate “man”.
The work is made up of a number of body pressings signed by the participants.
Featured is Leonardo Da Vinci's “Man” and the famous words
from William Shakespeare's “Hamlet”. . .
“What a piece of work is man
How noble in reason
How infinite in faculties
In form and moving how express and admirable
In action how like an angel
In apprehension how like a god
The beauty of the world
The paragon of animals”
- Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2
The wording appears mirror reversed
(something Leonardo liked to do with his writings to better keep his secrets).
