Jan 28, 2018
At the heart of Rodin’s creative process was a technique known as marcottage: reusing and reconfiguring existing sculptural forms to generate new compositions. Rodin would sculpt the body in clay, typically working from a live model, and then have one or more plaster casts made of the work. These plasters were cut apart and stored in his studio, where they could be referenced in future works. By recombining his own plaster fragments and figures, Rodin redefined sculpture as always in flux and never finished—a very modern concept.
Posted by Rebekah Pollock Plaster Body Fragments as Stored in Drawers in Rodin’s Meudon Studio. Musée Rodin, Paris. (Photo by Christian Baraja, © Musée Rodin)
