This bookshelf is an homage to the historical icon Venus D’Arles. Originally a gift from Julius Caesar to the city of Arles, the sculpture was lost until its unearthing in 17th century Versailles. Venus was the center of a debate at the Louvre Museum where the question of its placement was raised, should it be among the antiquities or 17th century galleries? The meaning of Art has been questioned by every movement in art history. In the same way, the “sacrilege” that takes place in this piece investigates the meaning of art through time.

The Antiquity Collection presents Greek and Roman masterpieces from renowned museums, 3D scanned, digitally manipulated and re-cast in marble, in this case also covered in scaffolds, and presented as functional sculptures and furniture.

“I use technology to “steal” classical sculptures I have revered since childhood. Claim their shapes as raw material to build my own new works. It’s an act of gluttony and lust to appropriate of what belongs to the sacred world of the arts and use it freely in an exploration of its boundaries within the realm of the functional and the mundane” ErraZuriz explains.