Mr Perez Delgado is a fine sculptor, but I have to be honest and say that I don't like his faces. They all seem to have a kind of doll-like character to them. (Others may disagree - just my personal opinion)
That said, if this figure has a separate head I will likely buy it and just swap out the head, because the rest of it looks great.
- Steve
I agree with Steve. I think that Eduardo Delgado wants to put his signature in all his sculpts. He is after a triggering sign that can link his work to his person and not to no one else. This match is extremely difficult to do.
It is the hardest thing a sculptor can to do, positively. With this I intend to mean that elite sculptors can put their unique language, their personal style, in a figure and the viewer will instantly link the sculpting language to the sculptor. In my honest opinion, Carl Reid is the best in the world performing this - the style he developed is so unique that the audience can link his name to an immense array of monumental busts he created.
Coincidentally, Taesung Harmms the owner of Alpine also has a unique body language in all his 54mm figures - one can link his name to his creations too. And in the incredibly amount of figures out there in the small scale, I have to think in names such as the late Sid Horton, or the Spanish Raul Latorre to find sculptors who developed unmistakable and unique styles as well.
My personal understanding about Eduardo Delgado sculpts is that his heads are a bit controversial. I tend to think that the space between the eyes (that should match one eye) is a bit wider than it should be, and the muscle (Orbicularis Oculi) is also over enhanced. This intentional small exaggeration makes his heads somehow different. And some complain they look a bit cartoonist. So these features are not something universally acclaimed ... yet. But observing his past work, he is clearly improving and toning these down: The rest of this figure just shows how excellent he is - body language and body balance are impeccable, and the cloth folding too.
The search for a unique style is the dream of every sculptor - no need to present a formal written signature and everyone around links the piece to the person. Let's hope Eduardo can really reach the peak, his work demonstrates he is trying to achieve!
- the face looks ok to me - of course another head would be welcome - maybe more like this
