The Bathers, based on Cézanne’s painting of the same name, consists of three large figurine abstractions that appear to recline and loll in the ‘tears’ of the fourth abstracted figurine, a large aluminum and bronze water fountain. Sanné Mestrom’s sculptural practice is grounded in painting and this work extends the artist’s investigation into the language of painting as explored through sculptural form. Mestrom’s artistic innovation lies in her ability to invert significant icons of modernism into feminized and subversive forms. Throughout her broader artistic practice, she quotes key historical paintings in three-dimensional form, combining the processes of structural fabrication, bronze casting, ceramics and the use of found elements.
薩那．梅斯特羅姆的《沐浴者》以塞尚（Cézanne）著名的同名油畫為創作藍本，她用鋁和青銅製成抽象的噴泉，三個同樣擁有抽象形態的大型人形雕塑向第四個形如噴泉雕塑流下的「眼淚」靠倚。藝術家的雕塑創作建基於繪畫，她因而善於以雕塑形式進一步探索繪畫語言；她亦利用女性化的表述形式顛覆現代主義的重要象徵，體現了獨有的創新藝術思維。梅斯特羅姆涉足廣闊的創作領域，她的作品結合結構製造、青銅鑄造、陶瓷製作和元素應用等工序，以三維形式引證多幅歷史名畫。
