Juan Gris (1887-1927), a spanish artist who lived and worked in France, was often referred to as the 'Third Cubist', after Picasso and Braque. Like them, he made still-life paintings in the Cubist style and introduced collages into his work.
From 1913 he began to change his style into synthetic Cubism and used a lot of papier collé. His work differed from Picasso and Braque because he used much brighter colours, in colour combinations that were more like those of his friend Matisse.
The student's sculpture is made of 5 parts, each part having been carved in response to a different painting by Juan Gris. Making a tall sculpture with different parts to it has some similarities to the monumental Totem sculptures carved by the indigenous peoples of North American, the Roman Trajan's Column and the architectural work of Gaudi. You can see a life size plaster cast of the Trajan's Column in the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) in London. It's free to visit this museum in South Kensington, and very easy to get there by tube.
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