Posted by Thorbjorn 5 August 2010
American artist Sterling Ruby makes richly glazed biomorphic ceramics, large-scale spray-painted canvases, poured urethane sculptures, nail polish drawings, various forms of collage, and hypnotic videos. Shown here is Head Work from 2008 constructed of bronze and spray paint.
Posted by Fabio 30 July 2010
Otto Gutfreund is one of the few Czech artists, whose work has attained international reputation beyond the borders of his own country. During a decisive phase in the development of European sculpture, Gutfreund looked into contemporary problems in a very individual way and consequently exerted a decisive influence on European Avant-garde. Gutfreund grew up in a Czech and Jewish environment in a small town in northern Bohemia. read more
Posted by Thorbjorn 29 July 2010
Xavier Veilhan (1963, Lyon) is a French artist who lives and works in Paris. His interdisciplinary oeuvre consists of photography, sculpture, film, painting and installation art. read more
Posted by Thorbjorn 27 July 2010
German sculptor Klaus Staudt, born 1932, works primarily with wood and acrylic paint, with these two simple materials he creates these wonderful 3 dimensional wall installations. Staudt has also created larger freestanding sculptures for corporate institutions, churches etc. read more
Posted by Thorbjorn 2 July 2010
At the level of the image, the determinations of the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648), as in so many other incidents of iconoclastic ‘image-breaking’ leading up to the present day, were predicated on a clear-cut Manichean sense of difference. During this period, statues and images of a religious order were subjected to sustained physical attack. read more
Posted by Thorbjorn 28 June 2010
Roxanne Jackson is a sculptor based in Minneapolis, she completed an MFA at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004, since then she has been busy creating rather sombre and grotesque pieces of art as Jackson describes herself. “I am concerned with confronting the shadows of the unconscious, having a dialogue with the grotesque and, therein, discovering beauty. read more
Posted by Fabio 28 June 2010
Mariana Monteagudo creates a race of Hybrid characters that represent combinations of different cultural manifestations, from the ancestral and mysterious to the most current and derivative of mass popular culture.
Posted by Thorbjorn 25 June 2010
London based New Zeland artist Francis Upritchard creates wonderful sculptures from simple means of materials. Here its Paul from 2009 made from modelling material, foil, wire and paint 9.5 x 57.5 x 17 cm.