Category: Sculptures
Valie Export ‘Body Configurations’
May 20, 2013 | posted in Art, Installations, Photography, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Just discovered these great works by 1940 born Austrian artist Waltraud Höllinger aka Valie Export. Valie is working in many disciplines, such as photography and body performance as shown in these amazing Body Configurations series, as well as in computer animation and the making of sculptures, which you can find here. _ _ _ _ _ _[...]
Marc Sparfel ‘Wooden Animals’
December 28, 2012 | posted in Art, Furniture, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Marc Sparfel makes the most amazing sculptures out of discarded wooden furniture pieces like chairs and hat stands. Searching the streets for the left overs, he brings them to his workshop, and transforms them into graceful new animal forms. _ _ _ _ _ _
Cayetano Ferrandez ‘El Hombre Gris’
December 13, 2012 | posted in Art, Installations, Photography, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Beautiful installations by Spanish artist / photographer Cayetano Ferrandez called ‘El Hombre Gris’. The nicely captured images show obvious comments on todays society as well as more mysterious scenes. Great! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jennifer Rubell ‘Nutcrackers’
August 3, 2012 | posted in Art, Installations, Objects, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Great contemporary art installation by New York based Jennifer Rubell called ‘Nutcrackers’. ‘Nutcrackers consists of 18 life-size interactive sculptures of women surrounding a pedestal holding one ton of Texas pecans. Each prefabricated female mannequin is mounted on her side in an odalisque position and has been retooled to function as a nutcracker. Visitors interact with[...]
‘My Name Is Axel’
July 22, 2012 | posted in Art, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Great sculptures by an artist who goes by the name ‘My Name Is Axel‘. Sculptures drowned in symbolism, symbols of nature, religion, comments on capitalism in nowadays society, sometimes very subtle, sometimes very obvious. In Axel’s words: ‘Nature is not evil, it´s ugly. That is why we have gardens. It´s like ok, but we can[...]
Julien Berthier ‘A Lost’
April 28, 2012 | posted in Art, Installations, Objects, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
‘A Lost’ is another brilliant artwork by French artist Julien Berthier. Julien is a pretty well known artist, always making art with a humorous twist, like for example his ‘Balcon Additionnel‘ series, where he ads a balcony to all kinds of buildings, ‘Le Paradoxe de Robinson‘ a mechanical tropical island, and ‘Love Love‘ the famous sinking[...]
Rob Holland ‘Vestige’
April 23, 2012 | posted in Art, Installations, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Amazing statues reminiscing of the legendary ‘Predator’ movies, by Scottish contemporary artist Rob Holland. The metal sculptures, with their silhouettes based on people he knows, are made of mirrored stainless steel, making them blend into their environment, the Scottish woodlands. Following this, the artist is also planning to do the project in several major cities in[...]
Jim Hodges reflective rocks…
April 9, 2012 | posted in Art, Installations, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
A post about gigantic colorful rocks… They are featured in Jim Hodges latest project, which consists of a group of enormous rocks layered with metal and covered with bright paint, mixing the organic with futurism and transforming the rocks into elements of reflection. ‘Using manipulated, mirror-like elements — inspired by his recent trip to India —[...]
Wannes Goetschalckx ‘Toothpick’
April 6, 2012 | posted in Art, Installations, Performance, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Wannes Goetschalckx is a Belgian artist who is doing the most brilliant and sometimes odd projects. For this one called ‘Toothpick’ he decided to create a toothpick out of a huge Poplar Tree, by hand, carving it layer by layer, taking him almost 4 months of work. The whole proces, which took place at the[...]
Yoan Capote ‘Sculptures & Installations’
April 5, 2012 | posted in Art, Design, Installations, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Yoan Capote is an upcoming allround artist from Cuba who makes the most fantastic sculptures and installations. Although he started as a painter, Yoan soon moved to making 3-d objects and installations, always searching for possibilities of interaction of the public with the objects, like making artworks that are at the same time functional. _[...]
