Zahid Mövla
Untitled. 2012-2013
Clay, aluminium wire. 31.4 cm
KEVIN FRANCIS GRAY IRELAND
SHATTERED GLASS SCULPTURES
New York based artist & designer, Daniel Arsham is back again giving new life to common everyday materials- remember his apartment designed completely from ping pong balls? His new sculptures, part of his Three Dimensions works, are inspired by the discovery of glass shards in his Florida home after Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Arsham takes bits of broken glass and resin and molds this fragile, reflective material into human forms.
Paul Thek, Untitled (Buzzard), 1968, Wood, taxidermic buzzard, shoes, paint, metal, black-and-white photographs, string, Plexiglas, and wax, 130 x 107 x 50 cm, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, © The Estate of George Paul Thek; courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York.
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De WainValentine @ Ace Gallery Beverly Hills
Ring, 1973
Carved acrylic
37” DIAMETER X 2” (D)
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Lucy Glendinning (b.1964, UK) - Feather Child 1
Lucy Glendinning is a sculptor and installation artist, who works in a contemporary British sculpture tradition. Here, different aesthetic expressions are brought together under one central entry point: the human body as a semiotic medium. For Glendinning, art is the primary tool for investigating psychological and philosophical themes. Her work is thus permeated by a conceptual content, superior to the value of aesthetics. That does not imply that the artistic performance is lacking, on the contrary, she is seducing the observing eye by emphasing subtle expressions and presenting a stunning craftsmanship.
The suite “Feather Child” originates from Glendinning’s fascination with visions of a future society. The feathered children are embodied questions, where the artist is asking us if we, in a world where our genetics could be freely manipulated, will be able to resist altering our physical abilities. Will necessity or vanity be the ruling power? Will we act collectively or as individuals? The fragility of the feathers is simultaneously mirroring the perhaps most classic tale of human hubris: the fate of Icarus in Greek mythology. How far can humanity progress before everything falls apart? (cf. artist’s biography) Many thanks to myampgoesto11 for introducing us one of her contemporary favorite artists Glendinning (*)!
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