Magic Wire mesh sculpture by Pauline Ohrel / Sculptures en fil de fer et sculptures figuratives (FR)
» Mon travail du grillage est celui de la suggestion, de l’aperçu, lorsqu’il s’accroche en bas relief ombré, ou celui des tensions et mouvements lorsqu’il se renforce de fils d’acier.
Toujours vers une plus grande fragilité… apparente. «
Art dolls sculptures by Dustin Poché. (USA)
Dustin Poché a fait ses études à l’Institut d’Art Colorado. Il puise son inspiration dans son amour de la mode et de son expérience à New York, où son travail impliquait la creation de costumes et d’illustrations dans l’industrie de la mode.
Ses premieres expériences dans le domaine a commencé avec la restauration de poupées de boudoir de 1920, qu’il expose et qui ont été plébiscitées.
« J’ai beaucoup appris en travaillant sur des poupées anciennes, mais il y avait quelque chose qui me manquait dans le résultat final. J’ai donc sculpté des personnages avec des visages plus expressifs, avec plus d’émotions. «
Son inspiration vient d’expériences personnelles. « Mes pièces sont très personnelles et je dois être investis dans le concept … L’idée commence par une idée claire dans ma tête, commence alors mon travail en argile, et avec différents autres médias que j’essaie pour créer de nouveaux effets « .
L’artiste aime travailler avec des textiles anciens et autres fibres naturelles pour créer les vêtements. L’utilisation de ces matériaux uniques ajoute à l’authenticité de ses sculptures.
Son travail a été inclus dans des publications artistiques et exposé.
« J’aime le regard des gens et leur reaction sur mon travail. C’est cette émotion qui me pousse à continuer à évoluer en tant qu’artiste« .
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Dustin Poche’ is a Midwestern multimedia artist who creates original sculptures and one of a kind fine art figures. He was formally educated at the Colorado Institute of Art. He draws inspiration from his love of period fashion and his work experience in New York, where his career involved costume design, textiles and illustration within the fashion industry.
His first venture into the figure and sculpting world began with the restoration of boudoir dolls, circa 1920. He exhibited those early works and they were received with much excitement and admiration.
“I learned a lot while working with the antique dolls, but there was something missing in the end result. I imagined characters with more expressive faces, emotions,and gestures. To bring these characters to light, I realized I had to begin sculpting them.”
His ideas come from many sources; personal experiences, emotions, and unique findings. Poche’ comments, “My pieces are very personal and I must be invested in the concept… The idea begins as an unclear image in my head which is brought into focus as the figure evolves. My work is currently done in paper clay but I’m always trying different mediums to create new effects.”
Poche’ likes to work with antique and vintage materials to create the clothing. He feels the use of these unique materials adds to the authenticity of the figure and he enjoys working with natural fibers.
Poche’s work has been included in artistic publications and exhibited at art shows. He truly enjoys sharing his sculptures with others.
“I’m thankful for those who enjoy my work and I look forward to creating for many years to come. It brings me great joy to see people react to my art. Every reaction means a piece has evoked an emotion and that’s what drives me to continue to evolve as an artist.”
The nature dress & installations Nicole Dextras – An environmental artist working with ephemeral materials. (Canada)
News : exposera ses « Mobile Garden Dress » : Jardins, Jardin aux Tuileries Paris, en Juin 2015.
Le concept de « Little Dress Garden » a été créé afin que chaque femme ait au moins un élément dans sa garde-robe qui soit produit de façon durable et équitable. Le projet vise à sensibiliser sur l’impact de l’industrie sur notre environnement et d’offrir une possibilité réaliste de changement en créant une demande pour des meilleures pratiques par le biais des consommateurs.
Pour cette raison, les robes ont été entièrement créée à partir de matières organiques ; » Portez-la et qu’elle se composte ! » est le slogan.
Ce projet se démarque de la « robe noire » omniprésente avec celle qui est véritablement organique : fabriquées à partir de feuilles et de fleurs.
Sa conception est basée sur la robe classique, tout d’abord introduite dans les années 1960 par Coco Channel. Vingt-huit femmes participantes ont été choisies pour leur soutien et leur engagement dans l’éco-mode. Chaque robe a été créée sur mesure par l’artiste à partir de matériaux locaux qui représentent un large échantillon représentatif de femmes de tous âges et de tailles.
Le projet a été présenté à l’exposition Earth Art à Vancouver, Canada (2012) avec 28 robes, chacune drapée sur un socle en bois, et photographiée du début de sa création jusqu’à sa décomposition.
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My focus as an artist is to create environmental art and ephemeral installations based on the principles of a socially engaged art practice. The Weedrobes series, which began in 2005 as an experiment in making garments from leaves and flowers has now evolved into a series that also examines consumerism, the fashion industry and the constructed landscape.
The intention of the Weedrobes series is to engage the public on several levels: through street interventions, garden settings and gallery exhibitions. Each new piece begins as a wearable sculpture constructed from local and renewable plant materials. It is then photographed with a model in a landscaped urban setting emphasizing the impact of humans on the natural environment. The third stage consists of a public intervention in a shopping area where the garment wearer engages with passersby regarding issues of disposable consumer goods. The garment/sculpture is later installed in a garden or park setting and left to decompose over time.
Brett Mcdanel – Steampunk sculptures (USA)
Brett McDanel (Oklahoma artiste), également connu sous le nom The Crazy Bird Man” crée des sculptures steampunk avec des objets de récupération diverses, le plus souvent faite de metal et d’os.
Ces six dernières années, il a passé son temps à récupérer dans les rues ou société de ferraille des objets qui, pour la plupart des gens, sont insignifiantes : « Pour les gens, c’est juste un morceau de métal, mais quand vous l’assemblez avec d’autres objets, il devient quelque chose de grand … une partie de quelque chose. L’ensemble de ces créations ont une place. «
Il raconte à sa propre histoire de vie, en ajoutant : « J’ai passé la moitié de ma vie perdue puis un jour, il y eu ce déclic qui m’a remis sur le bon chemin … le travail du métal. «
McDanel crée ses sculptures à l’instinct en soudant et en broyant les pièces de métal. Les assemblages peuvent prendre des heures, des jours, voire des semaines, mais dans tous les cas il en sort une aura particulière.
Norman, Oklahoma artist Brett McDanel, also known as “The Crazy Bird Man” constructs innovative industrial steampunk sculptures from found objects and bone. For the last six years McDanel has spent his free time scouring the streets and the scrap yards for parts that, to most people, are insignificant. The artist states, “When walking down the street you find a random piece of metal that doesn’t belong there. All by itself, it’s just a piece of metal, but when you place it with other objects, it becomes something bigger… a part of something. All together these creations have a place.” He relates it to his own life story adding, “I spent half my life lost and then somewhere along the way something clicked and put me where I belong… here working with metal.” Using his background in construction he up-cycles gears, widgets, thingamabobs and other found parts, animating them into action as featherless fiends, clawed cats, humanoid busts, edgy furnishings and otherwise eccentrically whimsical sculpture that often delivers a dark comical mood. He does not sketch or premeditate the designs. McDanel envisions the pieces assembling in his mind’s eye and attacks his hoard of jumbled parts with welding torch and grinder in hand. The resulting assemblages may take hours, days, or weeks, but in every case create an object of whimsy and an astute example of the beautiful grotesque. Brett has created quite a reputation for his found object innovations. So much so that he now finds metal donations delivered to his home lawn and representative gallery on a weekly basis which has dramatically decreased his need to scour for parts and allowed him much more time to assemble them.
Human nature sculptures by Yui Ishibashi, sculptor, Japan :
Ishibashi Yui – 10 billion years’s Dream – Sculptures
EXHIBITION : 10 (wed) – 21 (sun). Sep.2014
12:00pm – 7:00pm（5pm on the last day) at the Shonandai MY Gallery, TOKYO
Oeuvres VIEdermistes de Murielle Belin, inspirations imaginaires mixed-media sculptures, taxidermie, in formol, peintures et illustrations.
Travaille près de Nancy (1976).
Muriel Belin, Folla ratt femella, 2007, TM, 18 x 14.5 x 20 cm
L’Univers onirique de Sabrina Gruss. (France)
Sabrina Gruss – sculptures mixed-media – La cavale
/// Sabrina Gruss was born in Paris in 1958. It is during in her early childhood that the creation invites itself in her games. A the age of twenty, she moved to Provence where she studied to the School of fine Arts of Avignon and obtains in 1983 the Upper National Diploma of Plastic Expression. It is in 1993 that she develops her artistic personality. She settles down in the countryside where the surrounding nature suplies her all she needs to express herself and bring to life a strange and dreamlike world inhabited by characters made of bones, feathers and fibers. From 2000, her creatures, as she calls them, are exhibited in galleries. She is especially permanently represented by galleries Béatrice Soulié in Paris and Richard Nicolet in Provence. In addition to her artistic creation, Sabrina Gruss conducts art workshops in psychiatric institutions, jails and for youn adults in insertion. She is also involved in the artistic direction of exhibitions, for example in 1990 and 1991 for the Avignon Festival and in the design and realization of fountains, playgrounds, murals paintings, integrated into the urban landscape. ///
(Source txt en : lacavegalleryonlineshop.fr)
Cadavres exquis et autres défunts animés… à découvrir :
Humanimal – Sculptures and installations Jane Alexander. Born 1959 – South africa.
Jane Alexander Artist – Sculptures
« L’univers plastique de Jane Alexander est mélancolique, désabusé. La figure pleinement humaine y est quasiment absente, laissant place à des créatures bestiales. Des monstres créés et façonnés par l’homme. Enfermé chacun dans une perspective de plus en plus égocentrique, notre isolement fait ressortir le pire. Obnubilés par nos besoins irrationnels de protection et de sécurité face à l’Autre, nous avons développé des stratégies de remparts de plus en plus honteuses, sans jamais avoir appris la leçon de l’Histoire. »
Beautiful figuratives sculptures of George Lafayette. (USA)
George Lafayette – RabbitGirl / Figuratives sculptures
« Inspirations for my sculptures come from my inner feelings about life, rebirth, and spiritual mysticism. They are the reflections and interpretation of my life experiences. Some of the shows I have exhibited at are: Sausalito Art Fair, Beverly Hills-Affairs in the Garden, Golden Sculpture Association, La Quinta Art Festival, Malibu Art Show, Cherry Creek Art Festival, and Scottsdale Art Festival. I have been awarded first place in figurative sculpture in GSA and Affairs in the Garden. I have been commisssioned to do private work for some of my clients. »
Beautiful work sculptures Nicola Hicks (UK) – born 1960.
Nicola Hicks – Closed up horse – Life study – 2012 / sculptures
Hicks studied at the Chelsea School of Art from 1978 to 1982 and at the Royal College of Art from 1982 to 1985.
Animals are her primary subject matter, usually sculpted in straw and plaster. This was unusual for an artist in the 80s, by which time abstract sculpture and installation art had become the norms in the art world. Hicks also works on huge sheets of brown paper on which she works up her dynamic charcoal drawings. Many of the sculptures have subsequently been cast in bronze, often with such subtlety that every fragile detail of plaster and straw is reproduced.
Nicola Hicks in America from So It Goes on Vimeo.
HERAKUT mixed-media artits ; Herakut is a collaboration of the aliases Hera & Akut, two graffiti artists from Frankfurt and Erfurt. They have been working together since 2004.
Herakut – anim / Street artist
Glauques sculptures mixed media art of Monica Cook. (Etats-Unis)
Monica Cook – mixed media sculptures
Oui, je crois qu’il est temps de créer un style artistique,
du genre « The Awful Art » dédié aux gens (qui comme moi),
ne comprennent rien à l’Art contemporain.
Quand l’Art devient grotesque, sans interet et immonde.
When Art becomes grotesque, without interest and filthy.
Tiina-Liisa Kaalamo – Karsus
Les « oeuvres » de Tiina-Liisa Kaalamo (Finlande).
Technique mixte, entre autres, fourrure, crânes de rat et queues de… ? peu importe.. et le sens figuratif, l’interet, un message ? L’exploitation animale où encore la génétique à coup sûre ?
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