#sculptures

#sculptures

Balloons and Wire Form Modern Venus of WillendorfsDid you instantly recognize what these sculptures were imitating? I did. They closely resemble the famous Venus of Willendorf, a nude sculpture found in Austria in 1908. This tiny limestone sculpture dates back to about 25,000 years ago. It was probably a fertility totem, as its exaggerated hips and breasts speak to, shall we say, a prehistoric male gaze.Artists Naama Steinbock and Idan Friedman of Reddish Studios in Israel name their collection of works the “Venus of Jaffa”—a reference to the large coastal city in Israel. When the artists inflate the balloons inside the copper wire frames, they form the sensuous curves of this female archetype.-via Colossal#sculptures #NaamaSteinbock #IdanFriedman #VenusOfWillendorf

Christopher David White's Enchanting Ceramic Wood FiguresMy Modern Met introduces us to Christopher David White, a sculptor from Virginia who specializes in clay. He calls his work “hyperreal”, which perhaps refers to the hyperrealistic artistic movement. But I think that it would be better to call White’s work “hypersurrealistic.” People are not actually made of wood, but his sculptures create the impression that his models are carved from it.His dryadic figures, such as the above “If Only I Could Stand on My Two Feet” express White’s belief that humanity is closely intertwined with nature as bark is part of a tree. His creatures are not separated from nature as distinct beings, but one with a larger universe.#ChristopherDavidWhite #Sculptures #FigureStudies #ArtisticNudity

Léo Caillard's Glitchy Classical SculpturesLéo Caillard, a French artist, thinks that humanity has reached a turning point between an old era and a new. In his art, he wants to “shake-up our convictions and establish a dialogue between periods.” Consequently, much of his corpus consists of memifying and reworking icons of old culture—specifically, Greco-Roman art—with new times and styles.Caillard’s past work includes Greco-Roman styled marble sculptures wearing urban streetwear. Now he’s carefully carving marble sculptures in the Greco-Roman style, but glitched as though reality is shifting before our eyes. You can see more examples of his work in this approach at Colossal.#sculptures #glitchy #LeoCaillard

The Surrealistically Whimsical Sculptures of Libor HurdaLibor Hurda describes himself as both an artist and a blacksmith. This Czech sculptor, who lives in the small town of Pehlrimov, makes large metal sculptures that often add a playful fancifulness to practical objects, such as this fully functional staircase railing that shows a tired laborer hauling it into place.