Kevin Francis Gray
Here is an artist Kevin Francis Gray and his body of work is not the sculpture itself but the emotion of a current movement captured in marble.
Marble Surfboards by Alexander Wang x Haydenshapes
When fashion meets sport aesthetics there is a field for contemporary art. The latest Cage installation at Alexander Wang’s Soho flagship store features five marble print surfboards, exclusively created by Haydenshapes for this installation.
http://vimeo.com/102095900
Sculpture by Ah Xian
Chinese artist Ah Xian lives and works in Sydney where for nearly two decades he has explored aspects of the human form using ancient Chinese craft methods including porcelain, lacquer, jase, bronze, and even concrete. The artist often uses busts of his own family members including his wife, brother, and father onto which he imprints traditional designs with a vivid cobalt blue glaze. via Colossal
Cloud Lamp
You might remember our favourite thing from 2012 - Indoor Clouds by Berndnaut Smilde. Here is other wonderful interactive audiovisual fixture made by Richard Clarkson’s inter-disciplinary design studio brings all of the thunder but none of the rain of a summer storm to your home's interior. The “Cloud” thunder storm lamp and speaker system looks like a rain cloud on a leash that can even interact with people and sounds around it.
http://vimeo.com/86711365
Matthew Simmonds
"The sculptures of Matthew Simmonds give us a direct experience of our being in the present, through a love of the past transmitted in marble and light."
To create a sculpture that catches the light and structure of a building and lets the eye wander, to feel that here my eye could live, here a part of me could stay, is a great achievement. The sculptures give the viewer a different perspective on space. They look different from every viewpoint. You long to be in them, and they seem almost more meaningful for that.
via Yatzer
Fragile Heart by Sophie Aguilera Lester
Sophie Aguilera is a young ceramist raised in Barcelona and based in London. Recently she debuted at Women's Art Festival La Dinamitera with her fragile ceramic heart. Hope to see more new works soon
Dancing Shadow Sculptures by Dpt. and Laurent Craste
Parade is an interactive art installation conceived by ceramist Laurent Craste and digital agency Dpt. for the Chromatic festival in Montreal.
http://vimeo.com/96615251
Tattooed Porcelain Figures by Jessica Harrison
Jessica Harrison proposes a multi-directional and pervasive model of skin as a space in which body and world mingle. Working with this moving space between artist/maker and viewer, she draws on the active body in both making and interpreting sculpture to unravel imaginative touch and proprioceptive sensation in sculptural practice. In this way, Harrison re-describes the body in sculpture through the skin, offering an alternative way of thinking about the body beyond a binary tradition of inside and outside.
Alasdair Thomson
Alasdair Thomson is a sculptor living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is Italian-trained and has significant experience in carving large scale sculpture and other elements of decorative stonework, both in Scotland and abroad. Through his current series of sculptures, Alasdair is exploring the way fabric hangs and folds, and is attempting to capture that lightness and gracefulness in stone. Named 'The Identity Collection', his recent sculptures are carved copies of garments donated by his friends and family. Seeking to capture the characters of those he invited to donate, he surrendered the control of the content of the series by allowing others to submit garments of their choosing for him to carve. The results are simple and understated, as well as timeless and nostalgic.
Thom Puckey
One of the leading contemporary sculptor Thom Puckey released few new provocative works in 2013. The most of his marble objects are the individual female figures, young and completely or partially nude, are invariably and disquietingly accompanied by the presence of modern weaponry. The message is strong and the content is tough, you might either get or not into the subject of his works.
Art of Peter Brooke-Ball
Peter's sculptures are sensual and beautiful objects that demand to be stroked and handled. With his latest series he creates cognitive dissonance where the material changes its nature by the will of the artist. More on www.peterbrooke-ball.com
Thomas Lerooy
Thomas Lerooy (gallery link) was born in Roeselare, Belgium in 1981 and now lives and works in Brussels. Each work evokes metaphysical questions as the artist offers his richly ironic explorations of such themes as creation, desire and death.
Ceramic sculptures by Beccy Ridsdel
Beccy Ridsdel shows exactly what I thought ceramic plates are hiding from our eyes - the beautiful inner organ layer. Using surgery metaphor Beccy explores the perception of ceramics as craft of art.
Installations by Janet Echelman
From San Francisco to New York City, Amsterdam to Sydney, and India to Portugal, Janet Echelman has been captivating thousands with her public art installations that awe and inspire. Echelman's urban sculptures span the volume of high rises, but float with the lightness of clouds. Echelman is currently embarking on her largest piece ever, a 700-foot-long sculpture that will be suspended over Vancouver next month in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the TED Conference. In collaboration with the Burrard Arts Foundation, she’s currently seeking funding via Kickstarter to make it happen.
Sunlight Pills by Vaulot and Dyevre
Some instant summer anyone? I'll take a box of it! "Sunlight Pills" created by Vaulot and Dyevre contains the sunshine from Borabora to the Maldives, Haiti and the Bahamas is available as a healthy little pill. Though be careful and don’t exceed the recommended daily dose. (Don't even think to steal the idea for some travel agency, we are watching you :)
New Flexible Paper Sculptures by Li Hongbo
Currently on view at Klein Sun Gallery in New York, artist Li Hongbo (previously) has an exhibition of new and old work titled Tools of Study. Hongbo is known for his unconventional figurative sculptures made from thousands of sheets of flexible paper that twist and elongate in almost any direction, many of which take several months to complete.
http://vimeo.com/85763864
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR_1nD2rSWc
Joel Morrison
Los Angeles-based artist Joel Morrison presents a new body of stainless steel assemblages. An unwavering conceptual framework is fused with everyday objects and encased in seamlessly refined exteriors. Through flawless surfaces and impeccable fabrication, Morrison effectively lubricates the raw and, at times, gritty, underlying reality in his work.
Ceramic sculptures by Brett Kern
"Artist Brett Kern creates detailed ceramic objects that at first appear almost indistinguishable from inexpensive inflatable toys. Kern mimics the tell-tale wrinkles and forms of air-filled toys like dinosaurs, astronauts, balloons, and even whoopie cushions—all made from clay. You can see more work in his gallery, and he has several pieces available in his Etsy shop." via Colossal
The Best Art of 2013
We are happy to present you the set of Art Top lists of the year 2013 in Painting, Drawing, Sculpting and Performing creative industries. Please seat back and enjoy forty selected posts from Designcollector.
Let's start with best 10 artists
Damian Loeb
10 Best Art Projects
"From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes" by Alex Chinneck
"Some Assembly Required" by Michael Johansson
"Balance from Within" by Jakob Tonski
http://vimeo.com/72826106
Wolfchrom by Pavel Platonov
VW Beetle as a Sphere and Cube by Ichwan Noor
2 million straws by Tokujin Yoshioka
Ice Typography by Nicole Dextras
Anamorphic Paintings by Felice Varini
Sculptural Waves by Mario Ceroli
Birds Of Aperture by Paul Octavious
