"Rain" sculpture by Nazar Bilyk

June 15, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, Ukraine, 2016

Ukrainian artist Nazar Bilyk created the 6-foot tall sculpture “Rain” as a symbol of man’s communication with nature, a dialogue between the human race and the world around us.

“The raindrop is a symbol of the dialogue which connects a man with a whole diversity of life forms. The figure has a loose and porous structure and relates to dry land, which absorbs water. In this work I play with scale, making a raindrop large enough to compare a man with an insect, considering that man is a part of nature. Moreover, this work concerns the question of interaction and difficulties in coexistence of man with environment”

— Nazar Bilyk

Scuptures Of Alessandro Boezio

June 13, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Italy, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

On the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch’s death, Milan-based artist Alessandro Boezio pays homage to the Dutch master through a series of surreal sculptures

“Exploring the intriguing interplay between reality and illusion, Boezio refers to the motifs of Bosch’s paintings, in particular ‘Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony’. Inspired by characters who try to refuse – or not – physical temptations, Boezio created a series of provoking sculptures in various anatomical formations. With some of them referring to the position during the prayer, and the others suggesting alluding to sexual positions, Boezio’s works teeter between the themes of spirituality and temptation.”

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Fernando Mastrangelo

June 10, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, USA, Portfolios, 2016, Art, Sculpture

Won't mind to have this type of sand and cement furniture in my loft designed by Fernando Mastrangelo

Clay Sculpture by Irma Gruenholz

May 25, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, Spain, Sculpture, 2016

Madrid-based Irma Gruenholz calls herself a 3D handmade illustrator as she works on her artworks using clay sculpture and mixed media. Find here works on Behance and Tumblr

Seven Magic Mountains by Uno Rondinone

May 19, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Switzerland, Portfolios, 2016, Sculpture

Check out this beautiful project by internationally renowned Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone’s titled ‘Seven Magic Mountains’. This project is a large-scale site-specific public art installation located near Jean Dry Lake and Interstate 15, approximately ten miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada

Surreal Sculpture of Dan Lam

April 08, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, USA, 2016

"At first glance, the sculptures of Dan Lam (Instagram) might seem like living organisms. Created with intense hues, the pieces seem to drip right before the viewers’ eyes with an undeniable energy.Lam uses polyurethane foam, acrylic paint and epoxy resin to create her intricate pieces. She starts with a shape and lets the foam takes its own course, guiding it ever so slightly. Afterwards, she chooses a colour and dots the surfaces of each piece with paint to create even more visual rhythm." via TCP

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A video posted by Dan Lam (@sopopomo) on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:54pm PDT

A video posted by Dan Lam (@sopopomo) on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:54pm PDT

Bronze drifting sculptures by Olivia Berckemeyer

April 01, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Germany, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

Bringing a modern twist or a pixel-drift screen-like effect to the ancient art of bronze casting, artist Olivia Berckemeyer creates delicate bronze sculptures that appear to flow in her studio in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Read full interview on iGNANT

Photography by Ana Santl

Abstract Paper Art By Marit Roland

March 23, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Norway, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

For her ongoing series ‘Paper Drawings’, Norwegian artist Marit Roland creates abstract installations entirely made from paper – from large scale sculptures to tiny works in a box.

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All images © courtesy of Marit Roland / SKMU – Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand / MRK – Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter, Molde / Prosjektrom Nordmanns, Stavanger / Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo / MAGO, Eidsvoll / Sandefjord Kunstforening / Hunsfoss Paperfactory

Kim Joon

March 18, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Portfolios, Sculpture, South Korea, USA, 2016

Kim Joon pulls from the cultural influence of the United States—steeped in commercialism, superficiality, artifice and fantasy. He frequently appropriates brands in his work, distorting them onto the surfaces he builds in his digital prints. The result is a strange look into a world where commercialism has destroyed life as is, leaving a wake of surreal textures and patterns.

Figurative sculpture by Johnson Tsang

March 16, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, China, Hong-Kong, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

"Tsang’s work integrates the themes of human beings vs. objects. Sometimes he anthropomorphizes these objects, giving them human attributes— like in the example of the coffee cups. In other cases, the figures he develops are decidedly human, but distinct nonetheless. He is particularly adept at sculpting expressive, childlike faces— sometimes cheerful, at other times ominous, especially when used in depictions of child soldiers or with other socio-political themes. On the one hand, he can make lovers out of coffee. On the other, he can turn transform a grenade into a pile of human organs. Johnson Tsang’s work has many faces— usually turned out to the world in an unexpectedly jarring way." via Decompoz

John Breed

March 10, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Netherlands, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

Breuninger Shoe Salon commissioned John Breed (Instagram) to create a colourful installation at their shop window. He did a sculptural mural of 145 shoes sit on multicoloured and golden legs.

Steel wire sculptures by Kendra Haste

February 23, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Portfolios, Sculpture, United Kingdom, 2016

Working only with layers of painted galvanised wire atop steel armature, UK artist Kendra Haste creates faithful reproductions of creatures large and small for both public installations and private collections around the world. A graduate of the from the Royal College of Art, Haste says she is fascinated by how such a seemingly ordinary medium, chicken wire, is capable of suggesting “the sense of movement and life, of contour and volume, the contrasts of weight and lightness, of solidity and transparency—values that I find in my natural subjects.”

Tiny Environments Sculpted inside Glass Tubes by Rosa De Jong

December 22, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Netherlands, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2015, Art

Encapsulated within long vertical glass volumes, the miniature landscapes built by Amsterdam-based designer Rosa De Jong form tiny scenes for the viewer to investigate and imagine.

Hyperrealistic tribute to Frida Kahlo by Kazuhiro Tsuji

December 03, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, TOP 2015, USA, 2015

Frida Kahlo, South America’s most famous woman artist best known for her numerous self-portraits, is portrayed once more as hyperrealist Kazuhiro Tsuji’s latest subject. Rendered with a heightened realism, Tsuji’s Frida is made of resin, platinum silicone, and other materials by the same technique that he once practiced as a special effects makeup artist. Find out more on artist's Facebook via Hi-Fructose

Soft Stone Sculptures by José Manuel Castro López

November 16, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, Sculpture, Spain, TOP 2015, 2015

Spanish sculptor José Manuel Castro López creates surreal sculptures melt down by no reason. The material is stone what left us surprised and mesmerised by the way he played with the form. Check it out below or on sculptor's personal Facebook account

Paper Sculptures of Anna-Wili Highfield

November 05, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Australia, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2015, Art

Anna-Wili's sculptures (Instagram) are stitched together from archival cotton rag. Her works explore the organic qualities and resistance of paper, generating a tension between the complex realism of form and the limitations and economy of the materials used. They represent animal life in an immediate way that conveys the energy, movement and physical character of different creatures. Her aim is to engineer a moment of contact with nature in a way that emphasises both the startling differences and similarities of human and animal forms and consciousness.

Polymer clay flower sculptures by Angela Schwer

November 03, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Portfolios, Sculpture, TOP 2015, USA, 2015, Art

"Working from a tiny table in the nook of her living room, California-based artist Angela Schwer crafts explosive dahlias, gardenias, poppies, fungi, and sea creatures all from a custom blend of polymer clays. Meant primarily as decorative objects, the dense handmade pieces are surprisingly detailed, assembled from hundreds of perfectly formed clay pieces and formed into large tiles that can be hung from a wall or set on a table. You can see more in her online shop, Dilly Pad." via Colossal

Beth Cavener Sculptures

September 11, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, TOP 2015, USA, 2015

The sculptures of Beth Cavener focus on human psychology, stripped of context and rationalisation, and articulated through animal and human forms. Cavener wants to pry at those uncomfortable, awkward edges between animal and human. Entangled in their own internal and external struggles, the figures express frustration for the human tendency towards cruelty and lack of understanding

Video directed by Bas Berkhout

Ceramic Sculptures by Haejin Lee

September 03, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Canada, Portfolios, Sculpture, South Korea, 2015

"Ceramicist Haejin Lee (Instagram) creates sculptures that seem to unravel before your eyes, ceramic forms that open and splay outwards to make vessels unusable and faces far more interesting. Utilizing minimal color Lee instead focuses on her shapeshifting creations, often incorporating human elements like eyes and mouths that sprout from the banded chaos."

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Heartbeat by Charles Petillon in Covent Garden, London

August 28, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in France, Sculpture, TOP 2015, United Kingdom, 2015

Yesterday, the 19th-century market building in London’s Covent Garden was transformed. French artist Charles Pétillon used twenty-five workers over five days to fill the building with 100,000 giant white balloons in an installation called “heartbeat.” The project is part of Covent Garden’s ongoing cultural program that strives to transform the district into an ever-changing art gallery, and will run until September 27th (as a part of London Design Festival).

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