Posts Tagged ‘wood’
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Tapumes
Henrique Oliveira uses recycled “Tapumes” (sidings made of plywood in english) to create his sculpture and installations. Full of texture, color and movement, these pieces reflect a work path he chose while in school.
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Tags: installation, paint, painting, sculpture, wood
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

dark matter #01 - 800 x 650 x 450 cm
Dennis Feddersen thinks big and his sculpture truly invades the space it occupies. Indoors or outside, his sculpture installations force their way into view as they overtake the surrounding environment. There is an uncomfortable beauty that I find in these installations as they seem playfully dangerous.
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Tags: found objects, installation, plastic, sculpture, wood
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

I was famous last night, wood, 158 x 75 x 28 cm, detail
I don’t know much about Gehard Demetz, but his sculptures are phenomenal. These wood sculptures are masterfully cut and Demetz allows voids in the wood to add to the pain reflected by his characters.
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Tags: sculpture, wood
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Michelle's Place - from Grand Theft Auto IV - Oil on cradled wood panel 30" x 30"
There is nothing new about artists taking inspiration from other created works, but there is something here worth discussing. People tend to connect with landscape or cityscape paintings of places they have seen before and that is part of the beauty in them. A painting of the Streets of Charleston is going to connect with me in a way that it cannot connect with someone who has never been there.
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Tags: oil, painting, panel, wood
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Children’s Stoves - Oil on Linen 40 x 60
I crossed paths with Patrick when I featured one of his T-shirts in my post, 25 T-shirts for Artists and Wannabes. I later found out that Patrick is also a talented painter. Patrick’s paintings are rich in exaggerated color depicting typical suburban American scenes and adding a bit tension it.
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Tags: linen, oil, paint, painting, wood
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Degraw Street Mural, Brooklyn, NY :: Spray Paint & Latex Acrylic 60′ x12′
Damon Ginandes, a Brooklyn based mixed media artist, paints elaborate compositions of portraits intermingling with one another.
Devoid of context and stripped of external identity, they are portraits of souls - ageless, anonymous, and solitary. Their longing stares serve as a mute communication from which a distinct visual and psychological intimacy emerges.
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Tags: acrylic, painting, spray paint, street art, wood
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Tags: acrylic, pan, wood
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