Cosimo Cavallaro

Lemon Twist

2022

From the Post Conception series.

Polyurethane/insulating foam, paints, tree branch, and mixed media.

India ink, arches watercolor paper, embroidery thread, foam core

Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint, liquid acrylic ink, neon vinyl, thread, woven plastic, paper, neon trim, gel pen and graphite on cotton paper

Acrylic, latex on canvas

Still life created in an in gallery setting.

Cobalt blue on fiberglass Edition of 6

The four life size figurative sculptures in Monuments of a Perfect Future are derived from low brow culture narratives, detailing stories of extra-terrestrial travel, heroic tales originating from science fiction, and mythology rooted in comic book narratives. Presenting a collision of high art materials (bronze, steel, wood) with pop culture imagery, this body of sculpture examines the division between high art and popular culture. This series of new sculptures originate from research conducted while attending San Diego Comic-Con (2013) as well as deriving inspiration from the master figurative sculptors Augustus Rodin and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Monumentality speaks in the language of absolutes; the exhibition Monuments of a Perfect Future subverts the idea of absolutes through undermining monumental motifs with irony, humor and pathos. Ultimately, these works examine the tragic failure of the characters represented, as well as the failed myth of unending progress promised by modernism and technological advancement. Brandon Vickerd is a Toronto based sculptor and Professor of Visual Arts at York University. He received his BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1999) and his MFA from the University of Victoria (2001). In the past several years his exhibited projects have been diverse in form and content, including site specific interventions, public performances and object based sculpture. Projects such as Dance of the Cranes (Toronto, 2009) and Dance of the Cranes, Requiem for Architecture (Brooklyn, 2012) are community based projects outside the gallery that seek to transform the cityscape into a stage for performance. These performances consist of choreographed dances executed by high-rise construction cranes perched upon condo developments while viewers watch from the street bellow. Public works such as Satellite and Northern Satellite are similar attempts to engage the public in a discourse about our conflicting ways of understanding landscape. In gallery exhibitions he engages the audience through employing the language of monumental figurative sculpture subverting dominant cultural narratives by creating monuments to popular culture characters (Dead Astronaut...

Léo & Steph are a Franco-Brazilian duo passionate about "Pop Art" who likes to transform everyday objects into unique and exclusive works of art. Léo, a Brazilian living in Paris s...

Léo & Steph are a Franco-Brazilian duo passionate about "Pop Art" who likes to transform everyday objects into unique and exclusive works of art. Léo, a Brazilian living in Paris s...

Léo & Steph are a Franco-Brazilian duo passionate about "Pop Art" who likes to transform everyday objects into unique and exclusive works of art. Léo, a Brazilian living in Paris s...

Léo & Steph are a Franco-Brazilian duo passionate about "Pop Art" who likes to transform everyday objects into unique and exclusive works of art. Léo, a Brazilian living in Paris s...