Art by Medium: ABS

The sunflower and the bouquet is an idea that has been floating around in the artist's head for years. It starts with the notion of the still life, the most basic subject when approaching visual art. It's the attempt to look at that which is full of life, yet by acknowledging its existence, one understands that beauty is temporary and will fade. This series starts with the flower, the symbol of fleeing beauty. By taking this character and turning it into a cast object, the artist has turned it into an icon, further removed from reality by bleeding it of color. The sunflowers then become beautiful shadows their former selves, as dying coral becomes enticing when it bleaches. They are elegant reminders of their past, whilst also becoming new figures that reference archaic notes of classical beauty expressed monochromatic hues. STATEMENT In the end, gravity always wins. It is the blunt, immutable force that has a constant effect, keeping us on the ground and ultimately pulling us into it. Sculpture by its very nature is in conversation with this pull, at times enjoying and acknowledging it, and at times trying to hide and defy it. My work recognizes the force of gravity, sometimes tacitly and sometimes overtly. It is a practice of mixing the delicate with the ordinary. I have been mining the contrasts of sculpture, relishing the materiality while also attempting to address the ephemeral. Because sculpture is so heavily rooted in the ground, one has to accept its materiality. Yet, some of the most effective work I have witnessed is that which attempts transcendence. It is that steady push and pull between mass and lightness, solidity and absence, form and void. Additionally, I am drawn towards familiar objects and associations that are embedded within them. Current work makes reference to visual anchors such as bodily forms, sagging, or bloating. Whether the product is a still life created in Scotch tape or a bouquet composed of plaster flowers, I look to the fantastic as a goal in my work. The work is intensely representational in content but without clearly assigned meaning, thus creating a disquiet. In this way I think in a surrealist vein, looking to traditional figures like Eva Hesse and Piero Manzoni, and contemporary figures like Robert Gober and Matthew Barney. The juxtaposition of the seemingly simple streamline objects with this disquiet adds a powerful force to the work, again symbolic of the contrast between the emotional life which defines us as humans and the compulsions and minutia that compose our daily lives. Joe Davidson

'Gallura ,Sardinia' cira 2003. signed original mixed media. painting: 27cmx 27cm glazed oak wood frame : 50cm x 58cm. An Archetypal understanding of the artist's experiences of t...

layered acrylic panels Eric Zammitt’s work alludes to the dynamics and interplay of dual elements: matter and energy, spirit and body, emotion and intell...

48 x 42 Oil on wood panel

After decades of accelerated technical experimentation and refinement, decades of waiting to finally have access to academia to study Art History, and being mentored by renowned arti...

A preeminent figure in 20th century abstraction, Sam Francis (1923-1994) is renowned for his dynamic and colorful works. Printmaking was an essential part of Francis' practice. The ...

“Paradise Garden” (Diptych, 2022) This vibrant diptych, titled Paradise Garden, was created in 2022 after I returned to my home city of Kharkiv. Having been forced to leave due to t...

48 x 42 Oil on wood panel

Red toned interior still life depicting a white pitcher, two beverage bottles, three yellow ripe mangoes and one unripe, and a shape that resembles a sliced cantaloupe--all on top of...

Shelley Heffler was born and raised in the Bronx. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York where she studied interior design, followed by a Bachelor’s Degree in Art. She graduated from Cal State Northridge with a Master’s degree in fine art followed by a teaching credential. She traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia photographing...

layered acrylic panel sculpture Eric Zammitt’s work alludes to the dynamics and interplay of dual elements: matter and energy, spirit and body, emotion a...

Thorpeness Sun by Rosie Shorrock [2022] original Acrylic on panel Image size: H:50 cm x W:70 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:70 cm x D:4cm Frame Size: H:55 cm x W:75 ...

Walking Shadow 9, 2013 Oil on drafting film 30 x 36 inches

Joe Davidson’s recent body of work consists of interlocking forms stacked one on top of another. Upon closer inspection, one can see the remnants of the ...

All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.

All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.

All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.

All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.