Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat

Sculpture, abstract record player: 'Kristallo'

2015

The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation. Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...

Eiferman invite’s you to immerse yourself in a world where transformed shapes, lines, and colors are all crafted out of nature's detritus. The inspiration for her drawings come from ...

"Apple of Eden (small)" continues the series of human duality exploration. The outer and inner, form and essence—rarely identical. This version introduces a different texture and col...

The Fast The Furious & The Nothing : Real Racing Ducati 900 motorcycle Artist signed, title on the back. Federico Brondi Zumino (UMA) is an Italian artist, born in Genoa on March 24th, 1972. At the age of five he took his first music lessons in guitar and piano. Federico received his first painting classes from hi mother, Laura De Micheli, the Genoes painter. Upon the age of eleven he began to draw and paint. At the age of 18 he obtained his high school diploma from the Nicolo Barbino artistic High School in Genoa with exemplary marks. At the age of 19 he devoted himself to the study of piano for many years becoming an excellent composer. At age 21 he attended La Linguistica Academia Delle Belle Arti in Genoa, whose president at the time was the artist Raimondo Sirotti...