Natalia Berglund

Fractured

2016

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

Acrylic, mixed media collage on canvas

Original mixed media found object collage using recycled materials painting by Haitian Artist.

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Irregular stripes cut through a circular form that imposes on the majority of the canvas. The rectangular forms allow for new colors to be introduc...

With a vision of paintings that literally break free of the canvas, Blady + Van Mil invented moulage (molded collage) through experimentation in the early days of the pandemic. It became their way of holding onto positivity as the enormity of the crisis was revealed. Collage captured the idea that many small actions add up to new hope. Moulding the canvas – allowing it to rise and flow – gave momentum to that feeling. Also propelling this new technique was the artists’ desire to reinvent the preciousness embedded in the fine arts paradigm. To create each moulage, they purposely cut up many of their own prized works into small pieces. Professional collaborators, married for 40 years, Blady + Van Mil always start with a big idea and play together to see where it might go, accepting both success and failure as drivers of progress. “In a year of turmoil and division, we realized we couldn’t change other people’s mindset, just our own. We began by dismantling our past works – with scissors – and were set free.” Annette Blady...

Serge Bernier Reading, mixed media sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen. Artist Commentary: We all go to school and acquire “big knowledge”. A...

A Doll House, Mixed Media Figurative Sculpture by Dutch artist Hans Van Meeuwen. Artist Commentary: Pars pro toto. A part of the whole, leaving the v...

Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of red hues, crea...