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Art Subject: Bird
Merlin Approach an original Bronze sculpture
Located in Tetbury, GB
A stunning Bronze study of a Merlin in flight. Created and cast by Yorkshire sculptor Damon Price.
Damon's approach to sculpting is holistic, seeing through the entire process from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fleur-de-lis
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: trumpet, aluminum (found cans), stainless steel wire, soot, enamel
Paul Villinski has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1984. He lives with his partner, the painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in their studios in Long Island City, NY.
His work has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally, recently including the solo exhibitions “Paul Villinski: Burst” at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX and “Passage: A Special Installation,” at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin. Recent group shows include “Material Transformations” at the Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL; “Re: Collection,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; “Making Mends,” at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; and “Prospect .1,” an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. “Emergency Response Studio,” a FEMA trailer transformed into an off-the-grid mobile artist’s studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan University’s Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and ERS was featured in the New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas for the New City”, in New York, NY.
Villinski’s work is widely collected, including major commissioned public works including “SkyCycles,” three full-scale “flying bicycles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Memo (Night)
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: aluminum (found cans), wire, soot
Unique, open edition
Available in multiple color/finish options (see second image on listing for options).
Installations are made to order, sizes and shapes of butterflies vary and can be oriented leftward or rightward.
Ships with installation template and loaner tool kit.
Installation can be arranged with JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY.
Paul Villinski is a professional visual artist who has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1984. He lives with his partner, the painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in their studios in Long Island City, NY.
His work has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally, recently including the solo exhibition “Passage: A Special Project,” at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin; “Making Mends,” at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; “Second Lives: Re-purposing the Ordinary,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; and “Prospect .1,” an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. “Emergency Response Studio,” a FEMA trailer redesigned and rebuilt into a solar-and wind-powered mobile artist’s studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan University’s Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and the trailer was featured in the New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas for the New City”, in New York, NY.
Villinski’s work is widely collected, including major public works created by commission. His studio is currently at work on “SkyCycles,” three full-scale “flying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Chim Yellow and Red - contemporary, animal sculpture, bronze, iron, 21st C.
Located in London, GB
Original 4/8 2018
Javier was born in 1984 and graduated in Fine Arts in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2007.
The essence of his work is the union with the feeling of life...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Disco Ride
Located in New Orleans, LA
PAUL VILLINSKI has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Endless Summer
Located in New Orleans, LA
PAUL VILLINSKI has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Wild Thing
By Robert Adams
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Basswood, cyprus and Chinese walnut wall sculpture.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Take It To The Top
Located in New Orleans, LA
PAUL VILLINSKI has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Bolt from the Blue
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed/signed by Artist on base of sculpture with edition number.
7/18
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Contemporary Sculpture by Beatrice De Domenico - This is Not a Banch
Located in Paris, IDF
Beatrice de Domenico is a French sculptor born in 1956 who lives & works in Nice, France. She works between traditional sculpture, classical sculpture and teachings from Nouveaux Réa...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Maitland-Smith Vintage Bronze and Penshell Rooster Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout rooster sculpture or figure with a cocky attitude crafted in bronze and penshell and presented on a metal base. Signed Maitland-Smith on the bottom.
Category
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chicken on rock.
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM.
Edition of 50 ex.
Free shipment worldwide.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Temporality and eternity are two concepts that increasingly compete in my work.
I have ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Torso ten voeten uit Bronze Sculpture Torse Standing Figure Female Nude
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Torso ten voeten uit Bronze Sculpture Torse Standing Figure Female Nude
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 – Saint-Julien (Var), France...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eagle Skull
By Burt Brent
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture by artist Burt Brent. Edition 1/30.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Carved Porcelain Vases. From Unsung Muses Collection
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This vessel is the first of the Unsung Muses series, and it references two compositions by Cezanne in which women are seen bathing, undisturbed by the voyeurism of the artist and/or ...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Paint
Ours sur la banquise
By Jorge Borras
Located in Pasadena, CA
After completing his studies at the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts in Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Jorge Borrás moved to France1.
His works, especially his bronzes, are sold in major auctions mainly in France (Versailles, Drouot, Saint Germain En Laye, Enghien les Bains, etc. June 30, 1992, two bronzes were sold at Christie's in London) 2. They are exhibited in Parisian salons such as the Salon d'automne3, the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des Independants the exhibitions of the National Society of Fine Arts, the Salon de l'école française [ref. necessary].
He received the Arts-Sciences-Lettresn 1 Medal and is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts (affiliated with UNESCO).
In addition, he produced a series of medals and sculptures for the Monnaie de Paris, and various achievements such as the bust of Dr. Coll Colomé, a monument erected in Benicarlo (Spain) and publishing covers including the novel by Jean-Marc Roberts Vincent's friend.
The work of Jorge Borrás is a tribute to the woman [ref. necessary]. Her favorite themes are ballerinas and bathers as well as women in everyday attitudes. Wild animals, some endangered, are also very present in the work of Jorge Borrás, especially in recent years where he takes great pleasure in capturing the wild moment of his attitudes.
Passionate about drawing, he began painting at the age of ten and made his first exhibition at the age of twenty.
At the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he discovered sculpture with Luisa Granero and studied painting and sculpture.
The students the drawing section, of the great master of Spanish painting and portrait painter Francisco Ribera Gomez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stylized Brass Palm Tree Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Midcentury brass stylized Palm Tree with an exclusive custom hand finish. Removable palm fronds and trunk and lacquered for easy care.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Herons
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant pair of gilt bronze heron sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Love Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
"Love Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage
Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). Love Bond is a satirical, mixed-media artwork that mimics the structur...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Large, Solid Bronze Falcon Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous, 1920s, detailed, cast bronze falconfrom a lost wax cast by important Italian artist, Sirio Tofanari (1886-1969). Executed by the Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli in ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Glass Beaded Parrot Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Glass beaded parrot sculpture ambitiously crafted with glass beads and perched on a custom wood, brass, and Lucite stand.
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Pair of Mid-Century Metal Cranes or Bird Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standup pair of life size mid century cranes hand crafted in metal, each with its own familiar stance and chic raw metal finish.
Left H: 29 W: 17 D...
Category
Late 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Cover Jar w/ Rooster, " Stoneware, Bronze, & Feathers signed by Ernst Gramatzki
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cover Jar w/ Rooster" is an original stoneware vase by Ernst Gramatzki.
11 3/4" x 4 1/2" art
Ernst Gramatzki is a world renowned artist, sculptor, potter, painter and poet. Some of his work is in the Smithsonian Institute in D.C. as well as in art galleries in both the U.S and Europe.
Ernst was born in Koenigsverg, Germany, in the Russian sector near the Baltic Sea. The area is also referred to as Kaliningrad and is the birthplace of philosopher Emanuel Kant.
His interest in art is the result of two Hungarian art students taken in as borders by his family following the Hungarian revolution. One, who is still well known throughout Europe, was a potter.
"I shared half of the garage with him," said Ernst, who attended the School of Art in Hamburg.
It was in 1961 that Ernst immigrated to the United States, taking a position with the Milwaukee Public Museum. He has lived in Rochester for nearly 30 years.
Each room of his home is dedicated to a different art form. A room at the top of the stairs is filled with oil paints and multi-paneled works that are still in progress. In the basement, wet clay sits ready to be molded by inspired hands.
Ernst still does work for museums, which sometimes directs where he focuses his energy each day.
"I try to juggle the things I have to do with the things I want to do," he said. "One is always at the expense of the other.
"I like to blow things up that people are too busy to look at," he said of his oil paintings. "You have to sit and look at things. You don't need to name things. That limits people in their imagination and what they would like it to be."
An entire painting may be devoted to the stains on the bottom of a coffee mug, or a close-up view of a twig.
Ernst said his inspiration can come from anything around him. He found a use for a dried-up grapefruit by using it as a mold for a clay stamp. Nothing, including an old corn cob, is overlooked as an artistic tool.
"I dream lots of things. It's like turning on the TV as soon as I hit the sack," he said, working the surface of a clay toad he had sculpted the following day, using a walnut to stamp out some eyes.
Most of his pottery takes the form of covered jars, each of which has its own number and entry in a journal that includes a sketch and to whom the piece were sold. The covers of the jars have small bronze sculptures for handles.
Recently, Ernst has shifted gears and has been creating dozens of clay bird...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Galapagos
By Kent Ullberg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
67/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Three Ducks In Flight - Original John Louw 3D Copper Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Ducks In Flight - Original John Louw 3D Copper Sculpture
Vintage 3D Pressed Copper Sculpture of Waterfowl Ducks, ‘Ducks in Flight’ by John Louw (South African, 1949). Three du...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Futurist abstract figurative bronze sculpture with animal theme
Located in Florence, IT
The bronze was first presented at the VII Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte in Rome, which was held at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni from November 22, 1955 to April 30, 1956, with Fausto...
Category
1950s Futurist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue Lake
Located in Bozeman, MT
Molly Schulps is an artist and educator living in both California and Oregon. She grew up in Southern California and was deeply influenced by her father who was a successful educator...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze
Globe Trotter
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze piece signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
10/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carved and Painted Wood Parrot Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Life size, life like wood parrot expertly carved and painted with inspired accuracy, perched on an organic wood stand.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Murano Glass and Bronze Sculpture with Two Birds by Zanetti
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century sculpture depicting two hand blown cockatoos perched on a doré bronze tree on a glass base signed Zanetti.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Golf Bug
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #6/30.
Signed on bronze sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ducks in a Row
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
2/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abundance
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 7/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fazant no. 8 (Pheasant) Bird Animal Bronze Sculpture Brown
Located in Utrecht, NL
Fazant no. 8 (Pheasant) bird animal bronze sculpture brown patina walking. Suitable for indoors and outdoors.
Fazant no. 8 (Pheasant) Bird Animal Bronze Sculpture Brown
Evert den ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“baby’s 1st steps bulldog”
Located in Warren, NJ
Todd Warner sculpture signed and numbered “baby’s 1st steps bulldog”. In good condition measures 9x9x7.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The Missing Piece
Located in Belfast, GB
The Missing Piece is a bronze artwork suitable for inside or outdoor display. Pollock is referencing life in with the crow and the puzzle piece.
"I never limit myself to one subject or style of work and can never say where the work will go next, which makes it exciting for myself and I hope for the viewer. I like the fact that bronze is so permanent, a bronze sculpture is going to be around forever." - Pollock (2019)
Dublin born sculptor Ian Pollock is primarily a self-taught artist who has spent his career working in the Cast Foundry in the Liberties area of Dublin. Working exclusively in bronze, Pollock has worked with art ever since he was a young child. His work is a three dimensional diary of his daily existence. His bronzes are cast using a 'cire perdue' (lost wax) method in ceramic shell moulds. In the pursuit of excellence, he has compiled meticulous craftsmanship in the medium of bronze sculpture.
Inspiration for his sculptures comes from aspects of daily life, Pollock sees his work 'as a three dimensional diary' of his life; "I never limit myself to one subject or style of work and can never say where the work will go next, which makes it exciting for myself and I hope for the viewer. I like the fact that bronze is so permanent, a bronze sculpture is going to be around forever".
Pollock has exhibited and sold his work throughout Ireland and the UK; including the Oireachtas, RHA, and the RUA (where he won the Mullan Prize for sculpture in 2003).
Pollock's work can be found in the collections of the Office of Public Works and University College Dublin, as well as many private collections in Europe and the USA. Large commissions include an eleven foot flight of birds for Largy College in Clones, Co. Monaghan, along with many life size private commissions.
Pollock continues to exhibit with Gormleys Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A pair of ducks by Carl August Brasch.
Located in Gent, VOV
A very finely detailed and stylized bronze sculpture of a pair of ducks on a marble plinth. Signed C. Brasch. In terms of approach and style, this work is modern and somewhat reminis...
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Scholars
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #1/1 - Original bronze sculpture and acrylic painting by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Mid-Century Silvered Ostrich Sculptures Constructed with Ostrich Eggs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful pair of Mid-Century ostrich bird sculptures constructed with ostrich eggs and silvered metal. Wearing a quizzical expression that seems to be ask...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rooster II
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #21/24 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sculpture by Emile Peynot
Located in New York, NY
EMILE PEYNOT
French, (1850-1932)
Young Female with Doves
Signed 'E. Peynot' on base
33 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in.
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Penguin, Animal, 1910s, sculpture, bronze, impressionism, august gaul, art
By August Gaul
Located in Geneva, CH
Deux pingouins
circa 1911
Bronze with a brown and golden patina 16 x 17.5 x 8.5 cm (sans le socle)
Signed : A. Gaul
The sculpture " Deux Pingouins " by Gaul, created around 1911, pe...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pale Blues
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #7/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Friendly Chat
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #14/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sanctuary
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #11/20 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Poule Cayenne, by François Pompon, 1900's, sculpture, animal, bronze, chicken
Located in Geneva, CH
Poule cayenne - Poule faisanne, 1st proof, 1906
Bronze with a black patina
28 x 22 13 cm
Signed on the base : POMPON. Seal of the founder Cire Perdue A.A. Hebrard. Numbered (M)
Certi...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Trumpeter Pond
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #9/30 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rilke, Murmuration
Located in Porto, 13
"Rilke, Murmuration" is another intriguing sculpture by Jake Michael Singer, crafted with mild steel. The structure of this piece is organic and dynamic, with a sinuous form that spi...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Macaw - large, rustic, figurative, animal, bird, bronze, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A large, bronze baby macaw struggles and screeches from an awkward position on the ground. Loud, self-confident and active, macaws are the symbol of creative intelligence, inspiratio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Falcon'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Falcon, Hawk, Bird
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
After studying Fine Art in the Netherlands Ans Zondag (1959) spent several years abroad in order to explore different artistic areas and to establish which technique suited her best....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Strut 1/50
By Sandy Graves
Located in Napa, CA
Born in Colorado and raised in Nebraska, Sandy Graves first forayed into the art world by presenting work as a child and 4-H member at local county fairs....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled (Owl)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Karine Payette was born in 1983 in Montreal, Quebec, where she lives and works. Working primarily with sculpture and installation, she reproduces, for the most part, environments tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Herons
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant pair of gilt bronze heron sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Flight VI by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, bird, grey patina, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Flight VI is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 32 × 34 × 32 cm (12.6 × 13.4 × 12.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Swallows and stars -turkey feather back and white abstract composition on paper
Located in New York, NY
American artist Chris Maynard gives homage to nature through the plumage of birds -using feathers acquired from legal sources such as zoos and private aviaries all naturally shed by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Carrier Pigeon II
By Rachel Denny
Located in Bozeman, MT
We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees,
and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plastic
“Ancient Mariner 2005”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is a “Ancient Mariner 2005” by Robert wyland. The condition of this one is good, however there is cracking on the canvas due to age and being in the sun. Only noticeable close u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Giclée
''La Baigneuse'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of an Elephant Sunbathing
By Miep Maarse
Located in Utrecht, NL
The optimistic bronze sculptures of Dutch artist Miep Maarse (1945) are a feast for the eyes. Dancing elephants, bathing hippos and playing bears characterize her oeuvre. The images are optimistic in tone and message. Through her images she shows us her positive view of the world and humanity.
She shapes her sculptures in a professional and original way. The animals have recognizable human characteristics, which radiate great charm and tenderness. At first glance, this seems simple and charming. The opposite is true. You must have studied man and his behavior extremely well in order to make this translation. A hippopotamus - not a gentle animal at all - transforms into a friendly big lug who dances, dives or acts like an English lord. What is special is that Maarse finds her images so natural that people do not immediately realize that what they are actually doing is not possible.
In ''Between the Ears'' the mother elephant with her child between her ears looks so natural and realistic and is so moving and playful.
Almost casually, Miep Maarse asks the obligatory question: "How realistic is realistic?" Everyone will immediately admit that her images are not realistic. But what are they then? Surrealistic maybe? Strangely enough, it is obvious to place them in that movement, but everyone feels that something is not right. After all, with surrealism we immediately think of bizarre situations and alienation, while Miep Maarse's animal sculptures radiate something familiar and domestic.
Due to the metamorphosis that her animals undergo, they enter the realm of fabulous creatures. The animal sculptures are liberating because the depicted animals have different codes of conduct than the people who imitate them.
Miep Maarse received her education at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.
''La Baigneuse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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