Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Quinta da Regaleira
Brilliant FleaingFrance correctly identified the previous image. The estate and palace of Quinta da Regaleira is located near the historic center of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The carved details are astounding...
Via here (Paolo Dykes)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Stag-gering
I gasped when I first saw the image below... on Pinterest. Unfortunately, it is an 'uploaded by user' image and gives no particulars about its origin. If anyone has any details as to where this spectacular bit of artistry can be found, do let me know...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Steam Punk Safari
If Leonardo Da Vinci were a taxidermist...
Obsolete Gallery director, Michel Oren, has this to say about Los Angeles-based sculptor Ron Pippin:
"Pippin wants instead to transcend the commonplace discards he picks up at swap meets, junk yards and thrift shops, to disfigure and at the same time ennoble them. His figures try to overcome their awkward and vulnerable status, the constraints of their bandaging, and in this sense they do not come from the Dada movement like Schwitters but from the predecessors of German Expressionism such as medieval German wooden pietas."
Using actual animal parts and mechanical augmentations, these unique bionic-like masterpieces are indicative of a soaring imagination, exceptional craftsmanship and a deep understanding of the often precarious relationship between Science, Art and Nature.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Through the Looking Glass (IX)
The ninth in the Through the Looking Glass series of photographs.
An exhibition at Villa Foscari La Malcontenta by Zaha Hadid Architects and Patrik Schumacher to celebrate the 500th anniversary of architect Andrea Palladio's birth.
From here...
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