Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces. The museum houses all kinds of jinmenseki, or rock with a human face, including celebrity lookalikes like Elvis Presley. And according to this post from Kotaku from 2013, there are also movie and video game character rocks E.T., Donkey Kong and Nemo. In Chichibu, Japan, two hours northwest…
Category: SCULPTURES
Claes Oldenburg, Public Art Sculptor
Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen. Van Bruggen died in…
Sculpture of Erick Aubry
Sculpture of Erick Aubry. I followed the courses of the fine arts at the school of the fine arts of Bordeaux late 1970s early 1980s. Thanks to HUGUES MAURIN professor of sculpture at this time. Despite the exclusive enthusiasm for the abstract art of the artists of This period, I feel attracted by the figurative…
Tom Eckert painted wood sculptures
Tom Eckert Statment: “My sculptures are formed entirely of wood and then painted. I use traditional processes to carve, construct, laminate and paint my pieces. The woods I prefer working with are basswood, linden and limewood (all very similar) chosen because they carve and paint well and are very stable. Coming from a painting and…
Alessandra Rossi Sculpture by the Sea
Alessandra Rossi. Alessandra’s love for site-specific installations began in Venice, where she used the walls of abandoned palazzos to place her symbolic and figurative imagery in the context of the multi-layered textures of Venetian architecture. Her work has always explored the relationship between what is visible and what is invisible, what is superficial, on the…
James Croak Astonishing Dirt Sculptur
James Croak (born 1951) is a visual artist known for his work in conceptual figuration and sculpture. James Croak was born in Cleveland, Ohio.His mother died at the age of two.At the age of 15 he was a recognized musical prodigy and studied under Andrés Segovia, the virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist. At the age of…
Oliver plucks up a spirit | Book sculpture art by Sarah Leighton
BOOK SCULPTURE ART BY SARAH LEIGHTON FOR LANDAU HOUSE.SET IN A VINTAGE OUT OF PRESS CHARLES DICKENS ILLUSTRATED NOVEL OLIVER TWIST AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS. This piece is Titled ” Oliver plucks a spirit. I was inspired by the dramatic scene in this novel and wanted to capture the very essence of the period and theme hope i achieved that .I wanted to focus on the scence first and…