“A GIFT FROM GOD” IS HOW BENJAMIN VICTOR DESCRIBES HIS ABILITY TO CREATE SPECTACULAR WORKS OF ART. BENJAMIN JOINED THE RANKS OF MICHELANGELO, BERNINI, AND FRENCH BY RECEIVING HIS FIRST LARGE COMMISSION AT ONLY 23 YEARS OLD. AT AGE 26, HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST ARTIST EVER TO HAVE A SCULPTURE IN OUR NATION’S FOREMOST COLLECTION, THE NATIONAL STATUARY…
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Edouard Martinet |Insects Sculptures
SCULPTOR EDOUARD MARTINET USES MYRIAD DISCARDED PARTS. from old bicycles,cars, flea markets , garage sales ,car boot sales, refuse materials such as rusted kitchen pots , pans, and any other scrap metals to create these delicate amazing insects sculptures . What sets Martinet’s work apart is the brilliant formal clarity of his sculptures, and their extraordinary elegance of articulation. “I…
Zadok Ben-David |Sculpture
ZADOK BEN-DAVID IS A LONDON BASED, AWARD WINNING ARTIST. Zadok Ben-David was born in Bayhan, Yemen in 1949 and immigrated to Israel in the same year. He graduated in advanced sculpture from St. Martin’s School of Art in London and taught at the same institution from 1977-1982. In 2010, Ben-David’s solo show “Human Nature” at…
Bruno Torfs |Sculpture Garden
BRUNO TORFS WAS BORN IN SOUTH AMERICA . . . and lived there with his family till the age of fifteen. At this point the whole family made the move to Europe in seek of new opportunities. After training and working as a sign writer Bruno made a gradual transition to become a full time…
Mario Dilitz life-size wooden sculptures
MARIO DILITZ. The ability to give expression to the human form, to transmit and translate its language is an ability, which the sculptor Mario Dilitz definitely has. He combines traditional sculptural knowledge and technical skills with contemporary issues and thereby manages to create sculptures of great intensity and appeal. His work does polarize. There is…
Katharina Fritsch |Sculptures
KATHARINA FRITSCH (BORN 14 FEBRUARY 1956) IS A GERMAN SCULPTOR. Katharina Fritsch is known for her sculptures and installations that reinvigorate familiar objects with a jarring and uncanny sensibility. Her works’ iconography is drawn from many different sources, including Christianity, art history and folklore. In her working process, Fritsch combines the techniques of traditional sculpture…