Tor Archer is an American artist born in 1958 in Concord, Massachusetts renown for working with the figure in an abstract manner. For his materials he uses bronze, copper tubing, found glass, and bricks. Archer loves to sketch, and his sculptures are an extension of his sketching process.
For his collegiate studies Archer attended Boston University, University of California at Santa Cruz, and Evergreen State College.
A link to the artist’s own personal website: http://www.torarcher.com/
In this clip we visit a gallery show featuring Tor Archer and get a behind the scenes tour.
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If you enjoy looking at the figure in an abstracted manner be sure and check out artists Tony Cragg and David Mach. Both are British sculptors who employ different materials in their wonderful mixed media works dealing with the human figure.
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