Posts Tagged ‘organic shapes’

Artist of the moment……….Minoru Niizuma

 

 

Minoru Niizuma was a sculptor renown for his abstract works made of marble. Niizuma often works mixes geometric shapes and organic shapes in his art.

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Minoru Niizuma was born in Tokyo, Japan the year 1930. The artist attended college in Tokyo at the National Academy of Fine Arts.

The artist was also a great teacher and he taught at Columbia University and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Although he is renown for his marble works Niizuma also worked with granite and volcanic rock.

Minoru Niizuma passed away in 1998.

Niizuma is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art of Tokyo, Japan and the Guggenheim of New York City.

The artist was a wonderful designer. Niizuma had a great knack for mixing organic and geometric shapes to produce some very unique sculptures.

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Artist of the moment………Street Artist Kenor

 

 

Kenor is a street artist from Spain who employs strong color and mixture of organic and geometric shapes to make some spectacular art.

Kenor was born in the year 1976. His father enjoyed photography.

Below a link for the website of Kenor:

http://www.elkenor.com/

Below an interview with Kenor in Spanish with English subtitles:

The artist produces works on canvas, prints, very large murals, and installations.

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Kenor has a very bold sense of shapes and color that remind of Brazilian artist Romero Britto.

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Artist of the moment………Agostino Bonalumi

 

Agostino Bonalumi was an artist working in a modernist style similar to Lucio Fontana and Paola Scheggi. Agostino Bonalumi was born in Vimercate, Italy in the year 1935. The artist took art classes from a very young age and participated in a gallery show for the first time as a thirteen year old.

Fontana was in important mentor to Bonalumi. Bonalumi hoped to push the boundaries of Fontana’s work even further.

The artist often worked with shaped canvases and also built up his works with vinyl and would paint them with acrylics.

In this clip we view two works by Bonalumi. His work was very large in size. It also helps to see the works from side view rather than just from the front. I enjoy the dimensional feel of his art:

Below a wonderful collection of works by Bonalumi. What a great mix of organic and geometric shapes. When seen together we also get a feel for his outstanding use of color:

The artist had his first solo exhibition in the United States in 1967.

Agostino Bonalumi passed away in 2013 at the age of 78 years old.

Price range information: Works range from $20,000 t0 $400,000.

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Artist of the moment……Kate MccGwire…

Kate MccGwire is a fantastic contemporary British sculptor born in Norwich, England in 1964. MccGwire is renown for using feathers in her works. In the gallery many varieties of bird feathers were used including crows, pigeons, magpies, and mallards.

For her collegiate studies the artist attended the University College for the Creative Arts in Farnham, England. She earned a bachelor of arts degree and then went on to the Royal College of Art located earning a masters in sculpture.

MccGwire is still based out of Norwich, England.

In this clip we visit a work made with pigeon feathers.

A visit to the artist’s own studio.

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Some themes are beauty and disgust. I love the organic shapes the artist creates and they remind me sculptor Ken Price, who made similar shapes in ceramics. Below is an example of Ken Price’s work. Price passed away only in 2012.

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I guess we can class the artist as a found objects artist. What a creative use of feathers! Genius indeed!

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