Eric H. Olson was a Swedish visual artist renown for his modernistic style. Eric Olson was born in Sweden in the year 1909. Olson was a painter and printmaker.
Olson began his art career as a landscape painter before switching to a more abstract style in the late 1930s.
Olson was among the first artists to work with light. From painting the artist went on to create works out of glass and later plexiglass.
The artist was based out of Stockholm, Sweden.
Olson worked in many mediums including painting, printmaking, sculpture, and glass. After switching to a more abstract style the artist received many commissions and many works for public places.
Eric Olson passed away in 1996.
Price range information: The artist created prints which can start at $2,000. Original sculpture works and paintings can reach as high as $20,000.
Kcho is a contemporary sculptor, print maker, and mixed media artist from Cuba. Kcho was born in the year 1970. The artist attended the National School of Fine Arts located in Havana, Cuba.
Kcho’s government name is Alexis Machado. The artist has shown his work in Asia and North America.
As a youngster he was inspired by the art of Bruce Nauman.
Kcho tries to use items from the current culture of Cuba. Boats and boat parts such as a propeller have been a favorite subject matter over the years for the artist.
The artist is based out of Cuba.
Below a great story on how Kcho helped to bring free WiFi to the people of Cuba!:
Kcho is one of my favorite artists when it comes to portraying the boat. My favorite work by the artist is his boat made out of books. We can take it for symbol that reading and acquiring knowledge is the key to getting to where we would like to be.
Jesús Moroles is a contemporary American artist renown for his large sculptures composed of granite. Jesús Moroles was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in the year 1950. Moroles attended North Texas University located in Denton.
In this clip a sculpture by Moroles is talked about in detail:
The artist is based out of Rockport, Texas.
Below a short interview with the artist:
Moroles was recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2008 for his contributions to the art world.
The largest work by Moroles is a 120 foot by 120 foot sculpture made to remember fallen police officers of Houston, Texas. Since launching his art career Moroles has placed more than 2,000 works of art in collections.
Moroles is also a board member of the Smithsonian Institute located in Washington D.C.
Lin Emery is a wonderful contemporary artist renown for her kinetic sculptures composed of aluminum. Lin Emery was born Larchmont, New York in the year 1926. Emery attended Columbia University and Syracuse University of New York. The artist also studied abroad in Paris.
She began her art career sculpting large size figures for religious organizations.
Issac Cordal is a street artist who is renown for his miniature works. Isaac Cordal was born Pontevedre, Spain in the year 1974.
His miniature works are also known as cement eclipses. His process includes first modeling the work in clay before making cement replicas of his ideas using silicone molds.
Cordal is now based out of London, England.
The often places his installations that you might first overlook for having art such as surveillance cameras, bus shelters, and small bodies of water that exist after a good rain.
In this clip a wide selection of works by Isaac Cordal. What a great sense of humor!:
Installation street art is great and often uses quite a bit of humor as we see in the work of Cordal. Another street artist renown for working with miniature sculptures is the Danish artist Tejn. Tejn’s works are called “lock ons.”
To close we look at another selection of hilarious works by Isaac Cordal. With so many up close images we can see how much work is put into each miniature work of art:
Lori Hersberger is a wonderful modern artist who is renown for his work with colour and neon lights. Lori Hersberger was born in Basel, Switzerland in the year 1964.
Hersberger attended the Basel School of Design where he studied sculpture and video art. Hersberger also paints, makes installation art, and also does performance art.
The artist uses many mediums in his works including mirrors and also blank canvases that evoke memories of the Minimalist movement.
In this clip we view a show for Lori Hersberger that took place in early 2014. Its great to see his work from multiple angles to get a feel for the depth of his work:
I have written about this artist before, but as luck would have it Kara Walker has a new shoe and some works were made with sugar. The location was the Domino Sugar Factory located in Williamsburg, Brookly, New York. In this clip we visit her most recent show with our friend James Kalm:
The show is free to the public, so if you have the opportunity be sure and see Kara Walker’s work!
As usual her work has managed to cause controversy about racism. But the main work of a large “Mammy” type character is executed well using many tons of sugar and loads of assistants.
Curtis Jere is the combined name of two artists renowned for their sculptures and wall hangings. One artist’s name was Curtis Freiler and the other was named Jerry Fels.
The company designed works that were produced by Artisan House. The goods are now produced out of China.
The company Artisan House was made to mass produce art quality items for the home in the early 1960s. The company was started by Freiler and Fels as they were brother in laws. The company was sold by the brothers in 1972. Since the company has been sold many times.
The works by C. Jere have become increasingly hot in the vintage collector niche.
What great designs on their wall hangings. I even prefer some of C. Jere’s work to another well known artists who worked in the same genre, Alexander Calder.
Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels have both passed away.
In this clip we take a brief look at some wall hangings by duo:
price range information: Sorry none available.
In this clip we take a closer look at wonderful wall hanging by Curtis Jere:
The artist was born in Khagual, Bihar, India in the year 1964. He is a leading modern artist of India. He gained worldwide acclaim for his sculpture of a human skull made of pots, pans, and cooking utensils. The name of the piece was “Hungry God.” The artist began as a painter but has since moved into installation works with found and recycled materials including kitchen utensils such as pots, pans, and tongs. Gupta also is a photographer.
Price range information: Works including prints and works in ink start around $20,000. Subodh Gupta has broken the one million dollar mark at auction with his oil paintings.
For his collegiate education Subdodh Gupta attended the College of Arts and Crafts located in Patna, India earning a B.F.A.
Gupta is based out of New Delhi, India.
Below is a short interview with the artist and a leading television station based out of India. You can see a quick glimpse of the artist’s studio.
It seems that creative energy is always flowing through the mind of Subodh Gupta.
If you enjoy this artist’s work another artist I find similar is the Brazil mixed media master Vik Muniz. Muniz has produced many creative works that use unusual mediums. Muniz even did a series of famous movie monsters using caviar as a medium!
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