Jan Kempenaers — Spomenik
june 2011 by matthewmcvickar
“Photobook by Jan Kempenaers of the monuments of former Yugoslavia, with a text by Willem Jan Neutelings.”
sculpture
yugoslavia
art
history
wwii
june 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Underwater Sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor
june 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Artist does concrete sculpture installations in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Excellent.
art
underwater
photography
sculpture
june 2011 by matthewmcvickar
The ASC: John Bailey's Bailiwick: Spomenik—Jan Kempenaers and “The End of History”
april 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Beautiful, haunting, gigantic sculptures.
“There are hundreds of them scattered throughout villages and rural landscapes in the former Yugoslavia. Once the site of pilgrimages by schoolchildren, military veterans, patriots, and mourners who had lost family in WWII, these Spomeniks (monuments) are today rarely visited. Often built out of concrete in a style dubbed Brutalism, these secular totems were meant to endure, impervious to the mere march of time—a testament and continuous witness to the new unity of the historically fractious Balkan states—the unity of all the Slavs, YUGOSLAVIA.”
sculpture
yugoslavia
art
history
wwii
“There are hundreds of them scattered throughout villages and rural landscapes in the former Yugoslavia. Once the site of pilgrimages by schoolchildren, military veterans, patriots, and mourners who had lost family in WWII, these Spomeniks (monuments) are today rarely visited. Often built out of concrete in a style dubbed Brutalism, these secular totems were meant to endure, impervious to the mere march of time—a testament and continuous witness to the new unity of the historically fractious Balkan states—the unity of all the Slavs, YUGOSLAVIA.”
april 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Antony Gormley
march 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Excellent and impressively expansive studies of the human form in space, lead, terra cotta, steel... The "Fields" and "Quantum Clouds" projects are a good place to start, but you could spend hours here.
art
minimalism
sculpture
portfolio
people
march 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Shary Boyle
october 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Excellent surreal porcelain sculptures, drawings, etc. Her "Once I had a Child" is used on Canadian supergroup Swan Lake's "Beast Moans" cover. Awesome!
weird
sculpture
painting
drawing
design
art
canada
Illustration
projection
october 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Dark Roasted Blend: Unusual Books & Book Sculptures
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
This is delicious. Don't miss the eye fish or the larval horse. Or the tennis ball or the library entrance.
art
books
sculpture
inspiration
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Flickr: Richard Sweeney: Forms in paper
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Beautiful paper sculpture.
paper
sculpture
art
origami
photography
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
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