World renowned artist, Dashi Namdakov has created twelve bronze
animal sculptures inspired from the Chinese Zodiac.
Not exact matches
Famous for their shadow
sculptures, the artists have taken the opportunity to return to their on - going fascination with dead
animals and have created a woodland chess set complete with hand carved tree stump with bronze chess pieces
inspired by the artists» collection of mummified
animals — found on their farm in Gloucestershire — squirrels take the roles of King and Queen and frogs act as Pawns.
21 — 28.06.2015 6 — 13.09.2015 Family Sundays: Little Giants David Altmejd's spectacular, meticulously crafted
sculptures will
inspire participants to create hybrid figures that bear a connection to the
animal kingdom and to the human species, in particular.
A case in point is his spectral Man Dressed as a Bat, 2007, which was
inspired by a small
sculpture of a carnival character «that looks more like an
animal than it does a human dressed in a costume,» he says.
His Wunderkammer of natural stones, shells, bones,
animal skulls, and other found objects will be presented alongside the drawings and sculptural maquettes that they
inspired, demonstrating the metamorphosis from nature to
sculpture, from inanimate object to human or
animal form, that was the impetus of his oeuvre.
Vivid memories of growing up in Northern California and encountering
animals and insects on family camping trips have
inspired Andrea Lilienthal's
sculptures.
American artist Courtney Timmermans creates beautiful taxidermy -
inspired animal sculptures using thousands of air rifle BBs, in this series entitled «Urban Herd».
The Sladmore Gallery presents a selection of
sculptures chosen by New Vessel Press to illustrate each chapter of «The
Animal Gazer» — «A hypnotic novel
inspired by the strange and fascinating life of sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti, brother of the fabled automaker.»
His
sculptures of farm
animals, several of which are featured in this exhibition, are said to have been
inspired by his time spent on his farm.
sculpture inspired by
animals from aardvarks to zebras will transform the gallery into a wild space.
★ Anne Chu: «Rubric for the Eye» (closes on Saturday) In the past, Ms. Chu's rough - cut and painted figures of half - human
animals,
inspired by ancient Chinese tomb
sculptures, have proposed an alternative version of nature.