Packed inside was a set of
polyurethane sculptures representing female knees.
Cultivating an eclectic formalism across mediums, Ruby creates vivid poured -
polyurethane sculptures, drawings, collages, richly glazed ceramics, spray paintings, and videos.
Spanning 40 years her creative output ranges from early wax reliefs and
polyurethane sculptures, cantilevered installations, to videos, Polaroids as well as work in ceramics, glass, paper and neon.
This cast phosphorescent
polyurethane sculpture, which transforms from gentle ivory to vivid glow - in - the - dark green, reflects Benglis» lifelong fascination with natural phosphorescence, as well as her intrinsic ability to bring ephemeral natural phenomena and sensations into physical permanence through her art.
Not exact matches
Image: Matthew Angelo Harrison, «Dark Silhouette: Seated,» 2018, wooden
sculpture from West Africa,
polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic, 9 5/8 x 20 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches
Although several
sculptures employ crackle glaze and other nods to traditional pottery, the works in this exhibition are notable for the wide range of effects achieved with such contemporary materials as epoxy resin, catalyzed
polyurethane, and high - gloss automotive paint mixed to the artist's specifications and applied with an airbrush.
This publication and the accompanying exhibition at Locks Gallery presents new
sculptures, cast in brightly colored
polyurethane, and bronze with black patina.
Over the past forty years, her paintings and
sculptures have blurred distinctions between these mediums and expanded the scope of artistic and non-traditional materials, utilizing wax, latex,
polyurethane foam, metal, glass, and ceramics.
Benglis's work continued to evolve during the 1970s leading to large - scale
sculptures and installations made from
polyurethane foam.
In Spring 2019, together with NYC Parks and the Fund for Park Avenue's
Sculpture Committee, La Piana will unveil six monumental Tension
sculptures constructed of
polyurethane, silicon and rebar along the Park Avenue Mall from 53rd to 72nd Streets.
The Locks Gallery exhibition presents new
sculptures, cast in brightly colored
polyurethane, and bronze with black patina.
This
sculpture was made after her recent return to using
polyurethane material cast with a translucent glow which gives a sense of movement and fluidity.
Cast in
polyurethane resin, the
sculptures reveal many of the details of their original forms.
The
sculptures are made of expanding
polyurethane foam that Deshayes mixes and pours on his studio floor to create amorphous organic shapes.
These works include her richly layered wax paintings and poured latex and
polyurethane foam
sculptures of the late 1960s and early»70s; innovative videos, installations, and «knots» from the 1970s; metalized, pleated wall pieces of the 1980s and»90s; and pieces in a variety of other mediums, such as glass, ceramics, photography, or cast
polyurethane, as in the case of the monumental The Graces (2003 — 05).
«Petit Chaise I» is an abstracted
sculpture of a chair executed in epoxy, paint and
polyurethane by Post War artist Jean Dubuffet.
Today's experimentation takes the form of incorporating materials such as plastic,
polyurethane and other industrial materials to create soft
sculptures which reflect also, on the fast - changing Chinese society and the impact of consumerism on people's daily lives.
They insist on her ambiguous forms wrested out of male control, materials unfamiliar to
sculpture like resin and
polyurethane, imagery like lamps and lips at a time of Pop Art, and softer wrinkles in the years before her death.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s he made
sculptures that drew from art - historical precedents, working in
polyurethane and marble.
She also used
polyurethane foam in many of her
sculptures.
The foam pieces, which are largely unknown, date from 1966 through 1970 and are made from commercially available
polyurethane foam, which Chamberlain cut, folded, and tied to make a kind of instant
sculpture - direct, graceful, and immediate.
These funky flubber - like
sculptures are made with a combination of
polyurethane foam, acrylic paint, and epoxy resin.
«She set herself up a project early on, which was to explore materials, whether metal or
polyurethane or rubber or glitter, and to test the boundaries of abstract
sculpture,» Ms. Hoptman said.
Sterling Ruby (born 1972) is an American artist who works in a wide range of aesthetic and material strategies, from
sculptures made of saturated, glossy, poured
polyurethane, bronze and steel, to drawings, collages, richly glazed ceramics, spray - paint paintings, photography and video, as well as textile works that include quilts, tapestries, garments and soft
sculptures.
Alexander returned to
sculpture in 2009 upon his discovery of the possibilities of
polyurethane and newer advances in polyester resin that avoided the pitfalls of yellowing and brittleness.
The fourth element — the ethereal futurism, is emphasised by works of Recycle Group with their installation comprising of several
polyurethane rubber cast
sculptures with icons of social media, Do Ho Suh's Specimen series made of polyester fabric, Shan Hur's
sculptures made of bronze and Peter Alexander's urethane
sculptures underpinning the California light and space movement.
She invented dramatic, large - scale
sculptures in surprising materials (including, most memorably, poured
polyurethane foam with phosphorescent pigment) that can make the likes of Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor and Matthew Barney look timid.
Los Angeles - based artist Matthew Monahan creates
sculptures using contemporary materials such as
polyurethane foam, epoxy resin, glass and bubble wrap.
Carved from industrial foam and
polyurethane, the colossal bagel
sculptures are a witty riff on American sculptor Claes Oldenburg's monumental scales and Constantin Brancusi's modernist columns, with a gothic twist.
César's experiments with the potentials of expanded
polyurethane foam, for example, are echoed in the cascading forms of Robert Morris's felt works, Claes Oldenburg's soft
sculpture, and the highly textured paintings of Dutch - born Belgian artist Bram Bogart.
Carved from industrial foam and
polyurethane, the colossal bagel
sculptures are a witty riff on American sculptor Claes Oldenburg's monumental scales and Constantin Brancusi's modernist columns.
In the years since, Benglis has stretched conceptions of painting and
sculpture, rupturing tradition with her ceramic and
polyurethane abstractions.
Also included in the exhibition are three
sculptures, Divider, Cupboard and Little Bed, from a series of everyday objects fabricated in rubber or
polyurethane that were made in the 1980's as «anti ready - mades.»
Folkert de Jong is internationally recognized for figurative
sculptures — executed in the inorganic industrial materials of Styrofoam and
polyurethane — that mine issues of empire, trauma and myth.
Also indoors are large - scale works in cast pigmented
polyurethane including Swinburne Figure I (in pink) and Black Ice (in black), as well as a selection of ceramic
sculptures.
The artist assembles plastic and industrial material including straws, neoprene,
polyurethane foam, bristles, balloons and more to create site - specific installation, wall reliefs and folded
sculpture.
Her
sculptures combine elements of
polyurethane, ceramic, handmade...
A visitor peers inside Silver Ball, a
sculpture made in 1994 by Mike Kelley of aluminum foil,
polyurethane foam, wood, chicken wire, speakers, boomboxes, three baskets and artificial fruit.
Male artists by no means dominate, though; Cheim & Read also shows fantastic works by their pioneering female artists, including iconic corporeal
sculptures and works on paper by Louise Bourgeois;
polyurethane foam and cast aluminum sculptural pours by Lynda Benglis; a work from Jenny Holzer's «TOP SECRET» series; and iconic expressive abstractions by Joan Mitchell.
To make
sculptures of the presumed «saints», the preachers of the new technologies, as well as multi-figured bas - reliefs the Recycle Group makes use of
polyurethane, plastic mesh, rubber, polyethylene and new technologies.
Benglis's metalised «Pleats»
sculptures of the 1980s and «90s and her more recent works in
polyurethane, such as The Graces, 2003 - 05, and Chiron, 2009, are also being shown.
During the late 1960s Pistoletto turned to
sculpture, creating pieces in marble and
polyurethane that referenced and engaged classical precedents.
At the end of the 1970s, he produced
sculptures, heads, and torsos using
polyurethane and marble.
These provocative
sculptures are surprising for their unorthodox choice of materials — sculpted out of industrial Styrofoam and
Polyurethane insulation foams.
Each room features a distinct body of work, showcasing the artist's multifarious range — including glazed ceramics; examples from her bronze fountain series; large - scale biomorphic aluminum
sculptures; a constellation of recent paper wall works; and the eleven - foot phosphorescent cast
polyurethane HILLS AND CLOUDS (2014).
His
sculptures are made from unconventional, industrial insulation materials — Styrofoam and
polyurethane foam — whose color palette of baby blue and pink and their inherent toxicity are what he refers to as, «one big moral contradiction.»
He makes a
polyurethane cast of a rock face look like bronze, constructs a duck blind with silver twigs and feathers made of magazines, and then goes over to the dark side of realistic obviousness with «Halves,» in which
sculptures of the front portions of a wolf and a sheep confront each other warily.
This
sculpture consists of 5
polyurethane painted epoxy figures called: L'Accueillant, Cherche - Aubaine, L'incivil, Redingoton, and Le Facetieux.
The first one is a series of
sculptures made from wholesale - size
polyurethane foam and the second one engages the properties of superabsorbent polymer powder, a substance developed to soak up large quantities of liquid relative to its mass.