It was a crudely carved
wooden figure which immediately sparked controversy due to the similarity of its out - raised arm gesture to a Nazi salute.
Not exact matches
As for the doll and farm play, in order of the most played with (for those curious about these things): the farmhouse is by Ostheimer (as are most of the
wooden farmhouse figures, with a few Kathe Kruse thrown in too); the (made in Maine) dollhouse is Seri's Dollhouse; then there is the Wooden Tree House Doll House; and the Wooden Camper (which was from Magic Cabin 8 years or so ago, and I couldn't find any maker info o
wooden farmhouse
figures, with a few Kathe Kruse thrown in too); the (made in Maine) dollhouse is Seri's Dollhouse; then there is the
Wooden Tree House Doll House; and the Wooden Camper (which was from Magic Cabin 8 years or so ago, and I couldn't find any maker info o
Wooden Tree House Doll House; and the
Wooden Camper (which was from Magic Cabin 8 years or so ago, and I couldn't find any maker info o
Wooden Camper (
which was from Magic Cabin 8 years or so ago, and I couldn't find any maker info on it).
Only Ben Affleck hurts the production with another one of his trademark
wooden performances
which make it impossible to
figure out what his character is thinking or feeling.
For a whopping $ 80, gamers get a lot of cool stuff: a zombie hula girl bobble
figure (sexy), a zombie arm bottle opener (perfect to give to unsuspecting relatives when they ask for a beer), and a
wooden keychain complete with bungalow key (though it doesn't specify
which bungalow it unlocks; guess I'd better search THE WORLD OVER).
Among the highlights of the show are The Sun (1990), a floor installation of 360 triangular elements of white marble forming a grand circle, and the witty Self - Portrait (c. 1959) in
which the artist's head is but a small ball of paper resting on a larger - than - life
wooden torso with incredibly elongated legs (both works at Perry Rubenstein); the ethereal The Angel (1989) made of 125 spheres of thin clear Venetian glass delicately resting on the floor at Michael Werner; and at Mary Boone the five Concave
Figures (1994), one of Byars» final works.
As a renowned sculptor, Balkenhol is recognised not only for the technical prowess with
which he hand carves each of his
wooden sculptures, but for his continual devotion to exploring the role of the
figure within contemporary art.
Similar mark - making partitions works on paper, exhibited for the first time as studies for sculptures likeUntitled Draped
Figure, in
which a mannequin head and torso are bound to
wooden architecture with ropes of fiberglass and enamel paint.
The installation features a
wooden cabinet spanning 5» 4» x 2» 8 1/2» x 7» 7» high in
which strings of white
figures of men are illuminated behind glass.
New Jersey artist Joe Iurato makes intricate
wooden cutouts of miniature
figures,
which he then places in various urban scenes to create a unique kind of street art.
The
figures are supported, suspended and penetrated by simple
wooden geometric armatures recalling Sol LeWitt's open cubes; and the frames,
which snake around and through the
figures, act as plinths, retort stands and prosthetic limbs.
The period is also noteworthy for its technical innovations, including joined woodblock construction,
which allowed for the creation of larger sculptures, and rock crystal inserts for the eyes on
wooden figures,
which made the depicted deities more realistic and thereby more commanding.
The original
figures from
which they were cast — some
wooden, others plastic — stem from a wide range of contexts, such as German folklore, African tribal art and Oceanic artefacts.
Two identical bronze
figures, one standing, the other lying across an altar or table, suggest a sacrificial tableau against
which is set a large
wooden figure and carved head.
Cakewalk,
which dominates the gallery, is an over-sized, articulated female
wooden figure that is strung up like a marionette to be controlled by the viewer / participant who is invited to literally «pull her strings».
Both influences run through the exhibition's «
Figure in Six Sections» (1965) a rare «exquisite corpse» stacked sculpture in
which a silver gelatin print of the back of a standing nude has been adhered to each of the four sides of an 8 1/2» tall
wooden cube cut into six layers, similar in structure to a rubix cube.
Naming The Money consisted of 100 painted life - sized
wooden cut out
figures, originally shown at the Hatton Gallery Newcastle in 2004,
which explored the multiple themes of naming, belonging, invisibility and survival.
It includes 30 paintings and 12 drawings, from «Sneeze» (2001), in
which mucus spews from a woman's snoutlike nose, to «Carpenter» (2010),
which shows a
figure stripping a
wooden deck with her teeth.
The most significant large - scale installations include Kagebangara, Of All people, And... and Some Place, are made from materials as diverse as threads coated in KumKum (a red organic pigment used on the forehead and in rituals), flattened tar barrels (from
which road workers make temporary shelters), metal piping, woven hair ropes and small
wooden figures with votive functions.