The work of Emil Alzamora, whose platform is always the distorted human figure, reminds me of Antony Gormley - One of the all time greats.
By deftly crafting and casting bronze, porcelain, ceramic, and gypsum into metaphorical, fantastical and literal interpretations of the human form, Peruvian born Emil Alzamora's work conjures up that of numerous and varied renowned sculptors such as Brancusi, Botero and Giacometti. The surreal imagery of Magritte and Dali also come to mind when admiring these hauntingly beautiful renderings of the male and female form. The Artist's Statement: The human form is a constant within my work. I am interested in exploring what it means to inhabit one, often exaggerating or distorting different aspects of the form to reveal an emotional or physical situation, or to tell a story about a predicament or an occurrence. The space between limitation and potential is as human as the flesh, yet hardly as tangible. In my works I strive to make visible this interaction. Emil Alzamora was born in Lima, Peru in 1975 and raised in Boca Grande, Florida. There he attended Florida State University where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Alzamora started his sculpting career in the Hudson Valley working with Polich Art Works as an enlarger in the Fall of 1998. Since leaving P.A.W. in early 2001, he has produced and shown his work throughout New York Boston main and Florida. He currently resides and works in beacon, NY. Emil's work can be found at the following galleries: Divergence Fine Art Artbreak Gallery Lanoue Fine Art David B. Smith Gallery Turner Carroll Gallery Images courtesy of the artist , Divergence Gallery, and Artnet
Artist Emil Alzamora explores the human body through his figurative sculptures that distort, inflate, elongate, and deconstruct physical forms in order to reveal emotional situations and narratives. Alzamora works with a variety of materials including bronze, gypsum, concrete, and other ceramic materials to create pieces with smooth, almost nondescript surfaces to instead draw attention to shape and scale. Born in Peru, he began sculpting in the fall of 1998 in New York at the Polich Tallix fine art foundry, and has since exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, most recently at Expo Chicago and the International Sculpture Symposium In Icheon in South Korea. More
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Chi segue questo blog da tempo non può non aver notato una certa propensione, quasi un vizietto, verso la scultura. Potete dunque immaginare il forte entusiasmo nel momento in cui, per puro caso, m…
Alzamora has created sculptures of the human form through a process of reduction and omission. Forms are distorted, shrouded and blurred; lacking facial features and sex, yet remain universally representative. Alzamora's anonymous beings are at once intimate and nonspecific; emotionally charged objects of the present.
Chi segue questo blog da tempo non può non aver notato una certa propensione, quasi un vizietto, verso la scultura. Potete dunque immaginare il forte entusiasmo nel momento in cui, per puro caso, m…
Emil Alzamora Artiste né au Pérou en 1975 et résidant à New York. Il sculpte le corps parfois de façon classique souvent surréaliste mais toujours avec une grande force de création et d"émotion. Distorsions, hybridation, chaque oeuvre crée et incarne le combat auquel nous soumettent nos morphologies. Très bel artiste.
Artist Emil Alzamora explores the human body through his figurative sculptures that distort, inflate, elongate, and deconstruct physical forms in order to reveal emotional situations and narratives. Alzamora works with a variety of materials including bronze, gypsum, concrete, and other ceramic materials to create pieces with smooth, almost nondescript surfaces to instead draw attention to shape and scale. Born in Peru, he began sculpting in the fall of 1998 in New York at the Polich Tallix fine art foundry, and has since exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, most recently at Expo Chicago and the International Sculpture Symposium In Icheon in South Korea. More
