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Folding light is part of a series of interactive light sculptures that allow the users to manipulate the amount and quality of light radiating out from the center. A basic cube made of painted wood has been cut open at four corners in different shapes, and hinged so these corners can be opened...
About Creating sculptures of exquisite peculiarity is an art in which Takei excels. His elegantly crafted works embody the notion of the whimsical, contradictory and idiosyncratic. There is an immediately detectable sense of humor and quick wit about the sculptures in this exhibition. Beyond playfulness, however, Takei’s aim is to challenge the viewer to alter the way in which they look at reality. Taking cues from the Surrealists of the early 20th century, Takei transforms the mundane into the fantastic - and sometimes absurd. His work is a constant inquiry into the meaning of functionality and the perception of purpose. Much like Man Ray’s iconic readymade sculpture, The Gift (1921), and Meret Oppenheim’s infamous fur-covered teacup (Object, 1936), Takei recontextualizes those pragmatic objects that we immediately recognize. With his piece Soft Shoulders (2011), Takei deconstructs a wooden clothes hanger into small pieces that are linked together like a necklace. He has obliterated its essential utility and in the process has created an entirely new object with new meaning and ultimately a new purpose. In Takei’s hands, seemingly utilitarian objects are rendered useless, but are arguably made more beautiful - transformed from the quotidian to the extraordinary. For instance, inspired by watching the dramatic motions of a violinist playing in concert, Takei has taken a vine and twisted it into a delicate spiral, adding the frog, end cap and horsehair from a traditional bow to create A Thousand Strokes, (2015). The title itself is a double entendre - at once referring to the motion of playing an instrument and also to a cheeky Japanese slang. By altering the forms of these familiar objects, Takei imbues them with new meaning. Using clever, tongue-in-cheek titles, Takei in many instances personifies them, projecting our own attributes onto those ordinary, inanimate things that we utilize every day. Koji Takei was born in Japan and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BFA from CalArts and has taught at Otis College of Art and Design, California Institute of the Arts and currently, Art Center College of Design. His works have been exhibited in a number of museums including the Laguna Art Museum and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. This marks his sixth solo exhibition at William Turner Gallery.
Appreciating the structural notions of architecture can lead to the creation of new and innovative products and design ideas. Issues such as active forms of support, transfer of loads and resisting forces, must have been for example behind the latest...
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This is a star tetrahedron created by sculpture Vasko Ernst Bardarov. The geometry that is recreated in this sculpture is part of the cosmic sacred space. The sculpture is made of metal and fiberglass, which makes it very light. The ease of this sculpture makes it easy to mount on a ceiling. Of course, the Tetrahedron can also be a free-standing sculpture in the interior of your home, a meditation room, an office. It can also be part of your exterior space. Attention! Because of the different mounting possibilities. Please specify; Tetrahedron for ceiling installation Tetrahedron free-standing sculpture. Dimensions: 60 cm / 60 cm / 60 cm. 23.6 in / 23.6 in / 23.6 in Please note that items shipped to all other countries outside Bulgaria will take 10 to 25 working days to reach you. Each item is sent with Priority shipping and your items usually arrive in: ✈ USA & Canada ~ 10-25 days ✈ EU ~5-10 days ✈ Australia, NZ ~10-25 biz days
Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents Elemental Folds, the first solo show by Kostas Lambridis. The emerging Greek artist reconstructs iconic designs such as the famous Baroque Badminton Cabinet and Memphis book-shelf Carlton to create his own works, which include tables, chandeliers, a cabinet, a daybed and bookshelf. The nine works, of which six are new, are composed with found objects, handmade and mixed materials and assembled into completely unique large-scale sculptures.
These started out a a series of paper sculptures made from sheets of A4 card, I sliced the card to create ribs leaving a margin around the edge . They were then twisted to for…
Artist Profile James Oughtibridge Born 1986, Perth, Western Australia Artist Profile James Oughtibridge Born 1986, Perth, Western Australia Presentation Artwork
Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents Elemental Folds, the first solo show by Kostas Lambridis. The emerging Greek artist reconstructs iconic designs such as the famous Baroque Badminton Cabinet and Memphis book-shelf Carlton to create his own works, which include tables, chandeliers, a cabinet, a daybed and bookshelf. The nine works, of which six are new, are composed with found objects, handmade and mixed materials and assembled into completely unique large-scale sculptures.
Kinetic Sculpture: "Sine Machine": I know I don't have time to build my machine in the real world just yet, but I put it together in the CAD world first. The idea is to have a lot of simple moving parts that create an overall, fluid look. I have designed it to be operated by hand b…
