Showing posts with label Modern Sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modern Sculpture. Show all posts
Friday, 16 June 2017
Jack Storms | Prismatic Glass Sculpture
Glass is a very unique medium that draws interest throughout
the art communities. One particular artist who captivates the world through his
ingenious ways of manipulating the material, is Jack Storms.
From his studio in Valencia, California, Storms works with various types of glass such as lead crystal and dichroic glass. These would allow him to play with the light that inherently passes through the material, reflecting and refracting its many spectral colors in certain ways using the geometrical angles he would often create within the interior of his pieces.
Throughout his career, Storms has been commissioned to
create mesmerizing artwork for many famously known events in the modern world.
One of which was an optic crystal baseball bat made to commemorate Derek
Jeter’s 3000’th hit in the game. Another was a sculpture made as a gift to the
president of Nigeria to mark the opening of the first blood bank in Africa.
Storms’ own method of cold-glass sculpting differs from the
more well-known molten glass casting technique, but has been able to do his
works justice through the creation of brilliant, dazzling and scintillating
works of art. His creations can be viewed through his own web platform,
jackstorms.com (photo credit to the artist and his platform).Sunday, 14 August 2016
Kylo Chua | Refined Modernity in Asian Sculpture
The balance between material presence and negative space is something to be considered when attempting to transform a figment of one’s imagination into a beautiful work of art. Sculptor and gemologist, Kylo Chua has an enigmatic take on the idea of “chiaroscuro”, using the bright relief of his sculptures to represent the boldness of white luminance against the blackness or absence of matter, which can be embodied by the spaces surrounding the outlines of his creations.
Hailing from the Philippines in South East Asia, Kylo comes from a family of sculptors, having been taught directly and indirectly by many of the country’s modern art maestros. His own style always resumes a balletic, slender manipulation of his subject’s shape and frame. Much of his work has been showcased around Asia and the United States, garnering him a widespread following from well-known collectors in the international art communities.
The appeal of his sculptural approach lies in a rhythmic weave of his subject’s curving elements, such as the hair, hands and torso of a figure. He creates a lace-like composition from these extensions and naturally blends each one together in a uniquely orchestrated stature that resembles the original’s biology and form.
His gallery’s cloud-based platform, http://www.sculptor.asia showcases a series of his completed works as well as newer pieces released from his personal studio.
