2012
Here for Me
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...
Rubber, Wood
Reach
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...
Wood
Two in Hand
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...
Metal
Untitled
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...
Wood
One Way
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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...
Wood
Untitled
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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...
Enamel, Metal
LIGNE DE PARTAGE
By Sophia Vari
Located in New York, NY
bronze sculpture with green patina
Bronze
The Hand of Creation
By Charles Sherman
Located in Culver City, CA
The Hand of Creation is double life-sized; four times the mass of a human hand. Sherman desired to make a hand that expresses gentility, wisdom, and beauty. He chose a woman's hand a...
Bronze
Joel Urruty - Shola, Sculpture 2024
By Joel Urruty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Medium: Mahogany As an artist I strive to create elegant sculptures that capture the true essence of the subject matter. Form, line and surface are used as the visual language. The ...
Mahogany
My Hands - 21st Century contemporary figurative wooden sculpture of a Hand
By Boris Paval Conen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Boris Paval Conen My Hands H47xD29xW16 cm wood Unique/ one piece The sculptures of the Amsterdam artist Boris Paval Conen, mainly made of wood, show 'moments'. A moment or a scene. ...
Wood
Hand - 21st Century contemporary figurative wooden sculpture of a Hand
By Boris Paval Conen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Boris Paval Conen Hand H45.5xD16xW16 cm wood Unique/ one piece The sculptures of the Amsterdam artist Boris Paval Conen, mainly made of wood, show 'moments'. A moment or a scene. Yo...
Wood
Promises
By Barry Wolfryd
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#murano #glass Barry Wolfryd (1952) Barry Wolfryd, born in Los Angeles and a naturalized Mexican, has spent most of his artistic career in Mexico, where he has lived for the past 35 ...
Ceramic
