Black volcanic-rock inspired vases – Nicolette Johnson Etruscan relic renaissance Nicolette channels ancient classical pottery forms, mainly form the Etruscan epoch and combines them with contemporary geometries, to arrive at a distinctive style that she presents with superb imagery. She majored in photojournalism at Art School, which she believes […]
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‘Orb’ by David Ball Photo – J Griffiths Kangaroo Valley art festival May 2017 Since 2007, Arts in the Valley has attracted some of the finest musicians, artists and sculptors in Australia to Kangaroo Valley for concerts and festivals. Surrounded by sweeping views of the rugged escarpments, the location provides an […]
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Chicago art fair SOFA Founded in 1994, SOFA CHICAGO (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design) is Chicago’s longest continuously running art fair and the world’s foremost fair displaying masterworks of contemporary art and design in all media. It is dedicated to bringing together the spheres of design, decorative arts, and fine arts. […]
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Winged mermaid at the stern of the stone barge at Vizcaya Mansion. Photo by seekingmuseI Nouveau siren of Inverloch I was randomly exploring the southern Victorian coastline with Google Earth and admiring the ariel sculptural patterns, which were displaying a tremendous array of textures and colours. Near Inverloch, which is a […]
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VeniceClayArtists 10th anniversary “There is nothing abnormal about a chess player being abnormal. This is normal.” – Vladimir Nabokov “The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough. This is […]
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Incised stone decoration – Dongcheng District, Beijing Feng Shui chi flow Traditionally, a Feng Shui master analyses a space, be it your home, office or garden, using a tool known as a Ba-qua, which is an energy map that divides your home into 8 peripheral sectors around the central sector, which is […]
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Barocco abstract sculpture — Richard Tarone and Jacques Massard Espace de la Calende Spatial illusions of Richard Tarone and Jacques Massard Sculptural forms respond to the illusion of lines, form and colours while perception can be manipulated to shift the different aspects of visual reality. Quadratura, introduced in the seventeenth century […]
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Harris Cies handcrafted studio abstract vase Height -11 inches Dan mask detour In 1907, Picasso’s fortuitous wrong turn at the Musée d’Ethnographie in Paris, led him to the sacred Dan masks of West Africa, which had a profound influence on him. He later stated that ‘Painting isn’t an aesthetic operation,’ ‘It […]
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Twin handled footed vase – Alice Frederico Alice Frederico adheres to forms that tend to abandon pure symmetry and are slightly askew, while maintaining the grandeur of tall and stately classical shapes. Large and playful handles, extended lips, unpredictable folds and cascading ribbon handles add to the character of her pottery art. Her coarse […]
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Froggy Fiddler — Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio Who is the one who remembers your dreams? Every night when we sleep, we are reminded that there is more to our consciousness then what we perceive with our real time perception. During sleep a totally random menu of involuntary dreamscapes gets served up, presenting […]
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Yasuhisa Kohyama London Exhibition 2017 Yasuhisa Kohyama’s latest exhibition comprises 28 ceramics by Yasuhisa Kohyama and four paintings of Kohyama’s work by William Wilkins and is running till 30th November, 2017 at Erskine, Hall & Coe Gallery. Details here Kohyama has played a very unique and significant role in reviving the use of […]
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Estudio Campana (Brazil), Yarrenyty Arltere Artists (Australia) and Elliat Rich (France); an important collaboration that draws upon the shared cultural motifs of the artists to create a brightly coloured upholstered dome, to be used as a meeting point and welcoming entrance to the NGV Triennial exhibition NGV Trinnial 15 DEC 2017 – […]
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T.A.C Colenbrander vase, Netherlands 1921 Elisabeth Schmidt-Pecht Konstanz, Germany, 1900 Just as our Earth gifts a perpetual abundance of malleable clays and minerals that can be transformed into expressive forms, displaying a wide variety of natural colours and textures, ceramic artists keep discovering more creative possibilities for the malleable substance. […]
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The gallery Erskine, Hall and Coe is currently running an exhibition of Koji Hatakeyama & Matthew Harris. It comprises 45 cast bronze lidded boxes by Hatakeyama and accompanying works on paper by Harris, and will run through until the 12th of January, 2018. Koji Hatakeyama cast bronze lidded box Koji […]
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A collection of antique and vintage incense burners, snuff bottles, fragrance vapourisers and perfume bottles. Etruscan Perfume jar – Turan goddess of love Research of ancient Egyptian notes recorded on papyrus & engravings on the temple walls have revealed that a sophisticated technique was in practice for extracting essential oils from flora […]
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Girl riding penny farthing bike – Natalia Mendoza Papier Mache arts It’s not surprising that papier mache originated in China, being the original inventors of paper. It is recorded that during the Han Dynasty (BC 202 – AD 220), lacquer reinforced papier mache was used to create helmets followed by other […]
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Dagur shaman with her drum, 1931. A collection of Shaman sculptures are on display here including some “dreamer dreaming’ pieces from Clayton Thiel, powerful shaman panel figures from Daniel Hawkins and unique doll sculptures from the Russian Popovy sisters. The transformational shaman theme is explored with ancient and contemporary examples. Understanding the […]
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Chilean artist Pascale Lehman 2017 Pascale Lehman ceramic textures Pascale’s abstract sculptural ‘territorio’ pieces reveal a close dialogue with the complex textures of organic landscapes, capturing their gestural energies and providing an innate platform for infusing her personal character into her creations. At the beginning of her career, after studying design, she […]
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Relief stone mosaic panel for a background to interior pool – Sergey Karlov ‘Living Water’ – Sergey Karlov Sergey Karlov grew up in the village of Marina on the southern tip of the Republic of Khakassia in Russia. As a teen he began working at the stone-working plant of the […]
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Korean large ovoid porcelain vase Height 16 inches Solvang Antiques An assortment of large ceramic vessels including some recent additions to the Atrelier Vierkant collection, large jars from Kate Johnson, monolithic sculpture vessels from the Nigerian/English artist Lawson Oyekan and bright colorful floor planters from the South African ceramic studio, Obbilgato. Also […]
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