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Beauty, Death Collide in Jordan Griska’s ‘Wreck’ Sculpture

Jordan Griska’s “Wreck,” consisting 12,000 pieces of mirror-finish stainless steel, was created over two years. The Brooklyn-based sculptor crafted the reflected piece with several motivations in mind.

Griska offers this explanation of “Wreck”: “Wreck is based on a computer-generated model of a luxury sedan, in a video game, which was manipulated to look like it was involved in a crash that resulted in a fatality … The perfect geometry and flawless materiality of the piece reflect the inspiration of idealized digital design, in stark contrast with the grimness of the reality it represents. Beauty, technology and engineering collide with death and reality.”

Griska is also responsible for the work “Grumman Greenhouse,” an “upright and contorted WWII B-52 bomber is currently installed in Philadelphia.” That piece is an actual greenhouse, with solar panels and edible vegetables and herbs created inside.

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Michael Campbell, nature, sculpture

January 22, 2016

Mushrooms are an important part of San Francisco based artist Michael Campbell's sculptures, vibrantly colored mixed media works that sprout these cryptic growths. In a recent short film about his work, Campbell shares that since childhood, his art has demonstrated an affinity for the divine nature of things. As he grew older, his curiosity developed into an obsession about the imminent death of all creatures, something that Campbell feels the mushroom perfectly embodies.

Scott Carter Creates Art with Materials from Surrounding Walls

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July 9, 2015

When you think of a work of art, what is it made out of? Clay, paint, pencil? For Chicago based artist Scott Carter, art can be made out of just about anything around him. His latest series of sculptures and furniture pieces are cut out of deconstructed dry wall. Carter's site-specific exhibitions splice up pieces sourced from the gallery's walls, leaving perfectly shaped holes that serve to document his process. One of his most recent installations, for example "Enigma of the Sublime" (2014), reconstructs Neo-classical sculptures that promote commercial building materials as a valuable medium.

Jaz Harold’s Unsettling, Body-Bending Sculptures

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April 18, 2017

Jaz Harold, a multidisciplinary artist based in New York and Tokyo, creates sculptures that mix the alluring with the unsettling. These works seem to treat the human body like a fungus, growing and duplicating itself and occasionally, behaving in a parasitic manner. The artist says her work “explores the connection between the ego, feminism, sexuality, and the flow of both inter- and intra-personal energy.”

Richard Stipl’s Absorbing, Slightly Unsettling Figurative Sculptures

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March 14, 2017

Czech artist Richard Stipl began his career as a painter, before moving on to the unsettling figurative sculptures for which he’s now known. The artist, based in Prague, conveys varying emotions and uses both two-dimensional and three-dimensional ideas to wrestle with humanity. A statement maintains that the work toils with the idea of creating art in itself. Materials used include oil on wax, ink on wood, clay, silver leaf, and several other tools.

Beauty, Death Collide in Jordan Griska’s ‘Wreck’ Sculpture

Michael Campbell’s Bizarre Sculptures Inspired by Mushrooms

Scott Carter Creates Art with Materials from Surrounding Walls

Jaz Harold’s Unsettling, Body-Bending Sculptures

Richard Stipl’s Absorbing, Slightly Unsettling Figurative Sculptures

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