Sculpture

March 12, 2025

Wooden Sculptures Draw From Chinese Terracotta Warriors to Honor Latino Workers [Interview]

For Los Angeles-based Chilean multimedia artist Guillermo Bert, his biggest source of inspiration is his binational life story. As an immigrant himself, Bert understands and hopes to spotlight the plight of the first-generation Latino community. These efforts have reached a new peak with Warriors, a series of wooden sculptures that honor Latino workers and their key contributions to American society during a watershed moment in history.

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February 25, 2025

Surreal Sculptures Capture Fragility and Depth of Human Experience

Catalan sculptor Jaume Plensa, who is known for his monumental installations, revisits a more intimate setting in an exhibition called Murmuri. Even the exhibition's title, which translates from Catalan to “murmurs” or “whispers,” points to the personal nature of the work. Through a series of sculptures and works on paper, Plensa gives visitors a clear look at his impressive oeuvre and his ability to transform materials. Two sculptures from Plensa's Nest series anchor the show.

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January 23, 2025

Stunning Wire Sculptures Capture the Poetic Beauty of Motion

For Armenian artist Karen Akhikyan, wire is not a rigid or static medium. Throughout his dynamic wire sculptures, Akhikyan manipulates the material into billowing garments, contorted limbs, and flowing hair. What makes these fluid forms even more impressive is the fact that Akhikyan is self-taught. Akhikyan’s recent sculptures perfectly embody his ability to communicate movement, passion, and resilience. Grace in Bloom, for instance, depicts a woman confidently stepping forward, as if preparing for a dance.

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December 17, 2024

Optical Illusion Bird Sculptures Made of Discarded Plastic Toys Sends an Important Environmental Message

One man's trash is this artist's material of choice. Artist Thomas Deininger takes discarded items and transforms them into anamorphic sculptures of birds, many of which are endangered or extinct, sending an important environmental message through his art. Each completed piece looks like a lifelike interpretation of a bird when looking at it from a particular angle, but the real magic sinks in once the point of view shifts.

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