design
Art should make its own statement. That said, I can’t claim that the majority of my work has anything to say or exists for any other purpose than to make someone smile. Everyone needs a little bit of happy in this world. Or fun. Or cute. Flirty. Sassy. Sexy. Naughty….
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sculpture
Three thousand years ago, climate collapse, global epidemics, and countless civil wars led to the end of human civilization on Earth. Scientists tried to prevent The Apocalypse, but there was only one solution: intergalactic space travel. Surprisingly, their ability to travel to distant planets did not rely on faster space engines or tricky physics. Deep space hibernation and obesity allowed them to reach our world. Once-fat-astronauts woke up slim from the Thousand Year Sleep with dreams for New Earth still fresh. These are the traditional ceremonial masks used to tell the story of the humans, their arrival, and the war.
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painting
In my work, I explore inter-personal relationships and the effect of an individual's actions on the surrounding human landscape. I am an observer, a listener, a story collector, seeking out the details in the patterns and cycles of our lives. The Direct Action Art Project featured here, is work that disrupts its audience forcing a shift in thought and perspective, causing a new series of events to unfold. These original
mixed media and silkscreen collages will replace ads on the F-train. A kind of removable graphitti, the viewer will find the works placement unexpected and even slightly invasive. Ultimately commuters are the "judges" of the work, as they can remove them to destroy them, keep them for themselves, or allow other's to enjoy them. Direct Action Art is a catalyst for thought and action.
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mixed media
"Redeployment" has been created in support of U.S. troops but in opposition to America's continued and escalating engagement in Iraq. This sculpture is a metaphor for the thousands of troops who are respected and are of value to our society, but risk their lives every day in what has become an unwinnable quagmire. Each figure has been finished in gold with a white sash imploring our government to "Bring me home". The figures sit atop a polished black plane, which represents the dangerous, and soul destroying killing fields that our soldiers deal with everyday.
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painting
I create modern day allegories and iconography based on primary source material of extreme portrayals of beauty or desirability. This retelling is inspired by the pictorial inventions of
artists such as Giotto and Northern painters like Bruegel who communicated unbelievable events.
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painting
Few things are as attractive as a collection of books. They are not only aesthetically beautiful, but convey promise or hold memories. I draw books in two ways: as mute and indecipherable objects which sometimes suggest architectural or biomorphic elements, and as objects which reveal themselves by their titles and associations. Through their grouping and arrangement they convey a subject, a narrative, a thought process, or an opinion. Among my other subjects are people on the brink of suicide and depictions of primates.
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I live and work in Baltimore. I've spent nearly a decade collecting and learning how to use various metal working tools. From simple hand tools to welders, on up to building, programming, and operating my own computer controlled machine tools. My work is Abstract but extremely technical. I use a lot of math and careful calculations to come up with interesting geometry that explores my interest in symmetry and precision. Working this way, I find that I regularly imagine designs that are physically impossible to make in real life. But it is exactly this problem solving kind of work that inspires me and leads to each new piece.
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sculpture
For the past few years I've been taken with ceramic sculpture. My pieces are intentionally abstract forms that draw from human anatomy and biology. The resulting sculptures are observed as grotesque, humorous, sensual and perhaps obscene. I am currently working on larger scale sculpture combining various media and including live, online interaction. Stay tuned.
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I started working with kiln-formed glass about a year ago; I use screenprinting processes to create the interior design motifs using powdered enamel. I have collected mid-century modern furniture, clothing, and housewares for many years, and my work is mostly inspired by mid-century block-and screen-printed textiles and household designs. I believe strongly in the notion of Functional Art and making attractive, useful, and, above all, affordable, things for the home.
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sculpture
My work combines the visual and the conceptual. I want the visual statement to be profound, to be questioning and to be a source of inspiration and of beauty. Conceptually, my work often speaks about hope, about humor and about the human condition: what it is and what it could be.
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painting
I am a sculptor and painter that focuses largely on robots. My robots, I call them "the Slobots" are created out of found objects, new toys, thrift store finds, and traditional artist materials. I draw on 20th century design, modern and pop art, and 60's sci-fi for my inspiration.
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Noel Middleton is a Toronto based multi-disciplinary artist who works in sculpture, installation, photography and video. Using natural, found and collected materials, Middleton creates pieces that bridge experiences of reclusion and fantasy with themes of social and economic deprivation.
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sculpture
Copper Pipe Dreams is a company and an idea that has grown out of the artist's love of creating unique copper sculptures as gifts. The very first of these sculptures was made as a gift for his soon to be wife - it was a man holding out a heart. Who could resist such a romantic gift?
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digital
The foundation of my work lies in the sculptural visualization of abstract concepts, collected data, and emotional experiences. The objects I create often appear deceptive in their form, but upon further inspection it becomes obvious that they are strongly rooted in truth and original meaning. It is no longer the case that a sculpture can only be found in tactile reality. An object can also exist in a virtual realm, which possesses a rich history of digital manipulation, the imaging of scientific information, and the continual development and invention of technologically advanced processes..
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mixed media
My recent work investigates the ways in which the human world interacts with the natural world. This theme is unquestionably autobiographical. My childhood room was filled with terrariums, cages and aquariums, our suburban back yard with farm animals. I am searching for a way to express my constant personification of the world I inhabit. My work has for a long time reflected my interest in the human relationship with nature as well as with other objects society tends to consider inanimate and/or soulless.
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"The Crackers" celebrate their third anniversary. Where has the time gone? In 2005, "The Crackers" attracted three million unique visitors. It started with a $2.50 investment and a $20 million back-drop by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
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illustration
I am an artist, musician, sculptor, writer, martial artist, and gardener. I study Japanese Restoration Therapy and am a single father of two. I am in equal parts bitter and joyful, darkness and light, ready to rage, eager for a good time.
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sculpture
I live in a mechanized world confronted with ethical issues of globalization, cloning and war. I explore these themes in relation to time, legacy, identity and the Human Condition.
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sculpture
"I have seen the future: It's a bald-headed man from New York!" — Albert Brooks.
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