This contemporary artwork features a metallic, crumpled and folded surface, creating a captivating sculptural effect. The predominant colors are shades of gold and bronze, evoking a sense of opulence and grandeur. The irregular, organic shapes and textures suggest a sense of movement and energy, as if the material is in a state of flux. The artist's technique of manipulating the metal to achieve this dynamic, three-dimensional form is both technically impressive and visually striking. The artwork appears to explore themes of transformation, materiality, and the interplay between the natural and the man-made, inviting the viewer to contemplate the boundary between form and function. ...
Jean-Marie Appriou imagines speculative futures and utopian worlds by constructing vast and imposing yet intricate and technically impressive sculptures from an array of materials including bronze, glass, aluminium, wax and clay. As if they are figments plucked from fantastical dreams, the works and worlds Appriou conjurs include beings loaded with symbolism. From snakes and huge horse heads to seahorses and sharks, Appriou’s cast of protagonists is mystical and mythical. He combines these beings with representations of Japanese Ama divers, beekeepers and crop gatherers, who symbolise discovery, germination and new life. By summoning future visions with creatures taken from myth and legend, Appriou combines past, future and imagined, weaving new narratives that transcend time, truth and terrain.
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C L E A R I N G is a contemporary art gallery based in New York, Los Angeles and Brussels. The gallery was founded in 2011, with the focus of showing emerging art. It now represents over 20 living artists, providing many of them - such as Harold Ancart, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Chase Hall, Calvin Marcus and Marina Pinsky - with their first gallery exhibition. The gallery also represents the estates of Eduardo Paolozzi, Bruno Gironcoli and René Heyvaert. C L E A R I N G supports its artists by producing works, exhibitions and books, as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...
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