Saul Chernick’s abstract sculptures harness both the ancient and the futuristic to create a disorienting power over the viewer. Play is at the center of his sculptural practice, hoping to better people’s lives by inspiring curiosity, visually harnessing ceremony and spirituality, and appealing to the sensibilities of children. Chernick advocates for the importance of exploration and learning through play, which in childhood are one and the same: a mode of communication, a medium for social connection, a means to explore, release, and envision possibilities that, while out-of-this-world, can improve quality of life on this planet. His sculptures appear to be from an alien environment, taking on forms straight out of a Dr. Seuss book, which, while colored wildly, are not actually painted: the artist has infused color into his home-made medium that gives it an ancient baked-stone texture. This is applied by hand, accomplishing the smooth gradients much like mixing pigment- ed mud, a much more laborious process than any process of painting.
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Coney Island Series
Melbourne artist Mark Ogge lives and works in an old church in Clunes, in country Victoria. He was the first artist commissioned by Spiegelworld, creating an entrance archway mural in 2006. Mark has long been fascinated by the iconography of the circus and fairground, exploring the dichotomy between enchantment and disillusionment.
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Absinthe Under The Brooklyn Bridge
The unpredictability of Steve Horlock’s paintings may come from his pervasive curiosity about life; or perhapshis ten-years experience body painting; possibly his fascination with mythology and the complexities of the world. Whichever it may be, this self-taught Las Vegas artist knows no bounds when it comes to painting ideas:whether inspired by Vegas’ historic Miss Atomic […]
