Modern Art – Myartisreal Magazine

Turning books into modern sculptures, a look at Jonathan Callan

Myartisreal — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:49:34 +0000

Jonathan Callan is an English artist born in Manchester who now lives and works in London. For many years now Callan’s work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the world. Callan is a contemporary artist whose works are sculptures that primarily consist of books as its medium. Sometimes combining multiple books with screws that form one large sculpture…

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Shattered Glass sculptures by Walead Beshty exploring the journey of the art

Myartisreal — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:07:05 +0000

One series of works that have always intrigued me and also angered so many people in the comments, is a series of sculptures by artist Walead Beshty. In this series that started in 2005-2014, we see cardboard FedEx shipping boxes standing up with glass sculptures setting on top and beside the boxes. These glass sculptures are made to fit perfectly within these boxes and are the works of art…

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‘Lives of Grass’ by Mathilde Roussel

Myartisreal — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:04:32 +0000

While these works are many years old at this point that doesn’t make them irrelevant. Mathilde Roussel’s works titled ‘Lives of grass’ showcase the direct connection we humans have with the earth we live on. Often using materials that allow the works to have a mind of its own, Mathilde lets the work grow and find its own conclusion. In ‘Lives of grass,’ we see human bodies laying down…

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‘A million times’ exploring the human experience with Humans since 1982

Myartisreal — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:57:52 +0000

Humans since 1982 a collaborative project created by artists Bastian Bischoff and Per Emanuelsson. One from Germany one from Sweden both born in 1982, they met as postgraduate students at HDK Göteborg. Together with ‘Humans since 1982’ they have set out to explore the human experience through minimal yet technically advanced works of art and exhibitions such as their series of works titled ‘A…

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Cinematic stillness, a look at Maria Svarbova

Myartisreal — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:37:01 +0000

Slovakian photographer Maria Svarbova was born in 1988 and since 2010 has been taking the world by storm with her atmospheric photography. Svarbova tends to use pools as the location for shoots. Most of these pools are from the Socialist Era and located in Slovakia. Since she began her career she has been featured across many magazines and news outlets and has gained much attention over social…

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Moldy Fruit Beauty, a look at Kathleen Ryan

Myartisreal — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:49:43 +0000

New York-based artist Kathleen Ryan has gained much attention in the art world over the last few years with her ongoing series of sculptures featuring moldy fruits. Starting out with a foam base, Ryan begins to paint the foam to layout the placement of colors. Then going back to the work to meticulously place various types of precious and semi-precious stones such as opals, malachite…

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When contemporary art meets nature, a look at Les Jardins d’Étretat

Myartisreal — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 16:38:35 +0000

When contemporary art meets nature, a look at Les Jardins d’Étretat an open-air museum Website: https://etretatgarden.fr/ Social: @les_jardins_d_etreta In 1905 the famous french actress Madame Thébault planted the first tree in her garden that would surround her home on the Amont cliff in Etretat, Normandy. While being friends with famous impressionist painter Claude Monet, Madame Thébault was inspired to grow this garden to reflect Monet’s works in the real world. While the Garden later would inspire Monet and other impressionist […]

In Just a Blink of an Eye, a series by Xu Zhen

Myartisreal — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:39:58 +0000

Xu Zhen was born in 1977 and currently lives and works in Shanghai, China. He is not only an artist but also a curator and founder of multiple creatives companies and non-profit organizations. He has showcased his art all across the world and has won many awards including the “Best Artist” award from the China Contemporary art Awards. Last year Xu Zhen brought his performance art installation…

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Fleeting Parts By Milena Naef

Myartisreal — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:54:50 +0000

Amsterdam based artist, Milena Naef is combining the body with marble. Milena comes from a family of sculptures so people would assume that’s why she began to work with stone. But this was a constant frustration for her as she didn’t want to just follow in her family footsteps, she wanted to create something of her own. Out of this desire, the series “Fleeting parts” was born.

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