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Dancing Figures and Natural Elements Coalesce in Jonathan Hateley’s Elegant Bronze Sculptures

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All images © Jonathan Hateley, shared with permission Immersed in nature, female figures dance, reflect, and rest in Jonathan Hateley ’s limber bronze sculptures. “I was drawn to create a sculpture reflecting nature on the surface of the figure, which could be better highlighted with the use of colour,” he tells Colossal.

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A Hanging Mobile of Bronze Hand Sculptures Casts Playful Silhouettes of Animals

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“Os Pássaros e o Lobo” (2017), bronze, steel cables, metal bars, and light projector, 200 x 200. Titled “ Os Pássaros e o Lobo ,” or “The Birds and the Wolf,” the sculpture is illuminated by a light projector, casting dark silhouettes on the wall behind it that resembles a mobile of active animals. .”

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‘An Indigenous Present’ Is a Paradigm-Shifting Illumination of Native North American Art Today

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Jamie Okuma, “Elk Boots” (2017), glass seed beads on Giuseppe Zanotti boots, 21 x 7 inches. “The writing often references previously published texts that can be problematic and outmoded.” “The writing often references previously published texts that can be problematic and outmoded.”

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Berndnaut Smilde Conjures Fleeting Nimbus Clouds as They Hover Indoors

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All images courtesy of the artist and Ronchini Gallery, shared with permission For less than ten seconds, Berndnaut Smilde ’s floating sculptures transform galleries, halls, and warehouses into uncanny spaces where indoors meets out. via Aesthetica Magazine ) “Nimbus De.Groen” (2017).

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Mossy Figures Wander Through Woodlands and City Streets in Kim Simonsson’s Flocked Ceramic Sculptures

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Coated with soft flocking —a process of applying very fine fiber to the surface of an object—the large-scale ceramic sculptures were initially layered only with velvety black until a few years ago, when one day, the Finnish sculptor decided to flock one of those pieces with yellow, too. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Folkloric Figures Emerge in Malene Hartmann Rasmussen’s Shapeshifting Ceramics

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” Rasmussen’s sculptures often shapeshift, at first glance appearing like a cluster of foliage, pinecones, or berries and on closer inspection revealing a troll’s bearded face. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Nathalie Miebach Weaves Data and Anecdotes into Expansive Sculptures to Raise Awareness of the Climate Crisis

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For Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach , art is a way to translate scientific data into a visual language of patterns and relationships. “ Each piece began with a specific question I had and then the sculpture would attempt to answer it.