Merlion
06-03-2007, 04:03 AM
The write-up below sounds interesting. But they have to be seen in person to know if they are really good. In this Forum, we have a few from Australia?
Angus challenges perceptions with stunning sculptures (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/angus-challenges-perceptions-with-stunning-sculptures/2007/06/03/1180809320161.html)
An internationally renowned sculpture artist with a reputation for works that "explore implausibility" has landed in Brisbane and brought with him a collection to challenge perspectives.
James Angus is the master of taking traditional properties and skewing them, adding a cunning twist to raise a variety of reactions panic, perplexity or amusement.
The 36-year-old artist was born in Perth and studied at Curtin University before completing his Masters of Fine Art at Yale University in the United States.
He is now based in Sydney and New York, and has rapidly developed an international following.
It has been said that Angus' point is to invite viewers to question what they know and examine it from a different point of view.
His works include a bright yellow rhinoceros, a ceramic teapot that had been warped inside out and a basketball that sits as a precisely modelled image of its return to eat from a 35,000ft drop.
The moment of the basketball's impact with the ground is frozen in time with the help of bronze.
Another daring installation involved the seemingly impossible task of squeezing a Mac truck into a room at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
His now-famous Shangri-La - an upside down hot air balloon - featured at the Sydney Opera House in 2002.....
Angus challenges perceptions with stunning sculptures (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/angus-challenges-perceptions-with-stunning-sculptures/2007/06/03/1180809320161.html)
An internationally renowned sculpture artist with a reputation for works that "explore implausibility" has landed in Brisbane and brought with him a collection to challenge perspectives.
James Angus is the master of taking traditional properties and skewing them, adding a cunning twist to raise a variety of reactions panic, perplexity or amusement.
The 36-year-old artist was born in Perth and studied at Curtin University before completing his Masters of Fine Art at Yale University in the United States.
He is now based in Sydney and New York, and has rapidly developed an international following.
It has been said that Angus' point is to invite viewers to question what they know and examine it from a different point of view.
His works include a bright yellow rhinoceros, a ceramic teapot that had been warped inside out and a basketball that sits as a precisely modelled image of its return to eat from a 35,000ft drop.
The moment of the basketball's impact with the ground is frozen in time with the help of bronze.
Another daring installation involved the seemingly impossible task of squeezing a Mac truck into a room at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
His now-famous Shangri-La - an upside down hot air balloon - featured at the Sydney Opera House in 2002.....