Artist: Taurai Mutigwa Country: Nyanga, Zimbabwe, Africa Title: Rejoicing Family Date: 2013 Materials: opal stone Artist Statement Rejoicing Family was the first sculpture purchased by The International Sculpture Collection and was originally displayed at the RBG through the ZimSculpt exhibition. Artist Taurai Mutigwa enjoys carving family abstracts to express the love he feels for his…
Month: November 2015
Taurai Mutigwa
Artist Biography Taurai Mutigwa was born in 1973 in Nyanga Nyatate village, Zimbabwe and started sculpting in 1994. Mentored for two years by a great Nyanga artist Agripa Ndongwe, his sculptures are now found in many galleries around the world. ZimSculpt, is a non-political company based in Harare, Zimbabwe, that represents over 100 sculptors from…
On the Wings of Love
Artist: Bob and Jo Wilfong Country: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Title: On the Wings of Love Materials: bronze Artist Statement On wings of love our spirits soar Beyond all mortal thoughts. The empyrean skies we call our home, The stars our guiding lights. We visit the realm of gods and souls, Are one with all…
Bob Wilfong
Artist Biography Bob Wilfong is a self-taught artist, using his background and experience in anatomy to inform his sculpture. Bob began his sculpting career in 1993, when he couldn’t find a bronze penguin for his wife, Jo Wilfong’s collection and began sculpting wildlife. In 1998, Bob moved on to creating contemporary figurative and abstract designs….
Haven
Artist: Catherine Lavelle, designed in collaboration with Douglas Senft Title: haven Date: design 2010; fabrication 2014 Materials: mild steel Artist Statement Haven refers to species survival and adaptability within the context of the natural /urban environment interface. It symbolically represents all nesting creatures as well as our human attachment to home and place.
Catherine Lavelle
Artist Biography Catherine Lavelle lives and works in Courtenay BC. Her career and life experiences include management and facilitating group learning as well as teaching physical disciplines. Her lifelong interest in the arts led her to study at Simon Fraser University and Emily Carr University in the 1980’s, completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at…
Pollinizers
Artist: Dave Hind Country: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Title: Pollinizers Date: 2014 Materials: Reclaimed steel and aluminum siding Artist Statement Pollinizers depicts two large hands manually pollinating a fruit blossom. The forearms are covered with tattoos of pollinators and the reproductive anatomy of plants. This image symbolizes the role the RBG has as a steward of the…
David Hind
Artist Biography Dave Hind is an artist, musician and metalworker of functional objects. He was born in Hamilton and now lives in Brantford Ontario. His artistic practice is grounded in the reclamation of materials. The interaction of the industrial and natural recur in the materials, processes, and images that he uses and explores. For more…
The Scope of Change
Artist: Barbara Amos Country: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Title: The Scope of Change Date: 2014 Materials: stainless steel Artist Statement Fragmentation is a key theme of Barbara Amos’ work. As a child she had a kaleidoscope collection and in reminiscing about these scopes, began to realize that this idea was relevant to her current artwork. She…
Barbara Amos
Artist Biography Barbara Amos’ work involves a variety of materials including paint, steel, textiles, video and photography. Her works encourage questions and conversation about our role in the world and the changes that will make it a better place. Fragmentation is a recurring theme in her artworks and environmental and cultural issues have been the…
Generations
Artist: Edwin and Veronica Dam de Nogales Country: Highgate, Ontario, Canada and Montornes del Valles, Barcelona, Spain Title: Generations Date: 2014 (part 1); 2015 (part 2 and 3) Materials: bronze Artist Statement Generations was conceived of with the thought that family is, in a sense, what we make it to be, what we remember it…
Edwin and Veronica Dam de Nogales
Artist Biography Veronica de Nogales Leprevost, born in Barcelona, Spain in 1970, and Edwin Timothy Dam, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the same year, did not meet until an exhibition in 1997 with the Generalitat de Barcelona. Their works draw on an intense curiosity for Nature, for Life and for sculpting the relation of…
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