BEN YOUNG - Broken Liquid Sculptures

Ben Young is a self-taught artist who has been making glass sculpture for over 10 years and has exhibited alongside well-known glass artists in both New Zealand and Australia. Having spent most of his life living on the coast in the beautiful Bay of Plenty (North Island, NZ) it was only natural for him to explore the local landscape and surroundings. He is a keen surfer and a boatbuilder by profession, and is largely influenced by the ocean. Ben brings all these passions together when creating his sculptures. Pictures by Ben Young.

SIMON FREUND - 'Quality'

'QUALITY' explores the meaning of quality nowadays and triggers you to think about the up and downsides of used products. How long should we be able to use a product, until it´s too used to use it? What´s the beauty about used products and what is it that we buy most of our products new? 'QUALITY' is a one of kind piece by Simon Freund and is published using different platforms on the internet. Pictures by Simon Freund.

KIM DE RUYSSCHER - Crocodile

‘Contradictions. Two worlds collide.Consumerism versus quality, brittleness opposite strength, light or heavy, sweet or cruel. You name it. The sculpture gives us the ability to fantasize at different levels. To deepen the impressions coming from the sculpture itself.’ The Belgian artist Kim De Ruysscher is known for its sculptures using natural materials like marble as he used for one of his latest work ‘crocodile’ – an image for cruelty but in his case a crocodile presented as a toy. ‘His sculptures from 2013 express the history of play - A world in which a series of objects is turned into toys. They carry the sound of life. Where the movement captures silence or the stillness of the moving image takes shape, the viewer will enter a fantasy world. The game is alive.’ We were confronted with the art of Kim De Ruysscher on the art fair ‘Preview’ during the Berlin Art Week and were directly triggered and fascinated by his work. Pictures by Kim De Ruysscher.

Material: Marble
Technique: Sculpting
Year: 2013
Size: 180x70x35 cm
Theme: Life