Winter (After Arcimboldo) (2010) is a colossal 15-foot-tall, fiberglass sculpture by American artist and filmmaker Philip Haas. It is inspired by Arcimboldo’s painting Winter (1563), which is on loan to the exhibition “Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy” on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from September 19, 2010 through January 9, 2011.
Figurative ceramic sculpture by Jessica Stoller.
From the artist’s statement: “I use this historic process to create intricate figurative ceramic sculptures that challenge and explore notions of idealized femininity. I cast, sculpt and create wayward and transgressive female figures. Incorporating period fashion, powerful historic women, and imaginative scenarios my works deals with notions of costume, sexuality and the subjugation of the female body. The notion of the decorative as weak and inherently female is subverted as the figures depicted are purposely innocent and sexual, self sacrificing and violent, powerful and unaware of the power they posses.”
Game Over (2008) is a sculpture by polish artist Kordian Lewandowski. It’s carved in a “block of Carrara styrofoam” and presents the dying Mario in the arms of princess Peach.
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