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Exclusive Interview with Tom Glynn – Part 1 | Making of an Artist

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Tom Glynn is a rare breed: an artist who can move effortlessly between artforms, materials, scales and registers, equally adept at making miniature paintings andย  monumental sculptures. And yet all of his work is unmistakably English in mood.ย  His images are populated by the countryโ€™s Neolithic monuments and pastoral landscapes, and informed by the many artists who inhabited those places before him.ย  Glynn is driven by the same Romantic spirit that motivated Palmer and Turner, Nashย  and Piper, Wallis, Lanyon and Hockney, but his art is never anything but his own. Itย  is, after all, underpinned by an urge that has coursed through his veins since he firstย  stepped foot in a sandpit.ย 

JACK OF THE DUST: Exclusive Interview with Andy Firth โ€“ Part 2 | The Artist

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Andy Firth is a self-taught Australian artist of the social generation, known for his signature canvas: the human skull. Capturing the gentle intricacies of lives once lived, Firthโ€™s work has captivated an engaged audience of over 2.5 million people Worldwide! His clientele includes Joe Rogan, Slash, Jason Momoa, Chris Brown and Nikkie Tutorials.

For the past decade, Firth has remained widely anonymous under the title โ€˜Jack Of The Dustโ€™. Established in a home garage in 2013, his operationโ€™s alluring namesake is an 1800s Royal Navy term that represents Firthโ€™s revival of characters, cultures and the stories that surround them. Firth has now grown โ€˜Jack of The Dustโ€™ to a full-time crew of 15, and operates from two Burleigh Heads warehouses spanning 7500 square feet on Australiaโ€™s Gold Coast. โ€˜Jack of The Dustโ€™ exists to crack through the limits of imagination on adventure, where the human experience is never truly dead! And with that being said, hereโ€™s Part 2 of our bone-chilling interview with Andy Firth.

JACK OF THE DUST: Exclusive Interview with Andy Firth – Part 1 | The Skull

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Andy Firth is a self-taught Australian artist of the social generation, known for his signature canvas: the human skull. Capturing the gentle intricacies of lives once lived, Firthโ€™s work has captivated an engaged audience of over 2.5 million people Worldwide! His clientele includes Joe Rogan, Slash, Jason Momoa, Chris Brown and Nikkie Tutorials.

For the past decade, Firth has remained widely anonymous under the title โ€˜Jack Of The Dustโ€™. Established in a home garage in 2013, his operationโ€™s alluring namesake isย an 1800s Royal Navyย term that represents Firthโ€™s revival of characters, cultures and the stories that surround them. Firth has now grown ‘Jack of The Dust’ to a full-time crew of 15, and operates from two Burleigh Heads warehouses spanning 7500 square feet on Australiaโ€™s Gold Coast.

A Modern Romantic: Reflections on the Art of Tom Glynn

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If some artists are born and others made, Tom Glynn is undoubtedly one of the former. Growing up in West Sussex in the 1950s and 60s, he possessed a voraciousย  aesthetic sensibility from the start. Not long after beginning at school, aged five,ย  he spent the best part of a week constructing an elaborate tunneled structure in aย  sandpit โ€“ astonishing his teachers in the process. In subsequent years he fashionedย  animals from plasticine, made assemblages from scavenged wood, sketched onย  scraps of paper, and built miniature model theatres. As he grew older, Glynn becameย  interested in earlier artists, establishing what he has called a โ€˜lifelong friendshipโ€™ย  with the work of Picasso, Matisse, Arp and Brancusi. But his ambitions to becomeย  a serious artist himself only crystallized at the age of fifteen, when he visited theย  studio of the great post-war British sculptor, Robert Adams. Glynn even showedย  the older artist some of his own creations, which Adams is said to have admired.ย 

The Groovy Colors of Dan Lam

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Internationally acclaimed contemporary artist and social media influencerย Dan Lamย is an artist based out of Texas. Lamโ€™s drippy sculptural work explores sensational dichotomies by mixing unconventional materials, organic forms, and bright colors. With contrasting themes verging on beauty and grotesqueness at once, her art provokes its viewers to ponder meaning and existence while inspiring feelings of familiarity and wonder.

Curiosity, play, and fun are the foundation of where Lamโ€™s work begins. Her experimentation results in beautiful sculptures created with various materials such as foams, polyurethanes, resins, acrylics, and polymers, which defines her style.

Deposition of Christ by Donatello – The Mystery of a Restoration

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We learned from the press that the Pontifical Delegation for the Basilica of Saint Anthony ofย Padua appointed a scientific committee composed of four scholars to evaluate the conservation and restoration program of the “Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata” which stands out in the square adjacent to the Basilica of Padua.

Since 2020, Ce.St.Art and the association Territori have conceived, promoted, and presented a far-reaching project which covers not only the restoration of the “Gattamelata Statue” but above all the restoration of the “Deposition of Christ” by Donatello stored inside the Basilica and which, while representing an absolute masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, is in a questionable condition.

Celebrated Nigerian artist Amarachi Okafor highlights Ecological Disaster

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Well-known for the powerful messages conveyed across various media, Nigerian-based artist Amarachi Okafor decided to tackle a large-scale ecological disaster created by countless small, discarded cigarette butts in her latest work.

Now that effort will be featured in an upcoming exhibition “Announcing beauty, mercy, kindness and love” a rare retrospective exhibition chronicling 20 years of practice by the critically acclaimed Nigerian artist and curator. The exhibition opened October 29 at the Lagosโ€™ Red Door Gallery, and will be open until November 19, 2022.

Exclusive interview with a 3D sculptor James Johnson

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James Johnson, a talented 3D sculptor, shares his journey into the world of art in this exclusive interview with World Art News. From his early inspirations in southern Wisconsin to his transition from architecture to sculpture, Johnson offers a glimpse into his creative process, the challenges he has faced, and the philosophy behind his work. With a passion for merging tradition with technology, he embraces 3D scanning and printing while maintaining a deep respect for classical techniques. In this conversation, Johnson discusses his influences, artistic vision, and advice for aspiring sculptors, offering an insightful look into the mind of a modern artist pushing the boundaries of his craft.

Said Dokinsโ€™ light installation ‘Refraktur’ dazzles audience at the 2022 Querรฉtaro Experimental International Public Art Festival in Mexico | VIDEO

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Throughout the summer months of June until September, Mexican contemporary artist Said Dokins presents ‘Refraktur’ as part of the Querรฉtaro Experimental International Public Art Festival.

The festival will show the work of over 200 artists across a wide range of disciplines, including music, theatre, dance, performance and sculpture.ย 

‘Refraktur’ย is a site-specific installation built out of glass, metal, reflexive materials and LEDs that will be placed on the Madero boulevard in the center of the Mexican city of Queretaro.

Exclusive Interview with Nationally Acclaimed Public Sculptor Aaron T Stephan | Part 2

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Nationally acclaimed American public sculptor Aaron T Stephan lives and works in Portland, Maine.

His work presents a wry look at the world around him โ€“ focusing on the complex web of information carried by everyday materials and objects.

Stephan has completed over 25 major public works in municipal spaces throughout the United States.

His work is noted for his diverse approach to form spanning from a life-sized orchestra of plastic snap-to parts, gestural streetlights, and gracefully curved ladders reminiscent of DNA.

Stephan’s public works can be found in the collections of cities across the nation.