Peintre, dessinateur mais surtout sculpteur, Kris Kuksi possède plus d’une corde à son arc de talents. L’artiste Américain, dont les sculptures impressionnent par la complexité de l’assemblage, tente à travers ses créations d’éveiller un niveau de conscience nouveau chez le spectateur. Il estime en effet le monde d’aujourd’hui fragilisé par la cupidité et le matérialisme,
While Kris Kuksi's baroque assemblages (first covered in HF Vol. 19) have an ornate aesthetic suited for marble or gilded bronze, his work is composed of carefully-chosen collections of commonplace, throwaway objects. Kuksi assembles dolls, jewelry, model parts and various consumerist debris into monumental dioramas. Within them, his characters are embroiled in a chaotic drama of violence and sex, which Kuksi carefully contains into symmetrical, harmonious compositions that appear deceptively decorative at a first glance. The Kansas-based artist will be showing his new body of work for his solo show, "Antiquity in the Faux," opening at Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles on November 15.
Artist Kris Kuksi is perhaps one of the most frequently submitted artists appearing in Colossal’s in box each month, so it’s with great honor that I finally share his work on this blog for the first time. Kuksi is famous for his Baroque-influenced assemblages that seem to splinter out like sculptural fractals, each component fused to another object or detail even smaller and intricate. Via his artist statement: Kris Kuksi garners recognition and acclaim for the intricate sculptures that result from his unique and meticulous technique. More
"the aim of every artist is to arrest motion…" -Faulkner
While Kris Kuksi's baroque assemblages (first covered in HF Vol. 19) have an ornate aesthetic suited for marble or gilded bronze, his work is composed of carefully-chosen collections of commonplace, throwaway objects. Kuksi assembles dolls, jewelry, model parts and various consumerist debris into monumental dioramas. Within them, his characters are embroiled in a chaotic drama of violence and sex, which Kuksi carefully contains into symmetrical, harmonious compositions that appear deceptively decorative at a first glance. The Kansas-based artist will be showing his new body of work for his solo show, "Antiquity in the Faux," opening at Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles on November 15.
Vamos falar um pouco da história do artista Kris Kuksi e como ele chegou a suas esculturas surreais e macabras. Kris Kursi nascido em 02 de março de 1973, em Springfield Missouri, passou sua juventu...
I was looking for the latest artwork by Kris Kuksi , a truly mind-blowing artist I'd been a fan of from back in the Saatchi-daze pri...
Las obras del artista estadounidense esbozan una técnica meticulosa mediante la cual el artista recolecta, ensambla, recrea y manipula innumerables piezas y fragmentos para cohesionarlos en un marco que intenta proyectar alegóricamente el principio y el final de las civilizaciones.
Kris Kuski makes the most intricate and detailed work I’ve seen since Southwest Asian temples like those in Sri Lanka and India. The various works he does seem to tie to a central theme being intricacy. Single works look like they must’ve taken months to make while sets look like a series made throughout a lifetime. The works that really drew me towards him were his “steeple tanks” which were very intricate gothic churches on treads with a large main canon. They looked like something out of a Steam-punk world. I really relate to how he finds beauty in the grotesque and also a welcoming to the unusual. According to Kuski, his main inspirations for the church-tanks were the blend of classical structure with modern industrialism. His other work seems to reflect the frieze of judgment from mediaeval construction. His use of skeletons, pagan gods, demons, and generals really invoke the power and fear from ancient classical sculpture used in propaganda. The way the forms interact and bloom from itself are really what makes his works fascinating and aesthetically pleasing rather than just complex. I’d love to stive to have the same feel to my works.
While Kris Kuksi's baroque assemblages (first covered in HF Vol. 19) have an ornate aesthetic suited for marble or gilded bronze, his work is composed of carefully-chosen collections of commonplace, throwaway objects. Kuksi assembles dolls, jewelry, model parts and various consumerist debris into monumental dioramas. Within them, his characters are embroiled in a chaotic drama of violence and sex, which Kuksi carefully contains into symmetrical, harmonious compositions that appear deceptively decorative at a first glance. The Kansas-based artist will be showing his new body of work for his solo show, "Antiquity in the Faux," opening at Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles on November 15.
Il y a quelques temps de ça nous vous avions déjà parlé de l'artiste Kris Kuksi (voir l'article). Il revient au devant de la scène avec de magnifiques
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While Kris Kuksi's baroque assemblages (first covered in HF Vol. 19) have an ornate aesthetic suited for marble or gilded bronze, his work is composed of carefully-chosen collections of commonplace, throwaway objects. Kuksi assembles dolls, jewelry, model parts and various consumerist debris into monumental dioramas. Within them, his characters are embroiled in a chaotic drama of violence and sex, which Kuksi carefully contains into symmetrical, harmonious compositions that appear deceptively decorative at a first glance. The Kansas-based artist will be showing his new body of work for his solo show, "Antiquity in the Faux," opening at Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles on November 15.
This Is What Art In The Apocalypse Will Look Like
"the aim of every artist is to arrest motion…" -Faulkner
Kris Kuksi has been called a post-industrial Rococo and Fantastic Realism sculptor. Right? It can sound like a lot until you see his work. Kuksi obsessively places figures, small toys, mechanical components, objects and characters into an impressive often massive symmetrical composition.
Plus churches that look like tanks, paintings made from masking tape, and more
Originally posted by mister_trash at Kris Kuksi by Kris Kuksi
Nato nel 1973, Kris Kuksi ha passato un’infanzia particolarmente solitaria. La sua famiglia poco omogenea e l’immobile realtà delle sperdute campagne del Missouri, dove rimaneva completamente isolato…
"the aim of every artist is to arrest motion…" -Faulkner
This week Kansas-based artist Kris Kuksi opened his fourth solo show titled Revival, at Joshua Liner Gallery. Kuksi continues his use of ornate assemblage to create wildly complex sculptures that comment on history, life, death, and spiritual conflict. In the words of director Guillermo del Toro: “A postindustrial Rococo master, Kris Kuksi obsessively arranges characters and architecture with an exquisite sense of drama. Instead of stones and shells he uses screaming plastic soldiers, miniature engine blocks, towering spires and assorted debris to form his landscapes. More
