Sculpture "Mickey", cast
Sculpture "Mickey", cast
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cast | hand-painted | size 14 x 8 x 6.5 cm (h/w/d)
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Sculpture "Mickey", cast
The Disney figure showcases Romero Britto's unmistakable style in a playful and fun-loving way. Lovingly made of polymer cast and hand-painted with vibrant colours. Size 14 x 8 x 6.5 cm (h/w/d).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
About Romero Britto
Romero Britto: Always Sunshine in the Heart
Through his multi-coloured cheerful paintings and sculptures, the Brazilian artist, born in 1963, fills the lives of his many collectors with joy and hope. Celebrities like Steffi Graf and André Agassi, as well as many actors and the Kennedy clan or Barack Obama, are just a few of many of Romero Britto's customers. This is not surprising, since the works of the Pop Art artist are directly related to the pioneers of this style, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.
Pop Art developed at the beginning of the 1960s as a counterpoint to the ideas of Abstract Expressionism of the post-war era, using the stylistic elements of everyday life and the artistic form concept of comics. The ordinary is elevated to the status of a work of art.
With black-framed colour surfaces, Romero Britto stylises the pictorial theme into precise figures that live through their bright colours without any illusion of depth or plasticity, appealing directly to the viewer's feelings. He designs the coloured areas with geometric patterns such as lines, circles, and hatchings. In this way, they retain the characteristics of a comic strip and tell imaginative stories to every viewer.
Like no other artist, Britto cooperates with influential brands such as Audi, BMW, Absolut-Vodka, Apple, Pepsi, and Disney. The life-affirming message of his playful images helps the artist in his work with many foundations, which he supports with the "Britto Foundation", founded in 2007. Today, Britto's works are traded for several tens of thousands of euros.
Collective term for all casting processes that ars mundi carries out with the help of specialised art foundries.
Stone Casting
Similar to artificial marble, with the difference that instead of marble powder, the stone to be replicated is used in powder form.
Bonded Bronze (Cold-Cast-Bronze)
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Through special polishing and patination techniques, the surface of the cast takes on an appearance similar to that of bronze.
Imitation Wood
In order to guarantee absolute fidelity to the original, an artificially manufactured imitation wood is used as a base material that features typical wood characteristics: density, workability, colour, and surface structure.
Ceramic Mould Casting
Ceramic mould casting usually requires the use of casting clay, which is then fired and optionally glazed. Instead of the usual rubber moulds, plaster moulds are often used in ceramic casting and porcelain production.
Cast Bronze (Lost-Wax-Casting)
For the cast bronze, the thousand-year-old lost-wax technique is used. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.