Sculpture "Elephant", artificial marble version
Sculpture "Elephant", artificial marble version
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 499 copies | numbered | signed | hallmarked | artificial marble | partially gold-plated | size 14 x 23.5 x 9 cm (h/w/d) | weight 1.15 kg
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Sculpture "Elephant", artificial marble version
SIMES' elephant sculpture is characterised by its clear form and reduced mode of representation. The artist concentrates entirely on the essential features of his motif and abstracts its characteristic traits. At the same time, the naturalness of the proportions is always preserved, and the sculpture radiates dynamism and aesthetics.
Edition in artificial marble. Limited edition of 499 copies, numbered, signed and hallmarked with the foundry stamp. The tusks are gilded with 24-carat gold. Size 14 x 23.5 x 9 cm (h/w/d). Weight 1.15 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
About SIME
The painter and sculptor SIME, born Mladen Simunovic in 1968 in Gorica, Croatia, belongs to a young generation of artists who have long since ceased to think of the question of traditional ties and modernity as opposites. Instead, his sculptures show that the "old" themes of art are far from exhausted for him: He is always able to gain new, refreshingly subjective perspectives from them.
SIME was trained at the Educational Centre for Applied Art and Design (1985-1987) and later studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb (1988-1993). He likes to form his sculptural work based on numerous preparatory drawings. A process in which, as it were, what later takes on plastic form in clay, plaster, wood or bronze is gradually "formed" on drawing paper.
His sculptures are characterised particularly by their clear forms and their reduced mode of representation. The artist concentrates entirely on the essential features of his motifs and abstracts their characteristic features. In doing so, the naturalness of the proportions is always preserved, and the sculptures radiate dynamism and aesthetics.
SIME has been living in Munich as a freelance sculptor since 1999 and is a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists. He has been awarded several art prizes in Croatia and has recently had more exhibitions throughout Germany.
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Marble powder is polymer-bonded. Artificial marble is characterised by a fine white surface that appears very similar to marble.
Term for an art object (sculpture, installation), which is produced in multiple copies in a limited and numbered edition according to the artist‘s will.
Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.