George Minne and the empty tomb of Jesus. It results in a sculpture of three deeply grieving women, wrapped in heavy cloaks. They are on their way to the final resting place, not yet aware that He has risen from the dead. George Minne and […]
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Praise for Dendroism is already emerging as the first copies of this publication have been presented. Wood artist Emile van der Kruk describes it as a beautiful collection of images that, for the first time, signals an international trend. Increasingly, artists take the original shape of a
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Antony Gormley also began with wood, the British artist who in the Netherlands is best known for his monumental crouching figure at the harbour of Lelystad. In the early years of his career, he dissected trees in an almost scientific manner. Many major twentieth-century artists
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The wooden death dolls of Sulawesi are guardians between life and the afterlife. The figures stand in rows before excavated caves. As a living culture of the Toraja people they have become a tourist attraction. The wooden death dolls of Sulawesi stand as guardians in
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Joseph Beuys planted 7000 oaks, one for each basalt block he had stacked high in the city of Kassel. The action of this German artist reflected the growing environmental awareness around 1980. The artwork radically expanded the boundaries of sculpture, performance, and social engagement. Joseph
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Hans Panschar embodies Sehnsucht in works such as placing a mountain on a small sled. His art is about unfulfillable longing for the unreachable, the impossible. This German wood artist is not internationally famous, but he has a highly recognizable style and thematic approach. Hans
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The eyes of Eveline van Duyl look at you from within a forest. Or is it Eveline herself who sees a roe deer or a wolf? Who is watching whom? When we are in nature, are we looking outward—or inward instead? In her series Forest, this
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Top 10 African Wood Carving Traditions is not a list of individual masterpieces. It is more of an overview of the ten most important African wood carving traditions, each represented by typical sculptures or masks, to showcase the diversity and ritual significance of these cultures.
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Unkei was centuries ahead of European wood carvers. The Japanese sculptor was the very first to introduce expression in the faces of his sculptures. He also already worked under his own name, while the European makers of Christ and Mary sculptures still delivered their work
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Katsura Funakoshi brings Japanese to life. His wooden sculptures breathe a serene beauty. With a masterful command of classical Japanese wood carving techniques, he gives his figures a lifelike presence. Also because the marble eyes seem to look at you. Katsura Funakoshi brings Japanese to
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