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How Raven Halfmoon Channels Indigenous History and Identity Into Her Monumental Sculptures

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In this edition of "Source Material," Raven Halfmoon takes us to Indigenous earthworks in Ohio, to visit her horses, and more. The post How Raven Halfmoon Channels Indigenous History and Identity Into Her Monumental Sculptures appeared first on Artnet News.

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Sculpting the Divine: Exploring Religious Statues and Sculptures 

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Throughout history humanity has been fascinated with manifesting the divine in sculptural form to both pay homage to godly figures and to pass down the traditions, rituals, and narratives across different religious faiths. If this interpretation is correct, humans have been venerating religious sculpture for more than 20,000 years.

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The Art of Henri Matisse’s Paper Cut-Out Sculptures

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How The Sculptures are Made It took Matisse two years to complete twenty different paper cut out collages. To develop the paper sculptures, Matisse would cut shapes out freehand using paper that was pre-painted with gouache by his assistants. We buy antique bronzes of all variety and we buy antique sculptures.

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Picasso, Giacometti and Bruce Nauman, three artists who ‘redefined sculpture’, to be shown together for first time in London

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Exhibition at Gagosian aims to show the “correspondence or unity of material among the three of them,” says its curator

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What is Modernism? A Guide to Art, Literature, and Design

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However, the underlying defining principles hold true in the art that emerged from the movement: a rejection of history and traditional concepts like realism, innovation, and experimentation (shown in abstract shapes, colors, and lines), and an emphasis on new materials and techniques. Juan Gris, Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1912.

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The Enduring Significance of Chinese Bronzes: Exploring Their Journey from the Orient

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When considering purchasing Chinese antique furniture or sculptures, it is common to receive an authenticity certificate either at the time of purchase or by request. The Buddha is one of the most revered depictions in Chinese bronze sculptures.

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Revamped Wiener Holocaust Library to reopen with exhibition on celebrated Jewish sculptor

The Art Newspaper

The library, which houses the world’s oldest collection of archival material on the Nazi era, will present works by Fred Kormis in a newly renovated exhibition space

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