kris kuksi: modern rococo sculpture
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kris kuksi: modern rococo sculpture


'hercules vs. diana' by kris kuksi, 2011
mixed media assemblage
26in x 28in x 10in
all images courtesy the artist and joshua liner gallery


kris kuksi: triumph
joshua liner gallery, new york city, USA
march 8th, 2012 until april 7th, 2012

designboom has received images of american artist kris kuksi 'triumph' installation at joshua liner gallery.
the three sculptures have been formed in the style typical to kuksi-- completed in an obsessively ornate, architectural,
macabre and precisely unbalanced aesthetic. the intricate dystopian surrealist shrine-like sculptures combine
modern figurines of plastic soldiers with the detail and precision of rococo masters.

the fantastical realism which comprise the three floating and wall mounted sculptural works are assembled in a manner
which pays homage to the precision of baroque masters, evoking a timelessness witnessed in each perfectly preserved reality.
the detail observed in his assemblages appreciate the dark and grotesque, each work examining the rise or fall
of a civilization or figure and is composed with no true formula.



'the visitation', 2011
mixed media assemblage
25in x 19in x 8in
image courtesy the artist and joshua liner gallery



'the surrender of helios', 2011
mixed media assemblage
32in x 27in x 8in
image courtesy the artist and joshua liner gallery



detailed view of the 'surrender of helios'
image courtesy the artist and joshua liner gallery

leigha db
02.03.12  
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These are utterly extravagant in their fulness, and endlessly explorable by our cortex. To see them in person is to be awed, frightened, baffled and delighted- by the sculpture, the artist, and the process. Albrecht Dürer 's
"Arch of Maximilian I" is evoked.
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