Tagged: sculpture

April 27, 2016

Celestial, Bronze, 2016 – The Picton Art Prize

I am delighted to have been chosen as the winner of The Picton Art Prize, a new public sculpture award.

Below are some photographs of Celestial, Patinated verdigris bronze, 200CM X 240CM X 125CM, 2016 which is now installed at Angel Gate Islington, London.
Photographs are by Jasper Fry.

More information about the prize can be found here.

Celestial in Press:

‘An angel rises in Islington as emerging star artist creates celestial public sculpture’. UAL News. 28 April 2016

Edward Lucie-Smith – “This young artist is a big star in the making”

‘An Actual Angel In Islington’, May 1 2016. Tabish Khan, Art Critic, Londonist.com

‘STATE/f22’ Magazine Issue 21 | Mike van Joel & Anna McNay | Currently available at Mayor Gallery Cork Street, Jonathan Ross Gallery 286 Earls Court Road & ART 16 at Kensington Olympia fair as well as numerous other galleries. Please c lick here to view the page.

‘Public Sculpture Unveilings: Alex J Wood And Frances Segelman Commissions Revealed’, ArtLyst, 22-05-2016
http://www.artlyst.com/articles/public-sculpture-unveilings-alex-j-wood-and-frances-segelman-commissions-revealed

Celestial, Bronze, 2016

Celestial, Patinated bronze, 2016 (Photo by Jasper Fry)

Photo by Giorgio Baldari

Celestial, Patinated bronze, 2016 (Photo by Jasper Fry)

Photo by Giorgio Baldari

Celestial, Patinated bronze, 2016 (Photo by Jasper Fry)

Celestial, Watercolour on paper, 30 X 20 CM, 2016

‘STATE/f22’ Magazine Issue 21 | Mike van Joel & Anna McNay | Available at Art 16 Kensington Olympia Now and Mayor Gallery, Cork street

http://www.artlyst.com/articles/public-sculpture-unveilings-alex-j-wood-and-frances-segelman-commissions-revealed

April 18, 2015

Suspension

‘Suspension’, Bronze, card, wire, and copper, 2015

February 24, 2015

Penguin: Little Black Classics Commission

“They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan”
(Of Street Piemen by Henry Mayhew)

Paper, card, bronze powder, twine, and Penguin Little Black Classics

2015

Displayed at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road throughout February then travelling around the UK for a year.

“They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan”, Penguin Little Black Classics Commission at Foyles Charing Cross. 2015,. Photo courtesy G Baldari

Detail: “They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan”

January 16, 2015

The First “Rocket”

The First Rocket, Brass and Lead, 2015 Private Collection

Rocket, Brass and lead, 2015 Private Collection

October 14, 2014

‘Blimp’, Card and silvered newspaper, 2014

Detail of ‘Blimp’, Card and silvered newspaper, 2014

‘Blimp’, Card and silvered newspaper, 2014

October 13, 2014

‘Lunar Lander’

Detail of ‘Lunar Lander’, Wax, card, bronze and brass, 2014

‘Lunar Lander’, Wax, card, bronze and brass, 2014

October 12, 2014

International Space Station, Patinated Bronze, 2014

International Space Station (Tioangong) Patinated verdigris bronze 22W X 34H X 18D CM, 2014

International Space Station (Tiangong) Patinated verdigris bronze 22W X 34H X 18D CM, 2014

August 2, 2014

Studio Photographs

Photographs taken by a professional London based photographer for his forthcoming book on artists and their studios.

Studio – Photographed by Nick Wood

July 23, 2014

Hidden Depths

Hidden Depths, Patinated Verdigris Bronze, 2014. Private Collection USA

Hidden Depths (Side View), Private Collection USA

‘Hidden Depths’
Patinated Bronze
2014
Private Collection, USA

June 12, 2014

Bus No. 9

Bus No. 9
Bronze International Space Station and Wax

Bus No 9

ISS

Detail (Bus No 9)

Bus No 9

July 22, 2013

Bronze pouring of legs…

Today we poured the bronze for my final show sculptures. It’s really exciting and definitely a great moment when the bronze is melted and you watch it flow it into the mould.

I carved the sand so it takes the shape I specifically want.

Take a look:

Some photos of the moulds I made and the foundry…

June 3, 2013

Ceramics for larger Ferris wheel sculpture…

I have been creating slip cast moulds – of ceramic pods for a large Ferris wheel kinetic sculpture. It references the Ferris wheel in Odaiba Island, Tokyo.

May 13, 2013

Tokyo, Fairground Sculpture – Chairoplane

This piece is a work in progress, but influenced from a weird chairoplane ride I saw in Tokyo.

March 12, 2013

Gull

Ceramic Seagull and found wood, gilded.

Gull, Ceramic and Wood

Gilded Wood

March 10, 2013

Various

In Progress stages of works, including Nodding Donkey, Water Tower, American Windmill Etc.

Also installations including Wind Farm. This exhibition also features paintings by Sean Penlington, which we both curated together.

Oil Rig, Water Tower, Nodding Donkey & paintings by Sean Penlington

Nodding Donkey by Alex Wood & paintings by Sean Penlington

Ceramic Gull and Gilded found wood

Oil Tower & Ventilator by Alex Wood & paintings by Sean Penlington

Fog Horn with ‘Ear’ Wax by Alex Wood & paintings by Sean Penlington

Fog Horn with ‘Ear’ Wax by Alex Wood

Fog Horn with ‘Ear’ Wax by Alex Wood & Paintings by Sean Penlington

Oil Tower, Bronze and Slick

Water Tower (In Progress)

March 3, 2013

CATACLYSM – The Bear Pub Friday 8 March 2013

CATACLYSM
The Bear Pub – Friday 8 March 6-8pm
296 Camberwell New Road, SE5 0RP
Buses 36, 436 and 185 from Vauxhall Bridge Road to Sacred Hearts School

Featuring: Kelly Akers, Jennifer Hawkins, Cheryl Papasian & Alex Wood

CATACLYSM, Friday 8 March 6 – 8pm

February 11, 2013

Titanic 1:200

Creating scale model of The monumental Titanic. 1:200 scale, possibly adding other new ‘unconventional’ elements…

February 3, 2013

Nodding Donkey

These images below are ‘in progress’ where I have been incorporating motors. I have combined unusual materials including carpet gripper with in this piece.

Detail of Nodding Donkey

Nodding Donkey

February 3, 2013

Slick (A Sandcast Bronze)

Slick (Definition: Smooth, Glossy & Slippery like Ice).

A 15kg bronze, polished complete with the ball bearing sized droplets from when it was poured represents the Oil we all use… Its appearance is suggestive of an oil slick on water, yet juxtaposed against the bronze is a low-fi model I created of the monumental Titanic. Perched precariously on top the card model crashes into the slick bronze slab creating a contrast of materials, suggesting something may happen at any moment…

Slick
Sandcast bronze

Slick (Detail)

February 3, 2013

Wind Farm

Wind Farm Model – Creation in Progress
This involves an unsteady floor and kinetic elements including fans.

Wind Farm (In Progress)

Wind Farm – Detail (In Progress)

January 31, 2013

24 Hour Storm

You are invited to ’24 HOUR STORM’ a collaborative exhibition by Alex Wood
& Cheryl Papasian in the Morgue (Room CLG10).

When? Today ONLY 4-6PM

24 Hour Storm by Alex J Wood & Cheryl Papasian

24 Hour Storm
Alex J Wood & Cheryl Papasian

January 21, 2013

Sandcast Bronze, Oil Spill

This piece was created in one pour through sand-casting. The shape loosely references oil rigs and similar structures; it is a maquette for a larger piece I ma currently working on.

Oil Spill Bronze

Oil Spill The textured surface underneath i created in the sand with various objects as the bronze picks up the tiniest and most intricate of details.

Detail, Underside of Oil Spill

January 21, 2013

Untitled (Ventilator)

This creation is partially inspired by the tubing structures that feature in factories and other settings similar to that.

It incorporates found metal, glazed ceramic and electric fans which I intend to control through a programme on an Arduino.

Ceramic - Detail of Ventilator

Ceramic Detail

Untitled (Ventilator)

December 6, 2012

American Windmill

I have begun working on a series of models of redundant architecture, or what could be redundant in the future…

The first of these is an American Windmill – Water Pump.

The Oil Spills out the top…

November 30, 2012

Oil Rig or Platforms

I have begun to create oil rig type structures or ‘platforms’, exploring the idea that they could become redundant in the future, and also an awe of their intricate structure. They are colossal and most are decommissioned. However some are for sale:

“Well-maintained 20-room platform for sale. Panoramic sea views and a Heli deck.”

“If it is not purchased, the North Sea drilling platform will have to be decommissioned and disassembled by the current owners.”

This really interests me, and I have begun to create kinetic models using low-fi materials. Combined with the low-fi materials are also bronzes, and fine porcelain with gold lustres and gilded elements. It creates a juxtaposition between the materials.

Porcelain and Gold

Wood and Bronze

October 26, 2012

Coningsby Gallery, London

Images of a recent show at Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Street.

Bronze

Glazed ceramic

September 25, 2012

APPLIED IMAGINATION, 111 GT TITCHFIELD STREET

INSTALLATION VIEW of “CONSUMERIST CULTURE” by
PAPASIAN WOOD
APPLIED IMAGINATION, 111 GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET

Cheryl Papasian and Alex Wood, (collaboratively known as Papasian Wood) have exhibited together for several shows including Lots of Lollys in Delfina Gallery for the 2012 Bermondsey Street Festival. In this exhibition, Papasian Wood collaborate by creating a piece titled Consumerist Culture involving a rock climbing wall and colourful ceramic plinths. It incorporates bright lights and glossy surfaces that reflect the slick façade of contemporary society.

September 23, 2012

Lots of Lollys – Papasian Wood, Delfina Gallery, Bermondsey

“LOTS OF LOLLYS” by Papasian Wood
Delfina Gallery Private View,
Bermondsey Street Festival
Saturday 22 September

Alex Wood and Cheryl Papasian present a collaborative artwork entitled “Lots of Lollys”, involving 8000 lolly sticks, factory lighting, and wooden candy floss canes. The result, a cage like structure that the viewer can enter and explore, and interact with.