The ironic sculptures by Matthias VerginersteemCreated with Sketch.

in #art6 years ago

cache_63277304.jpg

Matthias Verginer

Italian artist Matthias Verginer plays with scale and symbolism in what he calls his “ironic sculptures.” These wooden pieces, ranging in scale from small works that can be held to enormous figures. Often, these works feature a nude figure alongside wild animals.

matthiasverginer_232312323_large.jpg

Fitness-trainer-45-x-51-cm-Lindenwood-appletreewood-acrilic-colors-2014.web_.jpg

Matthias Verginer studied advertising graphics and sculpture at School of Arts, Selva/Gardena. Then, in 2001, he started his apparenticeship under his father, Willy Verginer.

Liquid art system1812019T145659.527.jpg

Matthias-Verginer-Plus-Size-Art-The-Cowgirl.jpg

In 2004 he was at IHM in Munich. In the same year, he became member of Unika art fair in Ortisei and since then his works have been exhibited for several year at Arte Padova (2005-2007) and Tradefair Milano (2005-2008).
In 2012 Liquid art system displays his works in Positano.

the-perfect-cartwheel.jpg

img_8706.jpg

Matthias Verginer's works are full of humor. They celebrate an imagination which at first glance seems ambiguous and funny, but the laugh they provoke does not appeal to sentiment, rather, in the words of Henri Bergson, "it appeals to intelligence pure and simple.". They do not just entertain and charm us, they also invite us to reflect on the mechanisms with which we perceive reality, its questionable or absolute truth and its changing or immovable aspects. The works are made up of a highly colored assemblage of animals and human figures sculpted from wood. They are realistic in their similarity to reality and absurd in their ties to meaning. They are as bewildering and mysterious as dreams, they told within themselves both surrealism and magic realism, sophisticated quotations, literary references and bizarre intuitions.

Matthias-Verginer-Plus-Size-Art-I-Guess-it-is-a-Puncture.jpg

img_0676.jpg

Matthias Verginer titles his compositions "Hot Whale Surfing", "Tomato Tan", "Damn Hat", The Rabbit and the Turtle", "Lifting Four Watermelons" and so on. The humorous and brilliant aspect is in the titles also, which are never banal or straight-forward. The titles of the artworks by Matthias Verginer always inspire new and witty speculations. In the ironic artworks of Matthias Verginer, we can clearly perceive the expressive use of bright orange, sugary pink and brilliant blue. We can also clearly feel the abundant and precise forms of the bodies, their disproportionateness measured against the harmony of movement and gesture. Both of these are well considered aspects which are part of, and vectors for, the irony and playfulness in this series of artworks by Matthias Verginer.

matthias-verginer-untitled.jpg

16623418455_f72d07a8cf_b.jpg

Sort:  

Thanks for this post, before you I did not know about this artist! Very fine work and interesting concept)

Your welcome dear art lover! I hope you enjoy my posts, i will introduce a couple of artists every week ♥️

Posted using Partiko Android

Thank you) I have no doubt) You have very interesting publications, don't stop)

Thanks alot my friend ♥️

Posted using Partiko Android

Great post ... all of your posts are ... great job at sharing information about interesting art, artists and their ideas ... now is a bit late for a meaningful upvote :) but for comment is never too old.

I am happy you find my posts interesting. I hope you enjoy art and always feast your eyes with beauty...i try my best to post regularly and introduce artists to steemians.

Posted using Partiko Android

Congratulations @maih! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

You distributed more than 1500 upvotes. Your next target is to reach 1750 upvotes.

You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP

Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!