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Breathtaking Wire Sculptures Capture the Fluidity of the Human Body

English artist Richard Stainthorp captures the beautiful energy and fluidity of the human body using wire. The life-sized sculptures feature both figures in motion and at rest, expressed in the form of large-gauged strands that are densely wrapped around and through one another. By doing this, he gives the work an undeniable presence. Stainthorp also allows the bent wires to shine by keeping their metallic appearance free from any obvious painting or additions.

Robert Strati

In this series, The Elevationists, Robert Strati makes works about flight and discovery. As he describes his works, 

“The Elevationists is a an exhibit inspired by the idea of great thinkers who contemplated flight, space and documenting the invisible in attempts to move beyond our everyday reality. The balloon pieces entitled “Hover” are a way of accessing flight, empty space and creating form in usually inaccessible areas—drawing the viewer’s eye upward and into a space generally ignored because there is often nothing there. The diagrams explore the underlying language used in documenting ideas in schematic forms—encouraging the viewer to access that way of seeing and thinking, which is both abstract and analytical.” For more on Strati’s work, click here. 

- Lee Jones