3. George Segal
George Segal was born in New York on November 26, 1924, to a
Jewish couple who emigrated from Eastern Europe. His parents
first settled in the Bronx where they ran a butcher shop and later
moved to a New Jersey poultry farm.
During World War II, he had to curtail his studies in order to help
on the family poultry farm. He later attended Pratt, Cooper Union,
and finally New York University where he furthered his art
education and received a teaching degree in 1949. It was during
these years that Segal met other young artists eager to make
statements based on the real world rather than the pure
abstractionism that was all the rage. He joined the 10th Street
scene, painting and concentrating on expressionist, figurative
themes.
In 1957, he was included in “Artists of the New York School:
Second Generation,” an exhibit at the Jewish Museum. For the
next three years he showed annually at the Hansa. The path from
painting to sculpture and the specific form of the sculpture is
embodied in a series of events from the late 1950s. In 1956, Segal
was introduced to the Hansa Gallery and its’ artistic influence. The
following year, Allan Kaprow chose the Segal farm as the scene of
his first Happening – live art with an environmental sensibility. In
1958 Segal began to experiment in sculpture and had a one-man
show at the Green Gallery in 1960, featuring several plaster figures.
5. Stephen Antonson
Today, celebrated plaster artisan Stephen
Antonson, crowned the master of plaster
byArchitectural Digest, reintroduces the age-old
medium to the interior design trade in his
collection of furnishings, lighting and accessories.
Working out of his Brooklyn, New York atelier,
Antonson creates every piece by hand. He paints
plaster onto his designs in layers with a brush,
then meticulously sculpts and sands it repeatedly
to achieve objects of surreal beauty. A classically
trained sculptor and painter, the engaging
designer taps into his broad knowledge of these
disciplines to inform his work. He has recently
added bronze to his offerings. Antonson
welcomes collaboration; he has worked with
dozens of clients to create original one-of-a-kind,
custom pieces.
7. Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin was a French artist, born
in November 1840 – 1917. He was very
well known for his ability to create
complex models, usually of the human
form, in clay and plaster and his most
well known works are The walking man,
The age of bronze, The kiss and The
Thinker.
9. Laury Dizengremel
I'm 58 years old (born in Paris in 1954) - and
see myself first as a sculptor and second as a
person who has lived a full life: former
dancer, former translator, designer and
sculpture teacher, but also mother, dog
lover, poet, occasional photographer,
songwriter, web designer, co-organizer for
many years of an international annual
Festival, concerned "world citizen"
who worked on a number of community art
projects such as the Arte Para Todos project
organised by the United Nations of
Honduras, or the Vale of Belvoir Arts
Projects including the 3Rs: Reclaimed,
Recycled, Raw Sculpture Trail.
11. Clare Wigg
My name is Clare Wigg and I studied graphic design
at the Norwich School of Art & Design. Since
qualifying, I have worked in London as a graphic
designer focusing on corporate identity and
packaging design. In 2010, I decided to return to a
love of mine that I first discovered while studying at
school for my A Level in art – Sculpture.
My work begins its life as a block of plaster of paris
which I then carve into to create my organic and
sometimes graphical, contemporary sculptures.
During their creation, I like to explore how their
shape and form is set free from it’s original block
shape, in varying degrees. At times I also like to
create the sculptures so that they give the
impression that they are created using 2 or 3 forms
that connect together to create the final piece,
when in reality they are created from the same block
of plaster of paris.
13. Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian
sculptor, painter and photographer who
made his career in France. Considered a
pioneer of modernism, one of the most
influential sculptors of the 20th-century,
Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern
sculpture.
