Huang Yu Long

Mocking Bird

2022

"The Top Dog" Polystone 宝丽石 Childhood is not just a transitional time before adulthood. It is a meaningful lifetime for children to create their wonderlands exclusively. It is also ...

Scarecrow 稻草人 ( Limited Edition of 9 ) A scarecrow is a symbol of a farm guard which is designed as a human-liked figure dressed in old clothes. It is placed at farmlands to keep birds from disturbing and eating growing seeds and crops. In 2020, when the whole world was suffering the damages of COVID-19 pandemic and we realised how vulnerable human beings are in this global disaster. People looked for different solutions to defend life such as medical treatments as well as financial support. As an artist, Huang Yu Long...

The work “North South East West” continues the style characteristics of the sweater series, transforming the four major guardians in traditional religious themes into the shape of co...

“As a human being, there is always a moment or many moments for he or she to rethink past and self. During this process, people will turn over, rearrange or rebuild their thoughts. T...

Balance Figurative sculpture Materials: Bronze Resin Sculpture with green patina Edition: 2 of 12 Signed on back Okoro pares down to reveal the essence of a state of being, onen...

Artist: Emmanuel Okoro Dimensions (HxWxD): 90 × 20 × 20 cm Materials: Bronze Resin Sculpture with Green Patina Edition: 4 of 12 Signed on back Jezebel the W...

Guillaume Lachapelle’s work combines the real and the imaginary to create miniature environments and scenarios that showcase connections between humans and their everyday worlds. In Extrapolations, Lachapelle extracts seemingly mundane mechanical objects from a typical cityscape – such as radiators, fire hydrants, and balconies – and manipulates their appearance by creating 3D printed models that visually oscillate between the magical and the monstrous. In some of his sculptures, Lachapelle uses photogrammetry – a method that scans a series of two-dimensional photographs or images to create three-dimensional models. While photogrammetry typically enables real-life objects to be accurately reproduced, the artist challenges this paradigm by tampering with the machine’s process, both by accepting the machine’s glitches and by triggering them. When scanning images, the results may not always be what is anticipated, however, for Lachapelle it is about welcoming the unknown. In several examples, he encourages the program to read screenshots of images and extrapolates what should be there, filling in blank data with added images and various shapes. The resulting sculptures are symmetrical and geometric, appearing uncannily familiar like human vertebrae, yet unfamiliar in fantastical abstracted forms. The sculptures merge between two different worlds, bridging human and machine through unexpected adaptations to everyday things. Extrapolations balances between this duality, ultimately reflecting on the increasing dependency humans have on technology in our everyday world. For Lachapelle, this is especially pertinent in a world where technology is continuously developing. The sculptures highlight the dynamic and everchanging relationship between humans and technology, making us question this reliance on technology. In this exhibition, Lachapelle also introduces the inclusion of human characters back into his art practice. He places people in unnatural and impossible exchanges with machines and technology. For instance, while in past exhibitions, he has usually tried to conceal the electronic components that make moving pieces...

Monology urbancat, 2008 Resin and Pigments Polychrome on Fiberglass under Plexiglass Cap with LED 12 1/5 × 9 4/5 × 9 1/10 in 31 × 25 × 23 cm Edition of 8 Drawing on ideas of collecta...