Those astonishing sculptures exploded one by one!

Grace Michelle
Wonders of Nature
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7 min readJan 11, 2024

In other words, sculpture, a three-dimensional (three-dimensional space) art form, is more suitable for both refined and popular tastes than the increasingly abstract modern art.

For example, these amazing sculptures below are not only exquisite in craftsmanship, but also extremely creative. Each one is more imaginative than the other. Even people who don’t understand art will be shocked!

“Prosperity” — Daniel Popper

An angelic female figure tears open her chest, revealing a passage covered with ferns, just like countless great mothers in the world: tearing herself apart to give birth to life…

《Body drying》 — — Nagato Iwasaki

Muscular torso under the wood: Artist Nagato Iwasaki collected natural wood to create a series of exploding sculptures, as if the trees were combined with human DNA, just like the vegetative people in the movie “Annihilation”, which is terrifying and makes people unable to take their eyes away…

“The Traveler” — Bruno Catalano

French modern sculptor Bruno Catalano created this series of sculptures. Basically, the middle part is missing. The upper part is connected by a portable suitcase or bag, which makes people feel as if they are partially invisible, giving people a sense of incompleteness. , and full of huge space for imagination.

“Human: Nature” — Christopher David White

Why does the wood of this wood carving look so unique? In fact, these works look like wood carvings, but they are actually made of clay…Wood carvings are amazing enough! I didn’t expect it to be a clay sculpture! !

“Pregnancy” — uson

About the gestation of new life, the consumption of the mother’s body, the sculptures are full of desolation, fragmentation and passing, and rebirth in decline, which is completely opposite to the joy and vitality of the birth of new life that we usually see.

“The Sorrow of Angels” — Adolf Apolloni

The angel’s wings were drooped, her eyes were slightly closed, and she was leaning on the steps in front of the tombstone; she gently raised her hand and reached towards the tombstone, as if she was about to put down the last flower of condolences. The skirt spreads out along the steps, showing extremely real, natural, soft pleats and texture.

“Beyond the Wall” — Matteo Pugliese

Each and every strong body was half submerged in the wall, and the muscles were stretched and twisted in an attempt to break free… I have never understood art in this way, and I really felt the explosive power and tension. It is reminiscent of Milotuo in “Tomb Raiders”…

“Flying Iron Elf” — — Robin White

British artist Robin White uses stainless steel wire to create a series of imaginative sculptures. Hard steel can fly so flexibly and full of vitality… The charming shapes, the twisting bodies in the flying, are being blown away by the wind. The dandelions are full of vitality, making them look lifelike.

“In Memory of the Kuzbass Miners” — Ernst Neizvestny

Every light bulb that is on has the blood of miners flowing. Some sculptures, you can tell at a glance that they belong to Maozi, suffering, romance, ideals… thick but delicate…

“The Victor’s Mother” — Darcy Namdakov

The giant cloak is a symbol of the female body, and under the huge cloak is a long-lasting wax torch. The simple and powerful lines and the extremely tense shape are very contagious just by looking at the outline, and you can truly feel the hugeness brought by the war. The suffering the sacrifices caused both on the front lines and on the home front.

“Making Stone Soft” — José Manuel Castro López

José Manuel Castro López, a sculptor from Spain, a stone that seems to be extremely solid in our eyes is as ever-changing as a marshmallow in his hands… This kind of art cannot be placed in my home and I will lie down on it every minute.

“Corgi Table” — Zhang Mindan

It’s so lifelike. At first glance, I thought the toilet at home was leaking and Master Corgi was repairing it… If you are interested, you can search for Teacher Zhang Mindan’s store. A table like this costs 18,000…

“The Mermaid Prince” — Cameron Stalheim

We often see the image of mermaids, but what about male mermaids? This sculpture of the mermaid prince will be beautiful once you see it. It is inspired by the star Colby Keller. Does it meet the imagination of the ladies?

“Napoleon I in Coronation Robe” — Claude Lamy

At first glance, the Louvre would put a robe on the sculpture to protect it? What a luxury… I looked closer and saw that the grass was carved from stone? ? ?

“The Sleeping Hermaphrodite” — Bernini

The cold marble is sculpted into a soft and warm leather luxury mattress. What is interesting is that the beautiful boy (female) Hermaphrodite is an androgynous god. The back is the soft curve of a woman, and when you zoom in on the front, you can see him. Has masculine characteristics…

“Myth” — — Lian Deli

This Dehua white porcelain sculpture hidden in the National Museum is based on Princess Yushu in the TV series “Myth”. At first glance, it seems that the porcelain is covered with a layer of light gauze as thin as cicada wings…

“Like the Wind” — — Luo Lirong

The smooth curtains surround the wet and delicate skin, which is both like Western Baroque Bernini and Wu Daozi’s “The sky is flying and the wind is blowing all over the wall” in the Tang Dynasty of my country. We can’t see the wind, but we can feel it~

“The Abduction of Proserpina” — Bernini

The depth of the fingers sinking into the flesh is just right, which is in line with the average body fat rate of women. How many times does it take to touch a real person to understand this… When this work was completed, Bebeni was only 23 years old, and he completed the small work when he was 6 years old. The lamb and the little shepherd are already masters. It is even rarer for such a precocious genius to live for more than eighty years…

“Shiwan Kiln Pottery Golden Cat” — Huang Bing

This work was created by Huang Bing, a famous Shiwan ceramic sculptor in the late Qing Dynasty. He created a craft called “lanugo technique” in which he used carving knives, wood, bamboo and other tools to carve out the feathers of animals one by one on the surface of the object. Feathers and fur can be said to be fake and real.

“Terracotta Warriors” — Qin Dynasty

How horrific are the details of the Terracotta Warriors? Look at the soles of their shoes. Isn’t it the same as the previous mille-layer cloth shoes? What’s even more shocking is that the forefoot and rear heel are more severely worn, and the needle holes are more densely packed, while the arch area is relatively lightly worn, so the gaps between the stitches are The intervals are more relaxed…

Before leaving, I am afraid I will return later… My favorite shoes are my mother’s thousand-leaf soles, and my favorite water is the rolling Yellow River water. They are not a bunch of clay figures, but the roots of Chinese culture. ah…

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Grace Michelle
Wonders of Nature

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