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Scribbled Wire Sculptures by David Oliveira

Lisbon-born sculptor David Oliveira creates delicate figurative sculptures using wire that looks as if they were sketched in the air.

"For me, to be able to 'draw' I must know and understand the object. The knowledge of the anatomy is very important, because the skin stretches and changes according to what is underneath. The structure is fixed. The challenge is to correspond the theme with the object. My works live in an ethereal world, like a memory or a dream. The theme has to respect that."

"The spectator has a very important role, because in order to see, he has to fill the empty spaces with his own memories, creating a bond with the sculpture and his own life experiences."

If you like these, check out the work of Gavin Worth here

Check his website: http://www.davidmigueloliveira.blogspot.pt/

Figurative Wire Mesh Sculptures by Edoardo Tresoldi

Rome-based scenographer, painter and sculptor Edoardo Tresoldi constructs amazing sculpture using chicken wire.

"I am a sculptor, set designer and a painter. My artistic work is based on the narrative of interiority and human feelings, accomplished through the use of the transparency, in a balance between contemplation and movement."

"Through these figures emerging from wire, I strive to capture the relation of the human body to space."

"The relationship between the individual and the space that surrounds him is still as a drawing, but live like a beam of light or a shadow."

"In my work, forms create volumes that invest imaginary figure and dissect shaping the feeling, the real protagonist of the narrative”.

"The unimposing transparency of the material is intended to offer a moment or a memory: as in a photo or a letter."

Images from here

Wire Mesh Portraits by Seth Wulsin

Brooklyn-based artist Seth Wulsin created these three-dimensional installations of portraits that appear across several mesh screens for his series entitled 'Ánimas'.

"Ánimas explore the interior dimensions of mind and soul in the embodied physicality of space. In Spanish the word anima means soul; its root are means to breath."

"Each sculpture has three kinds of inter-dimensional space that all occupy the same spatial coordinates: the concrete, volumetric space of the screens; the pictorial/volumetric space of the images produced by the paint on the screens; and the optical interference generated between the screen grids when two or more planes overlap (without coinciding), an optically real, but tactically non-existent space."

If you like this kind of art, you might want to check the artworks of Seung Mo Park here.

Check his website: http://www.sethwulsin.com/

Stone-Filled Elephant Sculptures by Andries Botha

Artist Andries Botha finally unveiled his Durban elephant sculptures made out of wire frames filled with stones at Warwick Junction.

The controversial sculptures symbolise "the forgotten conversation between man and nature" were commissioned by the Durban City Council at a cost of R1.5-million, as part of the Warwick Junction redevelopment plan.

"The elephants are emerging out of an island in the middle of a freeway. Method of Construction: Galvanized mild steel armature cladded with stainless steel mesh and tacked with bronze from the local quarry. It takes its construction principle from gabians ."

In February 2010, just two weeks from completion, Botha and his assistants were ordered to stop work when an African National Congress (ANC) councillor complained the artwork resembled the Inkatha Freedom Party's logo.

The unfinished public artworks have been covered by shade cloth and plastic since then.

The ANC-controlled municipality tried to persuade Botha to change his artwork from one of three elephants to one representing the Big Five: an elephant, a Cape buffalo, a leopard, a rhinoceros, and a lion. Botha objected to this suggestion and took the municipality to court.

While both parties fought a protracted legal battle over the sculptures, vandals destroyed the artwork by splashing red paint and the graffiti reading "Free us" was sprayed on the tarpaulin. One of the elephants was completely dismantled and the metal frame stolen, causing the rocks to fall out.

The latest agreement between the city and Botha requires him to build a fourth elephant.

“The municipality has acknowledged that it was unacceptable to Botha that he be compelled to change from his original three elephants sculpture to a Big 5 Design; and it has agreed to pay Botha's legal costs incurred to date.”

“The fourth elephant… will be free-standing and rise from the ground. It will be surrounded by three elephants (emerging from) the ground in different poses. (The sculpture symbolizes) the rebirth of elephants. Historically, elephants roamed this area before they were killed by hunters.”

"May I take this opportunity to address the most important aspect of the success that we have gained in the so-called 'Elephant Saga' in Durban. In hindsight it is completely evident to me that the victory in securing the rebuilding of the elephants is an example of a multi-layered advocacy that does not include one person, but many. I have personally been encouraged and taken heart from the many supporters that have spoken passionately and articulately about the tragedy of the Durban Elephants. You are all too many to name, those of you who have loyally supported the social networks and spoken your strong and articulate views about the on-going saga between myself and the eThekwini municipality."

"I would like to unreservedly thank you for your support in securing this important legal decision on behalf of the freedom of speech, the right for the public to have access to creativity and last, but not least, the moral authority of a work of art as a piece of intellectual property that is so adequately protected by our constitution. You have all played a most significant and important part in this significant victory. It is also now true that the elephants have now truly become part of the public property and ownership."

The official opening ceremony is scheduled for sometime this month.

Check his website: http://andriesbotha.net

Reflected by Tracey Sarsfield

Canberra-based artist Tracey Sarsfield explores the ideas of the self and the other through her sculptures in her solo exhibition 'Reflected'.

Some of the display pieces show two human forms, composed of resin, paint, fiberglass, and vinyl, sitting directly across from each other connected by a number of black wires.

"I want to portray the layers of the human subconscious and the psyche as they exist within us. Through figurative art work I have connected the internal workings of our mind with the exterior."