Video: Sculptures manga by Kim Simonsson (Kim Simonsson)
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
A young Finnish sculptor from Helsinki named Kim Simonsson creates unusual ceramic sculptures of cute, big-eyed girls, animals and humanoid figures. Ceramics, glass, clay, polyester putty, car paint - these are the basic materials that Kim Simonsson uses to create sculptures that are very reminiscent of characters in Japanese cartoons and manga comics. Sometimes with inlays of gold and silver, human-sized sculptures are often covered with a layer of white polish, which makes them look like large porcelain figurines.
Through his works, the Finnish sculptor explores some important issues and problems that concern not only himself, but, perhaps, many of us. Through the creation of some of her works, Kim Simonsson has framed questions by presenting cultural customs and beliefs, both social and religious, from a non-traditional perspective. In others, he explores the relationship of modern man to nature, revealing the problem of alienation and pollution. Figures of children and animals in this context are a more obvious example.
By combining ceramic art and manga cartoons, Simonsson manages to minimize the differences between traditional art and popular culture, as well as bridge the gap between Western and Eastern culture. In addition, Kim Simonsson combines aesthetic and ethnic aspects in her ceramics.
The success and recognition of Kim Simonsson's ceramic art has been achieved in all exhibitions around the world, which is clear evidence that the sculptor has found an aesthetic language to raise issues that are important to all people, regardless of their culture.
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