Artist Bust Series
The North American Sculpture Collective presented their Artist Bust Series in 2018. Each bust was created by a team of designers, engineers, and artists who came together to combine traditional techniques and digital technology. This series developed from the desire to be able to bring multiple disciplines and artists together in a process that allowed for each expert to leave their own mark on the work. From the initial clay model, to the digital scanning and 3D rendering of the work, to the milling and hand finishing and detailing; this series brought together artists from multiple artistic disciplines. Together, the Collective pushed the boundaries between traditional fine art and technology.
Participating artists:
Heather Personett
Alessandro Cardillo
John O’Reilly
Jorge Vascano
Marco Di Luca
Mario Cozzi
Miles Driscoll
Jonathan Tibett
The Series on display at the New York Academy of Art
Andy Warhol Bust
Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. Warhol’s life and work inspires creative thinkers everywhere thanks to his iconic imagery and his artfully cultivated celebrity. His impact as an artist is far deeper and greater than perhaps his most popular quote, “everyone will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” His curiosity resulted in an enormous body of work that spanned every available medium and crossed the boundaries between high and low art.
Vermont Danby Marble, 22.8 x 14.4 x 23.4, 246.38 lbs
Jean-Michel Basquiat Bust
Jean-Michel Basquiat rocketed to stardom in the early 1980’s becoming one of the most celebrated, and possibly most commercially exploited American painters of the widely celebrated Neo-Expressionism art movement. He used social commentary in his paintings as a tool for introspection, focusing on dichotomies like wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. Basquiat died at the age of 27, living a short but profound legacy behind.
Statuary Marble, 22.5 x 13.75 x 23, 166.4 lbs
Salvador Dali Bust
Salvador Dalí is among the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century. Though chiefly remembered for his paintings, in the course of his long career he also experimented in sculpture, printmaking, fashion, writing, and film-making. Dalí was renowned for his flamboyant personality as much as he is for his undeniable technical skill. Dali was highly imaginative and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior.
Vermont Danby Marble, 23.5 x 14.4 x 22, 182 lbs
Frida Kahlo Bust
Frida Kahlo’s life has become as iconic as her work, in no small part because she was her own most popular subject: roughly one third of her entire oeuvre is self-portraits. Her works were intensely personal and political, often reflecting her turbulent personal life, and her illness. Kahlo dedicated her life and her art to the Mexican Revolution and the simultaneous artistic renaissance it engendered. She identified most strongly with Mexican popular and folk art, also evidenced in her habit of dressing elaborately in Tehuana costumes.
Vermont Danby Marble, 10.5 x 15.5 x 20.5, 102 lbs
Pablo Picasso Bust
Pablo Picasso was the most dominant and influential artist of the first half of the 20th century. Associated most of all with pioneering Cubism, alongside Georges Braque, he also invented collage and made major contributions to Symbolism and Surrealism. He saw himself above all as a painter, yet his sculpture was greatly influential, and he also explored areas as diverse as printmaking and ceramics. Finally, he was a famously charismatic personality; his many relationships with women not only filtered into his art but also may have directed its course, and his behavior has come to embody that of the bohemian modern artist in the popular imagination.
Statuary Marble, 11.75 x 19.5 x 17.75, 117.5 lbs
Michelangelo Bust
Michelangelo was without doubt one of the most inspirational and talented artists in modern history. During his life, the western world underwent what was perhaps the most remarkable period of change since the decline of the Roman Empire. The Renaissance saw changes in all aspects of life and culture, with dramatic reforms sweeping through the worlds of religion, politics, and scientific belief. Michelangelo was one of the most fervent advocates of this exciting new philosophy, working with a remarkable energy that was mirrored by contemporary society.
Statuary Carrara Marble, 17.4 x 11.4 x 20.8, 111.5 lbs
