Thread: Coarse "Sculptures"

Wondered why nobody else already opened a thread about their amazing work.
Hopefully I'll be able to have some extra cash left one day to spend it on one of their amazing sculptures.

Artists

Mark Landwehr
Sven Waschk

About the artists

Works for the coarse world began in 2003, when German artists Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk
started a distinct style of sculpting that looked almost as if they had chiselled and exposed the
figures from three dimensional rock.

The streamlined sculptures are hand crafted and finished at the coarse workshops in Hamburg and
Hong Kong. The artists focus primarily on statues that range from small to life size,
made from resin and/or fibreglass. Their work also includes photography, prints and objects,
combining all aspects to create holistic pieces of art. Pieces that convey an alternate reality.
A fiction brand.

By using traditional toy production techniques, the original sculptures, 'coarse originals',
are transformed into vinyl figures under the 'coarsetoys' imprint.

As a result of living in two separate cultures, the artists blend eastern and western aesthetics.
A possible explanation for the brand's popularity worldwide. coarse figures are currently
available in art toy stores and galleries across 18 countries worldwide.

More Information:
? coarsehkg ?

I have seen many artists like this. Toys are very big in the urban/hip hop community. One of the more famed are the dunny dolls of kid robot. Actually so famous i saw one while at the tate modern in london.

If you really like these, i can point you towards many like it.

Also recognized the trend, though I have to say that I do like the overall presentation and design of the coarse figures
more than the usual kid robot stuff.
But I'll shoot you a PM later on anyway. Just have to get some sleep now, as I haven't til yet.

I saw this at rotofugi. well, not the actuals yet, but a pamphlet. I had a friend who had a small gallery there.