Hanging sculpture

Totems

Peter Gentenaar, a paper artist based in the Netherlands, creates ethereal, large-scale sculptures of organic shapes that float in mid-air as they hang from the ceilings. Some look like aquatic plant life while others resemble the qualities of bright, delicate spring flowers. Gentenaar's craft evolved from his love for paper, a passion he acquired from the many years he spent working in a printmaking shop. His unusual, stunning work defies conventional thinking regarding paper's colloquial…

So simple...but so cool. This was hung over a stairwell so that you could look at it from the second floor, and also from below, on the stairs.

Tate St. Ives

These cement figures dangling from umbrellas within a narrow space inside the EBC office center in Prague are part of a installation titled Slight Uncertainty by Czech artist Michal Trpák.

Argentinian artist and designer Cristián Mohaded, has created 'Floating Towers', a group of hanging modern woven sculptures.

A bronze piece by Brazilian artist Albano Afonso uses multiple sets of dangling hands that mimic shadow puppetry. Titled “Os Pássaros e o Lobo,” or “The Birds and the Wolf,” the sculpture is illuminated by a light projector, casting dark silhouettes on the wall behind it that resembles a mobile of active animals. In aContinue reading "Dangling Bronze Hands, Albano Afonso’s Mobile Casts Playful Animal Silhouettes"

Edition #2 of 10 hammered copper

Textile sculpture 2019 — Diana Orving