Gustavsen Karl | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Gustavsen Karl
- France
Painter
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Shapes are pure, sometimes on the verge of abstraction. They reinvent themselves, are recomposed in delicate assemblies.
Karl graduated from the Chambre Syndicale School of Fashion in Paris in 1991. He then became a stylist for several major international designers (Angelo Tarlazzi, Karl Lagerfeld, Andres Sarda) and held this job for several years before devoting himself to his artistic activity. His first exhibition was in 1990. In 1992, he participated in a performance show organized by the Paul Ricard Cultural Centre (Paris). In his work, the artist fixes trivial and ephemeral moments of everyday life on the background: awoman powdering her hair or face, a man with a drink at the bar... His characters pose in front of the intrigued viewer. Broken and fragmented, they propose a poetic alternative to reality.
His art is an original blend of various influences, drawing on both the aesthetic of films by Fritz Lang (Metropolis) and Fernand Léger (Le Ballet mécanique), design from the 1920's and the modernism of Le Corbusier. With audacity, he evokes the impertinence of the Dada movement. The artist invests his canvas with large areas of colour by creating a space where perspective is absent. He borrows geometric shapes from the Art Deco style and Japanese graphics, combining elements painted with acrylic to collages of juxtaposed or superposed paper cuts. He cuts the paper meticulously, much as a line drawing. His graceful stylized figures are reminiscent of haute couture patterns. One colour is sometimes enough to bring about a subject. He sculpts the material, playing on the nesting of shapes and combination tones.
- 2012Exhibition at the Dérapages galleryBrussels, Belgium
- 2008Participation in the Art Shopping Art FairParis, France
- 1990Exhibition at the Espace Carol ArnoParis, France
- 1968BirthValenciennes, France
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79 Artworks
Gustavsen Karl
Couture
70 x 70 cm1.650 EURGustavsen Karl
Joy
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Attitude
80 x 80 cm2.150 EURGustavsen Karl
Erick
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Louisa
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Mademoiselle Cubiste
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Saint-Tropez
50 x 50 cm1.200 EURGustavsen Karl
Robot
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Make-up
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Lola
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Tom
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Miami
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Winter Night
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Bozaka
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Mademoiselle
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Mister Dogon
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Lipstick
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Les yeux bleus
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Glam
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Cocktail
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Romy
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Carla
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Seaside
100 x 50 cm1.675 EURGustavsen Karl
Buste au chapeau rose
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Man in blue
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Pink
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
My little circus
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Corail
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Swim 2
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Hello mister
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Haute-Couture
50 x 50 cm1.200 EURGustavsen Karl
Marie
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Yellow
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Cubist Head
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Red Lipstick
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Woman with lipstick
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
La baigneuse noire
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Petite robe noire
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Black party
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Electric
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
En terrasse
80 x 80 cm2.150 EURGustavsen Karl
Pretty Girl
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Amour toujours
25 x 25 cm285 EURGustavsen Karl
Tokyo
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Amour
80 x 80 cm2.150 EURGustavsen Karl
Je t'aime
80 x 80 cm2.150 EURGustavsen Karl
Art déco
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Black smoking
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Emma
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Grand dogon
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Buste moderniste
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Heads
80 x 80 cm2.150 EURGustavsen Karl
Romy 1
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Fitness
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Love circus
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Love duo
36 x 36 cm480 EURGustavsen Karl
Sofia
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Naomi
19 x 19 cm185 EURGustavsen Karl
Tokyo
13 x 13 cm115 EURGustavsen Karl
Absinthe
19 x 19 cm185 EUR