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 430 €Gustavsen Karl
Romy
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Pink
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Art deco lipstick
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Naomi
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Buste au chapeau rose
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Cubist Head
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Emma
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Lipstick
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Cubist Head
36 x 36 cm565 €Gustavsen Karl
Rose
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Grand dogon
36 x 36 cm565 €Gustavsen Karl
Pretty Girl
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Erick
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Carla
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Lola
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Man in blue
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Mister Dogon
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Make-up
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Constance
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Saint-Tropez
50 x 50 cm1 050 €Gustavsen Karl
Seaside
100 x 50 cm1 460 €Gustavsen Karl
Jade
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Cover magazine
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Winter Night
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
So Chic
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Woman with lipstick
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Amour
80 x 80 cm1 800 €Gustavsen Karl
Swim 2
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Black party
36 x 36 cm565 €Gustavsen Karl
Absinthe
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Romy 1
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Circus
36 x 36 cm565 €Gustavsen Karl
Sofia
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Je t'aime
80 x 80 cm1 800 €Gustavsen Karl
Jongleuse
50 x 50 cm1 050 €Gustavsen Karl
Tokyo
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Ambre
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Cocktail
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Joy
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Fitness
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
La baigneuse noire
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Petite robe noire
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Radieuse
80 x 80 cm1 800 €Gustavsen Karl
Red Lipstick
36 x 36 cm565 €Gustavsen Karl
Louisa
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Yellow
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Mademoiselle
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Black smoking
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Robot
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Hello mister
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
My little circus
13 x 13 cm135 €Gustavsen Karl
Blue circus
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
En terrasse
80 x 80 cm1 800 €Gustavsen Karl
Marie
19 x 19 cm205 €Gustavsen Karl
Mademoiselle Cubiste
36 x 36 cm565 €Gustavsen Karl
Attitude
80 x 80 cm1 800 €Gustavsen Karl
Amour toujours
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Corail
25 x 25 cm335 €Gustavsen Karl
Terracotta
25 x 25 cm335 €