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.
- France :
- Lebanon :
- 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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15 Artworks
Gustavsen Karl
Couture
70 x 70 cm33.040 TRYGustavsen Karl
Seaside
100 x 50 cm34.100 TRY- Sold
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Buste au gant bleu
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRY - Sold
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Concerto
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRY Gustavsen Karl
Jongleuse
50 x 50 cm19.950 TRYGustavsen Karl
Baigneuse
80 x 80 cm39.900 TRYGustavsen Karl
En terrasse
80 x 80 cm39.900 TRY- Sold
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Cubist Lady
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRY Gustavsen Karl
La fiancée du marin
80 x 80 cm39.900 TRYGustavsen Karl
Saint-Tropez
50 x 50 cm19.950 TRYGustavsen Karl
Haute-Couture
50 x 50 cm19.950 TRY- Sold
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Vintage
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRY Gustavsen Karl
Attitude
80 x 80 cm39.900 TRYGustavsen Karl
Amour
80 x 80 cm39.900 TRY- Sold
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La mariée
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRY