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 :
- Netherlands (the) :
- 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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76 Artworks
Gustavsen Karl
Couture
70 x 70 cmUSD 2,450Gustavsen Karl
Joy
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Black party
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Gustavsen Karl
Bozaka
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Yellow
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Cover magazine
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Woman with lipstick
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Glam
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Rose attitude
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Orange Circus
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Gustavsen Karl
Art deco lipstick
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Robot
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Ambre
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Les yeux bleus
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Buste au chapeau rose
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Radieuse
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Gustavsen Karl
Jongleuse
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Gustavsen Karl
En terrasse
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Gustavsen Karl
Naomi
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Absinthe
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
So Chic
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Corail
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Red Lipstick
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Gustavsen Karl
Black smoking
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Baigneuse
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Gustavsen Karl
Purple couture
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Gustavsen Karl
Blue gray
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Gustavsen Karl
Saint-Tropez
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Gustavsen Karl
Haute-Couture
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Gustavsen Karl
La baigneuse noire
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
My circus
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Terracotta
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Winter Night
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
English pub
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Cocktail
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Attitude
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Gustavsen Karl
Blue circus
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Miami
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Le marin
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Gustavsen Karl
Love circus
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Gustavsen Karl
Pretty Girl
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Au soleil
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Gustavsen Karl
Make-up
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Carla
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Mademoiselle
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Amour toujours
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Lola
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Erick
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Jade
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Petite robe noire
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Emma
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Fitness
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Louisa
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
Rose
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Hello mister
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Gustavsen Karl
My little circus
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Gustavsen Karl
Je t'aime
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Gustavsen Karl
Night and day
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Gustavsen Karl
Pink
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Gustavsen Karl
Marie
19 x 19 cmUSD 275