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Ida Ekblad and the garbage-born unicorn
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The sculpture above, Organ Invention, is the product of steel girders and a little bit of magic - the kind that up-cycles building materials into art. And through this, Ida Ekblad, Norwegian artist and poet, has demonstrated that she is someone who understands a unicorn may not come from glamorous origins, but that won't stop it from achieving fabulous ends!
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Unicorn sculptor runs to the great rainbows of the beyond
Oct 25, 2011 - 12:10
Monster sculptor dies
The artist Bruno Weber, best-known for his monumental concrete sculptures of monsters, has died at the age of 80.
A representative of the Bruno Weber Foundation said he died at home on Monday, surrounded by his family.
Weber’s colourful dragons, snakes, birdmen and unicorns were designed to be a “visionary counterworld” to the “concrete deserts” of highways and factories. They were inspired by eastern mythology and European fables as well as by his own imagination.
They can be seen in the artist’s Sculpture Park on the outskirts of his home town of Dietikon, not far from Zurich.
Weber and his wife lived in a house in the park which they designed themselves and which is also built in fantasy style.
Weber was born and grew up in Dietikon and studied at art school in Zurich. He later continued his art education in Italy, Greece and what was then Czechoslovakia.
He trained as a graphic artist, but switched exclusively to painting for 25 years, in a style he called “fantastic realism”.
He started the sculpture park in the 1960s, at the same time as his house. He was working on the Water Garden in the park until the end of his life. It is due to be inaugurated shortly.
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Switzerland may be known for peaceful ways and Edelweiss, but today we remember this Swiss artist for his unicorn sculptures. Shown here in this video, Bruno Weber lived in a castle, dreamt of a waterpark, and created a fence made of gargantuan dogs.
The unicorns bow their heads in reverence at this man's great work. Or, more accurately, they lift their heads high so they can see the next tall work he was developing.
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Broken Unicorn: New punk band or Archaeological identifier?
12th century wooden sculpture of Unicorn found
Udupi, Jun 14: A rare icon of mythical unicorn, believed to be of 12th or 13th century, has been found in Kalya near Nitte, in Karkala Taluk of Udupi district in Karnataka
According to S A Krishnayya and Prof T Murugesh, the sculpture is 29 cm in length, 18 cm in width and of seven cm in thickness. Left side front and rear leg is mutilated, but right side front leg is designed like an elephant leg, whereas rear one is like a bulls leg.
They said it has a horse face and suddenly looking like a horse but a composition of different animals. At the center of its head, there is broken unicorn which is a major symbol of this mythical animal.
It appears to be representing the fertility cult. Very interestingly the unicorn horse is found in the emblem of Sri Kshetra Dharmastala. Locally it is known as Naga Bermar, who was a fertility god.
Stylistically it belongs to 12th and 13th century. It is the only one of this kind found so far in the country. More than a dozen of wooden sculptures of unicorn bull are found at Mekkikatte and in Harappan civilisation, they added.
"At the center of its head, there is a broken unicorn which is a major symbol of this mythical animal."
It seems by looking at the forehead first, they probably would not have had to do all the rest of the analysis on this unicorn sculpture.
ARCHAEOLOGIST 1: I'm not certain what this ancient sculpture is. It has some odd appendages, and it's composed of many many animals!
ARCHAEOLOGIST 2: Yep, it's a unicorn. You can tell because there's a broken unicorn right there on its face.
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Unicornomics presents... Unicorn-Art-Mix, a unicorn-themed art show!
The awesome graphic above, courtesy of cartoonist and Center for Cartoon Studies alum Steve Seck, will be one of many works of art featured at the Unicorn-Art-Mix art show opening Friday, 8.12.11, in Phoenix, AZ, at Co+Hoots.
This family-friendly show will feature various works of art, from jewelry to sculpture to prints, featuring...well, unicorns, of course.
Why?
We have two reasons (as if we need even one!):
1. To raise money for the up-and-coming nonprofit Sailbear Labs, Inc. - 501(c)(3) pending - which assists kids in exploring creativity and the visual/entertainment arts, and
2. To celebrate the book release of the humorous how-to guide Raising Unicorns.
Want more details? Email our Community Enthusiast, Tonia Bartz, at tonia@unicornomics.com.
