Valerie Huhn

Fingerprint-pinned sneakers: "Fingerprint-pinned Racing Spikes"

2012-16

The artistic collaboration of Kelly Bugden + Van Wifvat has produced a thought-provoking body of sculptures, paintings, and constructions. Nature, childhood memories, and everyday archetypes take shape in unexpected combinations of materials. The works emerged as the tactile and visual senses channeled the ritualistic power and materiality of selected artifacts. The resulting objects exist in a space between what they were originally and what they could become. A wheel, for example, is distorted as if seen through a prism. Their collaboration grew out of years of shaping materials into one-of-a-kind objects. Intuitively, the process of creating with their hands took an inward turn. Prism is a travelogue through memories and dreams, yielding abstract forms that capture moments of transformation. Van Wifvat grew up with eight siblings and studied sculpture and environmental design in Minneapolis at MCAD. In 1979, he opened a storefront art gallery to promote the work of local artists. The space featured printed materials—art books, periodicals, fanzines, and postcard’s. Wifvat moved to New York in 1983 to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons. In 1987, he co-founded Van Gregory & Norton design studio, specializing in convex mirrors and curtain hardware...

Fingerprints were once used as a symbolic action of pride, but in our society they have become a passive action—we are fingerprinted. We can use our fingerprints to unlock the data ...

‘I have created characters since I was a child. I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture. I do not have an intellectual proc...

Material: Ink, Acetate, Pins, Repurposed Banned Book "I stumbled upon this book while I was out in California, shortly after the end of a relationship. The title of this show is the...

This piece catches the attention of the viewer with its colorful, geometric, and abstract design.

Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Converse, Doodle is a dynamic C-Type print, sold in this size in an Edition...

Lizard Skin Shoe 13.0 x 7.0 x 4.0, 1.0 lbs Mixed Media Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Shoes can be an obsession and I have to admit I have many. This Lizard Skin Sho...

A marvelous sculpture of a Converse Chuck Taylor sneaker in Aluminum(?) or metal. A magnet does not adhere. It is hand welded or soldered and is monogrammed on the tongue, which is p...