Freedom... (Origami 2024)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,924
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Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,924
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,579
Print - 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$335
Fine Art Drawings - 136 x 123 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.5 x 48.4 inch
$5,493
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$953
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$73 $55
Sculpture - 26 x 19.5 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.7 x 2.2 inch
$673
Sculpture - 26 x 19.5 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.7 x 2.2 inch
$673
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.62 x 2 inch
$1,682 $841
Painting - 27 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,606
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$56
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,242
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$897
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$561
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$335
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
$2,386
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
$2,651
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
$2,651
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
$2,386
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,500 $2,975
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$56
Painting - 96 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$56
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$56
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$5,045
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,045
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$112
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,915
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$118
Painting - 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,606
Painting - 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,606
Sculpture - 38 x 33 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15 x 13 x 10.2 inch
$17,938
Fine Art Drawings - 145 x 127 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 57.1 x 50 x 0.4 inch
$8,072
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,615
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$785
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 52 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 20.5 inch
$583
Sculpture - 42 x 60 x 20 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 23.6 x 7.9 inch
$15,695
Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$409
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$191
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$191
Photography - 127 x 177.8 x 0.25 cm Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$1,794
Photography - 152.4 x 121.92 x 0.25 cm Photography - 60 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$1,626
Photography - 76.2 x 127 x 0.25 cm Photography - 30 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$1,233
Photography - 127 x 101.6 x 0.25 cm Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,289
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.25 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,065
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.25 cm Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,065
Photography - 66.04 x 99.06 x 0.25 cm Photography - 26 x 39 x 0.1 inch
$897
Photography - 101.6 x 81.28 x 0.25 cm Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$953
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 x 0.25 cm Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$785
Photography - 60.96 x 76.2 x 0.25 cm Photography - 24 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$673
Animals are often featured in news, sometimes in heartwarming tales of human and animal companionship and other times in heartbreaking stories of illegal trade and endangered species. Animals are even present in social sciences, especially thank to ethology (behavioural sciences of animals in their natural habitat). They have fascinated philosophers from Antiquity all the way through to today and they are even present in the medical realm, as the benefits of animal-assisted therapies have been scientifically proven.
The relationship between humans and animals is also taken into account in the politics, most notably when debating topics related to ecology, the protection of ecosystems and sustainable development. Thus, animals might be seen as a crucial indicator of humanity's concerns.
As well in these many sectors, animals are also very much present in the arts. A number of art museums have decided exhibitions to animals including the Cluny Museum in Paris and MoMA PS1 in New York. Whether simply a humble spectator in an 18th century painting or the central subject of a Courbet painting, animals are present throughout the history of art. From symbolic, to esthetic, to abstract, to animal drawings meant to simply record their appearance...all these representations have played a role in influencing artists and also how we characterise and think of individual animals.
Each civilisation has represented the animal on multiples supports (mosaics, metal, stone, bones, etc.) as seen on the Nerja cave wall paintings in Andalusia discovered in 1925. Animal iconography has had multiple purposes, varying according to the era and place. Bats, for example, are often used to represent death, fear or superstition in Western art, whereas the Chinese see them as a sign of happiness. The omnipresence of animals within cultures across the globe is probably down to the similarities between men and animal, a source of both fascination and fear.
In this selection, Artsper helps you to discover the beauty of the animal kingdom, its diversity, strength and fragility. Artists depict animals in a huge range of mediums: sculpture, painting, photographs, and drawings. Contemporary artists bring an original and poetic vision to their representations of the animals with whom we share our world.
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