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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70 Artworks
Gustavsen Karl
Cocktail
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Tokyo
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
So Chic
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Ambre
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Lola
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Marie
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Man in blue
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Mister Dogon
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Swim 2
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Buste moderniste
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Jade
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Pink
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Tom
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
La danse
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Tokyo
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Sofia
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Make-up
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Robot
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Black smoking
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Mademoiselle
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Red Lipstick
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Absinthe
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Naomi
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
My little circus
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Buste au chapeau rose
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Freesia with blue
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Bozaka
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Rose attitude
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Art deco lipstick
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Erick
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Black party
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Romy
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Lipstick
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Mademoiselle Cubiste
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Cover magazine
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Blue gray
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Rose
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Electric
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Pretty Girl
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Art déco
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Louisa
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
La baigneuse noire
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Terracotta
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Fitness
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Love circus
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Hello mister
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Constance
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Glam
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Amour toujours
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Cubist Head
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Yellow
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Circus
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Purple couture
36 x 36 cm5,880 CNYGustavsen Karl
Woman with a comb
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Make-up
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Corail
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Woman with lipstick
19 x 19 cm1,980 CNYGustavsen Karl
Petite robe noire
13 x 13 cm1,160 CNYGustavsen Karl
Joy
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNYGustavsen Karl
Miami
25 x 25 cm3,780 CNY