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Image 18” x 141/2” Framed £295 3-D edition of 90 Image 17” x 17” Framed £695
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T hey are tiny pieces of theatre – some figures being no more than 10mm in height – and there is a witty, tongue- in-cheek quality to them that never fails to raise a smile.
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Nic Joly, a new artist to Castle Galleries, juxtaposes his incredibly intricate and delicate pieces of art with rather more satirical subject matter and is never afraid to poke fun at himself or others. From his studio in
“I realised these creations were like small pieces of theatre, echoing theworld around us. I started to frame themup behind glass, and herewe are.”
Alresford, Hampshire, the sculptor uses as his starting point his incredibly dry sense of humour for the minuscule tableaux and you only have to study his inaugural spring collection for Castle Galleries to see how light-hearted irreverence permeates each piece. From the devil in a light bulb to a skier hurtling down a mountain of cocaine snow, Joly gains his inspiration from life and human transgression. His obsession with creat- ing such tiny masterpieces from intricately painted paper and cotton-wrapped
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SPRING 2014 FINE ART COLLECTOR
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