Snow II

Snow II

1999
Artist
Steven Gontarski, 1972
Born: Philadelphia, PA
Work Locations: London, England
Object
sculpture
Medium
Fiberglass and acrylic paint
Accession Number
2001.737
Credit Line
Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum
Steven Gontarski. Snow II. 1999. Fiberglass and acrylic paint. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum. 2001.737.
Dimensions
height: 75 in, 190.5000 cm; width: 24 in, 60.9600 cm; depth: 14 in, 35.5600 cm
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art

Although London-based artist Steven Gontarski's style is a sort of neo-Baroque, the materials and finishes of his work are distinctly futuristic. He began his career making figurative textile works, fluid, seamless forms built from wood, Perspex and wadding and coated in fabric or PVC. His current sculptures are painted fiberglass figures or busts presented in a pallet of rich metallic colors. These works are simultaneously natural and unnatural; realistic in detail (although usually over life-sized) and yet somehow contorted and irregular. The glossiness and fluidity of his sculpture seem to suggest the flow of movement frozen in time. Snow II represents the inspiration Gontarski finds in the motions and actions of snowboarders. 

© Steven Gontarski

Exhibition History
  • "Focus: The Figure"—Denver Art Museum, 08/09/2008 - 02/2011

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