Alexander Augustus is part of a new generation of artists who create operatic installation works that are comprised of meticulously made elements, using classic methods: bronze-casting, woodblock, textiles, metalwork, film and theatre, combined with digital media such as CAD and 3D modelling. Trained in anthropology, archaeology and art history, before training as an artist in America and then at Central St Martins in London, his work is essentially a coming-together of ideas with processes of making. Founder of the prominent The Bite Back Movement, with South Korean artist Seung Youn Lee, over the last six years he has organised large-scale events and exhibitions in the UK, Germany, France, and South Korea. Augustus has engaged with issues of our times. In 2013, a solo exhibition at Somerset House in London, titled ‘A Dangerous Figure’, dealt with the alienation and despair of young unemployment. Covered by Art Monthly and Frieze Magazine among others, and registered in the archive of the National Portrait Gallery in London, ‘A Dangerous Figure’ brought focus to a contemporary tragedy. The bronzes in the recent exhibition at Beaux Arts, in Mayfair London, are ‘Dangerous Figures’, a continuation of that body of work. More recently, his work has engaged with various types of modern mythology, and the imagery that this evokes. Large-scale works in metal in Berlin, permanent steel sculptures in Seoul, and installation work streamed into Tate Modern, are interesting examples of this mythological exploration. He lives and works in London and Berlin. Augustus has been in group exhibitions with prolific living artists such as Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Oksang Lim and Nan Goldin, old Masters including Henry Moore, Elizabeth Frink, David Bomberg, Jacob Epstein, Walter Sickert, and exciting contemporary artist such as Lu Yang and Wan Lee.
Final submission #superherochallenge2020 *Harsh but fair, and a little mad, you should stick to the rules when Granny Purl is around. Purl is a tough old Granny from the Scottish Highlands! Whilst isolating safely at home, this super Granny is busy protecting the rest of the world from petty criminals and nasty con-men using "wooly-kinesis". Feeling helpless and alone, Purl sat in her armchair looking at the knitting supplies in the shop window opposite. With no one to help her shop, she focussed her mind and realised she was able to make the wool float! Since that day she has used her expert speedy knitting to make phantom fighters to attack the bad guys, and run the occasional errand! @artheroes #3dcharacter #zbrush #cg #marmosettoolbag #artwork #digitalart #characterturntable #hero #zbrushtuts #zbrushsculpt #knitting #covid19 #coronavirus #stayhome #granny https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2syampU_Z/?igshid=zbjqyad577st
Day 5 *WIP* for #superherochallenge2020 - Granny Purl is a kickass grandma from the Scottish Highlands who controls wool with her mind. Knitting nets around the enemy and making woolly monsters to rip them apart! #artheroes #3dmodel #superhero #grandma #granny #knitting #alexanderaugustus (at Brighton) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAx_ciTJMgv/?igshid=1l220b7rksb57
