Cracking Art Group

What is the Cracking Art Group?

This Italian art movement includes artists from Italy, Belgium, and France who are known for creating public installations using recyclable plastic to craft massive animal sculptures. The artwork explores the rupture between the synthetic and natural worlds, with the plastic construction symbolizing the synthetic, and the animal forms representing the natural world.
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Gratful Dead Dancing Bear

William Sweetlove

Gratful Dead Dancing Bear, 2023

Sculpture / Object

Resin

USD 25,000

Water Warrior Red

William Sweetlove

Water Warrior Red, 2022

Sculpture / Object

Plastic

USD 320

Water Warrior Silver

William Sweetlove

Water Warrior Silver, 2022

Sculpture / Object

Plastic

USD 320

Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle

William Sweetlove

Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle, 2019

Sculpture / Object

Plastic

EUR 600

Cloned black elephant with watercans

William Sweetlove

Cloned black elephant with watercans, 2010-11

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

Currently Not Available

Cuban Cloned Penguin

William Sweetlove

Cuban Cloned Penguin, 2020

Sculpture / Object

Plastic

EUR 500

Cloned Chihuahua with shoes

William Sweetlove

Cloned Chihuahua with shoes, 2008

Sculpture / Object

Object

EUR 1,750

Cloned Marmot with Gold

William Sweetlove

Cloned Marmot with Gold , 2018

Sculpture / Object

Porcelain

Currently Not Available

Sunday Handbag

William Sweetlove

Sunday Handbag, 2016

Sculpture / Object

Bronze

EUR 9,900

African dog with shoes and water bottles

William Sweetlove

African dog with shoes and water bottles, 2011

Sculpture / Object

Resin

EUR 6,000 - 8,000

Cloned bronze bulldog with bottle water

William Sweetlove

Cloned bronze bulldog with bottle water, 2011

Sculpture / Object

Bronze

EUR 6,000

Cloned bronze marmot with bottle

William Sweetlove

Cloned bronze marmot with bottle, 2011

Sculpture / Object

Bronze

EUR 5,000

Cloned RED Aluminum FROG with backpack

William Sweetlove

Cloned RED Aluminum FROG with backpack, 2011

Sculpture / Object

Metal

EUR 1,400

Cloned aluminum Bouly with red head

William Sweetlove

Cloned aluminum Bouly with red head, 2009

Sculpture / Object

Metal

EUR 4,000

Cloned Hare with backpack

William Sweetlove

Cloned Hare with backpack, 2009

Sculpture / Object

Resin

EUR 10,000

Cloned Krocky with scarf

William Sweetlove

Cloned Krocky with scarf, 2009

Sculpture / Object

Resin

EUR 3,000

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Lowbrow

Lowbrow is a derogatory term that refers to certain forms of popular culture. It describes an art movement that began in Los Angeles in the 1970s. The term lowbrow originally refers to a person with little intellectual or refined taste. The Lowbrow art movement, also known as Pop Surrealism, blends elements of underground comics, punk music, hot rod culture, and other subcultures, often with a sense of humor and irony.

Pencil

A pencil is a writing and drawing tool with a core of solid pigment, typically graphite or colored, encased in a protective layer of wood or composite material. Pencils make marks on paper by transferring part of the core pigment onto the surface.

Brutalism

Brutalism is an architectural style from the 1950s and 60s characterized by the use of raw concrete to create block-like forms. This style was often applied in public housing and civic buildings, featuring massive geometric concrete facades.

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