Casper Braat

CASPER BRAAT, A CONTEMPORARY SCULPTOR, HAS ETCHED HIS NAME INTO THE ART WORLD WITH A UNIQUE AND CAPTIVATING APPROACH TO FORM AND MATERIAL. HAILING FROM THE NETHERLANDS, BRAAT HAS BECOME KNOWN FOR HIS ABILITY TO TRANSFORM ORDINARY MATERIALS INTO EXTRAORDINARY SCULPTURES THAT CHALLENGE PERCEPTIONS OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS.

 

CASPER'S ARTISTIC CREATIONS PORTRAY THE ORDINARY AS A FORM OF OPULENCE, REFLECTING A PROFOUND FASCINATION WITH THE PERVASIVE INFLUENCE OF CONSUMER SOCIETY.

 

REGARDLESS OF ONE'S GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, DAILY LIFE IS DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH CONSUMPTION. OUR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE PRIORITIZES CONVENIENCE ABOVE ALL, FUELED BY A RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF LUXURY AND AN INFATUATION WITH NOVELTY. DOMINATED BY BRANDS AND CORPORATIONS, OUR GLOBAL CAPITALIST CULTURE IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHAPED BY THESE FORCES.

 

CASPER'S SCULPTURES AND INSTALLATIONS EXALT THE MUNDANE BY PLACING COMMONPLACE ELEMENTS ON A PEDESTAL. CRAFTED FROM ENDURING MATERIALS, HIS WORK SEEKS TO IMMORTALIZE THE PRESENT-DAY EXCESSES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

 

CHARACTERIZED BY TECHNICAL PRECISION, METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND A SEAMLESSLY POLISHED AESTHETIC, CASPER'S SCULPTURES, INSTALLATIONS, AND FILMS PRESENT A SURFACE-LEVEL PERFECTION THAT SERVES AS A REFLECTIVE METAPHOR. BENEATH THIS FLAWLESS EXTERIOR LIES A STARK REPRESENTATION OF THE PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF OUR INDULGENT CULTURE, INVITING VIEWERS TO ANTICIPATE THE EVENTUAL RUPTURE OF THEIR SELF-REFLECTION.

 

EMPLOYING CLASSICAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HANDMADE CRAFTSMANSHIP, COUPLED WITH THE USE OF MATERIALS LIKE MARBLE AND GOLD, CASPER ELEVATES THE ORDINARY TO AN ICONIC STATUS. IT'S AN INVITATION TO EMBRACE OUR COMMERCIALIZED WORLD, ACKNOWLEDGING IMPERFECTIONS, IF ONLY FOR THE TIME BEING.

 

GUY HEPNER IS PLEASED TO OFFER A SELECTION OF UNIQUE AND LIMITED EDITION SCULPTURES FROM CASPER BRAAT. Please contact the gallery at info@guyhepner.com or +1 (212) 226-8680 for availability.