Sculpture titled "Mantis" by Artūras Tamašauskas, Original Artwork, Stainless Steel

Mantis (2020) Sculpture by Artūras Tamašauskas

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Sculpture, Stainless Steel / Metals on Metal

Artworks classification

One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 35.4in, Width 22.8in / 2.60 kg
Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
Categories Sculptures under $20,000 Surrealism

The Praying Mantis. A fantastic insect. I created it using Moskvitch tail lights and fragments of bicycles, car radio antennas and other parts that I found. The shape of the Praying Mantis’s body and its aggressive appearance are very effective and a favourite subject for many artists. It captivated me as well. My favourites are the beetles and insects sculpted by Edouard Martinet. I admire his creativity and his amazing technique.
Parts used:
Body – Moskvitch 408 tail light, metal furniture leg, aluminium sheet
Head – Moskvitch 412 turn signal light, radio antennas, bicycle emblem, serving dish
Legs – car antennas, 5 mm rod, bicycle chainring elements, mechanisms from a Raketa vacuum cleaner.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Stainless Steel

Sculpture Technique using a metallic alloy making it shiny and not very sensitive to corrosion.

Metals

Sculpture technique using metal, generally malleable, ductile and light-reflecting material.

Surrealism

Founded in 1923 by the writer André Breton, it will unite many artists like Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Max Ernst, René Magritte (1898-1967), Victor Brauner (1903-1966). Influenced by psychoanalysis, they see psychic life as a new field for renewing the arts. They will develop new ways to create and use new materials.

Technic Sculpture

Sculpture is an artistic activity which consists of designing and producing shapes in volume, in relief, either in the round (statuary), in high relief, in low relief, by modeling, by direct carving, by welding or assembly. The term sculpture also designates the object resulting from this activity.

Artūras Tamašauskas

Lithuania

Artūras Tamašauskas is a "Steampunk" Lithuanian sculptor. His sculptures are exceptional, each unique and distinctive. Tamašauskas describes his[...]

Artūras Tamašauskas is a "Steampunk" Lithuanian sculptor. His sculptures are exceptional, each unique and distinctive. Tamašauskas describes his sculptures as concrete, clear and at the same time asking them to look for what is invisible to the eye and to think about them. They are like living interior elements.

Tamašauskas is using the most diverse materials for work starting from wares, antiquarians and ending with rubbish that is useless. He is transforming an item that was thrown and useless, giving it the opportunity to exist in a new shape, in a new form, new existence in artistic expression. Steampunk style lovers from Lithuania, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Poland, USA and Australia have some of his works in their private collections.

Artūras Tamašauskas was born in 1963, in Lithuania, and he has exhibited his works all across the country.