Project Tag: Humanimals

SERGEI ISUPOV at Kasher | Potamkin

SERGEI ISUPOV at Kasher | Potamkin

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

May 1–16, 2015
KASHER|POTAMKIN
515 West 26th Street, New York, NY
PREVIEW OF FALL SOLO EXHIBITION
Becoming Human – Becoming Animal  

In 2015 Isupov returns to his iconic form of the Humanimal, a series of standing oversized figurines.
A sculptural surrealist, this group of four are the latest in Isupov’s lifetime series of transforming, anthropomorphic sculptures that explore human relationships by blending expression and gesture of the combined species.

The fall exhibition will build on the works shown in this spring preview at KASHER | POTAMKIN.

EVENTS

Leslie Ferrin and Andi Potamkin invite you for
BRUNCH & CONVERSATION
Sat, May 16, 11–1 at KASHER | POTAMKIN

ABOUT SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramic using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.

“Everything that surrounds and excites me is automatically processed and transformed into an artwork. The essence of my work is not in the medium or the creative process, but in the human beings and their incredible diversity. When I think of myself and my works, I’m not sure I create them, perhaps they create me.”

Isupov has a long international resume with work included in numerous collections and exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA), and the Erie Art Museum (PA), at which he presented selected works in a 20-year career survey Hidden Messages in 2017 and Surreal Promenade in 2019 at the Russian Museum of Art (MN).