Coarse

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Exhibition of designer toys by the artist duo Coarse at the Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago , 2008.

The two German illustrators and designers Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk publish their artistic work in the areas of character design and designer toys under the name Coarse ( English for coarse , rough ) .

history

Landwehr did not enjoy any classical artistic training, but began his work in the field of illustration under the name Coarse as an autodidact . In 2003 he converted his illustrations from the field of character design into three-dimensional sculptures and made them first in Hamburg and later in Hong Kong . As early as 2004, the US sports shoe manufacturer Vans became aware of Landwehr's Designer Toys, especially his series of sculptures “Flake and Fluid”. These are stylized sculptures made of fiberglass and synthetic resin , some of which are life-size depicting two melancholy looking young men, dressed in streetwear from the skateboarding and surfing scene and bared torsos. A resulting cooperation with Vans gave Coarse international attention early on. In 2008, the Hanover- born, studied communications designer, Waschk Landwehr, joined and in 2013 they both moved to Los Angeles , where they have since run their own studio and gallery under the common name Coarse. In addition to working with Vans, Coarse has entered into numerous collaborations with very different partners, including the IKEA furniture company , for whom Coarse designed a designer toy. In 2014, Coarse worked with Amnesty International on a charity project for which a series of "freedom candles" were developed, which initially represented symbols of oppression but when burned revealed symbols of hope.

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Coarse's work runs through “the duo's characteristic sculptural style with sharp edges and smooth lines, which gives the figures a kind of uncanny CGI quality.” In addition to the human and exclusively male figures, Coarse repeatedly publishes anthropomorphic sculptures, including owls and raccoons and fish. In terms of motifs, the duo concentrates on "narrative sculptures that tell stories about sexual identity , fear of transience and relationships that break apart."

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017 Past / Present , Everyday Mooonday Gallery, Seoul
  • 2016 Cold Ways - Nights that haunt the past , Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago
  • 2014 Prisoners Beside Me , Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago
  • 2014 Voyages , Diesel Art Gallery, Tokyo
  • 2010 Glimpse of Truth , Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago
  • 2008 Noop Show , Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago
  • 2003 Plastic Particles , Adidas Flagship Store , Berlin

Awards (selection)

Awards

  • 2017: Designer Toy Awards - Best Vinyl & Plastic Toy, Best Non-Plastic Toy
  • 2016: Designer Toy Awards - Community Choice Artist of the Year
  • 2014: Designer Toy Awards - Outstanding Production, Best Vinyl, Community Choice Toy of the Year

Nominations

  • 2019: Designer Toy Awards - Artist of the Year, Toy of the Year, Best Vinyl & Plastic, Best Non-Plastic
  • 2018: Designer Toy Awards - Best Vinyl & Plastic, Best Non-Plastic, Community Choice Artist of the Year, Community Choice Toy of the Year
  • 2017: Designer Toy Awards - Toy of the Year

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Budnitz: I Am Plastic, Too. The next generation of designer toys . Abrams, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-8109-8887-3 , pp. 301 .
  2. ↑ Matthias Hübner: Dot Dot Dash: Designer Toys, Action Figures and Character Art . Die Gestalten Verlag , Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89955-161-3 , p. 9 .
  3. ↑ double take on the sly fox. August 21, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  4. ^ Artist duo Coarse designs "freedom candles" for the benefit of Amnesty International. April 17, 2014, accessed November 18, 2019 .
  5. ↑ English : "The exhibition displays the pair's signature sculpting style of sharp edges and smooth lines that gives the fiberglass and resin figures a kind of uncanny CGI quality." ( Rob Wilkes: On Coarse for Trouble - A perilous rowing boat journey and an odd love triangle are among duo's sculptural tales. In: . We Heart Magazine December 18, 2014, accessed on August 26, 2019 . )
  6. ↑ English : “Their work evolved from three-dimensional illustrations into narrative-driven sculptures that tell stories about sexual identity, fear of time passing, and relationships falling apart.” ( Coarse: About Coarse. In: Coarselife. Accessed on August 26th 2019 . )
  7. ^ TTC Beard: New Coarse 'Past / Present' Show in Seoul. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Cold Ways - Nights that haunt the past. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Hugo Hess: Prisoners Beside Me. January 3, 2015, accessed on November 18, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Rob Wilkes: A perilous journey rowing boat and an odd love triangle are among duo's sculptural tales. December 18, 2014, accessed November 18, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Eugene Kan: Coarse "Glimps of Truth" Exhibition Recap. July 17, 2010, accessed November 18, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ruano L .: Noop show by Coarsetoys. September 13, 2008, accessed November 18, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Washio Tomoyuki: Plastic Particles. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  14. ↑ 2017 Designer Toy Awards. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  15. ↑ 2016 Designer Toy Awards. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  16. ↑ 2014 Designer Toy Awards. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  17. ↑ 2019 Designer Toy Awards. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  18. ↑ 2018 Designer Toy Awards. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
  19. ↑ 2017 Designer Toy Awards. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .