KRIS KUKSI

     Sneak Peek

     Obscurity

        Detail

   

          Reticent Affair

       Detail

     The plague parade una quarta mocimiento 68'hx88'wx21'd 2013

     The plague parade una quarta mocimiento ( detail)

      Creation

      Eros at Play

       Sraphim

      The Expultion

                     From "Ode to Herculaneum"

     "Czarina Promenade" (detail)

                           "The Visitation" (detail)

                               
                                Churchtank Type 13 (Retired) mixed media assemblage  2013 35x15x37''
                              Mixing together his objects with a jeweller's touch from toy parts, plastic figurines and                                               detritus from model kits thet he obtains around the world

KUKSI is an american Artist was born in 1973. His creations are inspired on post industrial Rococo. He is a master arranging character and arquitecture in asymmetric composition around an Aura of drama. His works have been described as " a study in timelessness and inticacies , reminiscent of lost civilizations, deities and ruins"

Born March 2, 1973, in Springfield Missouri and growing up in neighboring Kansas, Kris spent his youth in rural seclusion and isolation along with a blue-collar, working mother, two significantly older brothers, and an absent father. Open country, sparse trees, and alcoholic stepfather, all paving the way for an individual saturated in imagination and introversion. His propensity for the unusual has been a constant since childhood, a lifelong fascination that lent itself to his macabre art later in life. The grotesque to him, as it seemed, was beautiful.

Kris Kuksi garners recognition and acclaim for the intricate sculptures that result from his unique and meticulous technique. A process that requires countless hours to assemble, collect, manipulate, cut, and re-shape thousands of individual parts, finally uniting them into an orchestral-like seamless cohesion that defines the historical rise and fall of civilization and envisions the possible future(s) of humanity. Each sculpture embodies the trademarks of his philosophy and practice, while serving as a testament to the multifaceted nature of perception – From timeless iconic references of Gods and Goddess, to challenging ideas of organized religion and morality, to the struggle to understand, and bend, the limits of mortality. None is omplete without a final and brilliant touch of satire and rebuke all conceived in the aesthetic essence of the Baroque fused with the modern day industrial world.

In personal reflection, Kris feels that in the world today much of mankind is oftentimes frivolous and fragile, being driven primarily by greed and materialism. He hopes that his art exposes the fallacies of Man, unveiling a new level of awareness to the viewer.