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Ichwan Noor

Ichwan Noor (Born 1963) is active/lives in China.  Ichwan Noor is known for Sculpture.

Ichwan Noor is an Indonesian artist renowned for his captivating and fantastical sculptures involving human, animal and technological forms. Noor was trained at the School of Visual Art at the Indonesia Institute of the arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta, and became a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Yogyakarta.

Having exhibited and achieved international recognition for his three-dimensional sculptures, skillfully constructed out of a diverse range of materials, such as bronze, aluminum, stainless steel and resin, Noor has carved a unique dialectic in the genre of sculpture. The artist’s experimentation has led him to create astoundingly transformational works. Importantly, his exploration into automobile-based sculptures came into fruition in 2011, when he began an ongoing series involving iconic components of 1953 vintage Volkswagen Beetles – arguably one of the most recognizable four-wheelers, reconfigured into new forms including cubes and spheres.

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Ichwan Noor is an Indonesian artist renowned for his captivating and fantastical sculptures involving human, animal and technological forms. Noor was trained at the School of Visual Art at the Indonesia Institute of the arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta, and became a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Yogyakarta.

Having exhibited and achieved international recognition for his three-dimensional sculptures, skillfully constructed out of a diverse range of materials, such as bronze, aluminum, stainless steel and resin, Noor has carved a unique dialectic in the genre of sculpture. The artist’s experimentation has led him to create astoundingly transformational works. Importantly, his exploration into automobile-based sculptures came into fruition in 2011, when he began an ongoing series involving iconic components of 1953 vintage Volkswagen Beetles – arguably one of the most recognizable four-wheelers, reconfigured into new forms including cubes and spheres.

The work, Beetle Sphere, in a bright red color, is one such piece from a collection that has been featured in several major international and private institutions in Indonesia, Australia, Germany, the United States, China, Sweden and beyond. Noor’s breathtaking transformation of the automobile has urged audiences the world over to redefine their perception of the object and has in turn, placed him at the forefront of Indonesia’s contemporary art scene.

First exhibited internationally in 2013 at Art Basel Hong Kong, the Beetle Sphere is a spectacle to behold, a fantastical creation that yields an instantly familiar, yet unrecognizable presence. In its unyielding, compressed state, the work presents to audiences a curious task -- to interpret each dexterously executed curve, tuck and dent. The audience may imagine the malleability of the car, visually unfolding the piece in their minds, like the delicate unraveling of a crunched up piece of paper. In a moment’s notice, the viewer is acquainted with an uncanny impression as he or she reconstructs its compact shape and is left confounded by the artist’s construction process. It is this immediate response to the distinctive rotundness of the globally successful design that attracted Noor to use the Volkswagen cars as medium in the first place.

The result of Noor’s techniques of manipulation and substitution is a flawless masterpiece that attests to his painstakingly arduous artistic process.


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