Nothing exists in a vacuum. An outdated thought augmented by new means—it performs itself out time and again in each aspect of society, tradition, know-how, and artwork. The balancing act between the novel and the acquainted is ever-present within the paintings of Hans Sures, a inventive director, designer, and illustrator primarily based in London.
He’s discovered the candy spot the place his artwork is recognizable, but difficult in approach, presentation, and subject material, leaning on Renaissance masters like Titian and da Vinci for stylistic inspiration.
Although his work is influenced by ’60s and ’70s motor tradition, the visible cues are from a special interval altogether, eradicating the viewer from a specific place in time. It’s fashionable but stays steeped in acquainted stylistic tropes, enabling it to transcend its timestamp.
Within the chiaroscuro of Gunkthe classic Harley-Davidson can feels as if it might have been produced by a time traveler from the 1500s; the cockeyed drift of the flat trackers in Triumph might have been circling the Colosseum in Rome on their fire-breathing iron steeds.
Together with his inventive use of brush strategies and the way in which he performs with an object’s transparency and surrounding area, Sures has formulated a novel recipe. His topics appear to exist in a number of instances and locations; they’re as a lot part of the area that surrounds them as they’re strong objects, as if all the things is simply the area between the atoms.
Sures is displaying us that they simply could also be one and the identical, simply as the dear metals that we excavate from the earth and remodel into bikes are constituted of the identical stuff as our flesh and blood.
Although Sures’ items have a tendency towards easier compositions and really feel a bit extra targeted than one thing just like the Sistine Chapel, it’s simple to think about that if Michelangelo had the chance to revere the inner combustion engine, works like these would have been the outcome.
This text first appeared in difficulty 26 of Iron & Air Journal, and is reproduced right here underneath license
Phrases by Gregory George Moore | Artwork by Hans Sures | hanssuresstudio.com | @hanssuresstudio
The chosen works depicted listed below are the property of Hans Sures Studio, together with Triumph, Untitled I, Ajax Metal One, Gunk and Drill for Simon.
