First time I saw Gehard Demetz’s work was at SCOPE Basel in 2008. His work struck me as unique and of an incredible strength. The extraordinary craftsmanship he applies to his base of assembled wooden blocks amaze me as much today as when first seeing his work.

Over the last few years, Gehard Demetz, from the italian region called Tirol, has risen to international prominence. Not only as a result of his extraordinary skills as a wood carver… but also due to the selection of his sculptured objects: children.

His works are disturbing and attractive at the same time. Finished and unfinished. Beautiful and frightening. As far as contemporary wood sculptures go, I am yet …

Well, Gehard, how did your adventure start?

My interest in sculpture goes back to my childhood, when I was enchanted by those huge religious statues. In Val Gardena there is a consolidated artistic tradition of sculpting that goes back more than three hundred years. Everyone thinks this tradition of wood sculpture came from Poland. I spent the first six years of my training as a sculptor in the Art School in Selva, the village I was born in and where I live today. In 1996 I started teaching sculpture in the Sculpture School in Selva where I taught for ten years. During that time I concentrated on my development as an artist, following academic courses …

At the London Art Fair 2011 I was first introduced to the abstract works of Fiona Curran.

Fiona received her fine art masters from the Manchester Metropolitan University and is currently working on her PhD at the Slade School of Fine Art in London… which fortunately for us, doesn’t prevent her from creating some very fine art.

Fiona is also a finalist for the Guasch-Coranty International Painting Prize and has been Short Listed for the Abbey Painting Fellowship at The British School at Rome…

Fiona Curran. An abstract painter to keep on your radar!…