About Alex AG and Tactylism
Tactylism is a completely new direction in art, focusing on the most abstract and primal sense – the sense of touch. The visual form of AG’s sculpture is inspired by Neolithic aesthetics, informed by the artist’s encounters with archeology.
Tactile sculptures are objects to be experienced while held in hand. The entire surface of the object is carefully crafted to tell the story read with fingers. The sensation induced by tactile sculptures is a combination of complex surface finish with the composition of simple figurative form, created as a direction for the fingers travelling the surface and intentionally shaped for the prevalence of the tactile composition over visual. The process of finishing the surface is more laborious than carving the actual sculpture’s shape.
These sculptures are meant to be a personal item, owned and enjoyed by a single individual. They all are sized for being an easy-to-carry object, accompanying its owner. Holding and handling them has a calming effect and helps in mindfulness practice. The sculptures are created to be exceptionally sturdy and are unlikely to break if dropped. While one may choose the sculpture based on its appearance, the artist invites you to focus on the way the object feels. Visually, the tactile sculptures collection includes a large variety of forms based on various animal and human shapes.
Due to their nature, tactile sculptures are the most personal form of art objects in existence. Not only they are not designed for a public exhibitions, their shape also is so intimately connected to the feel of the surface that even their appearance cannot be adequately reproduced by the means of photography or video.
Essentially it’s the first time in recorded history, when art made a leap of the size and significance of opening a new sense for art experiences.
HOW ARE THEY MADE?
Tactile art is created by a complex multi-step process of preparing, shaping and re-surfacing the rock…
Each piece is undergoing a rigorous long process of creation, starting from acquiring the stones and ending with hours of fine perfecting.
First the general shape is discovered in the piece of rock and the general shape is created. After that the surface is carefully crafted to tell the story and to create a unique sensation. Then there is a process of perfecting it.
HOW DO THEY WORK?
The tactile sculptures are created to be a personal item, owned and enjoyed by a single individual. They all are sized for being an easy-to-carry object, accompanying its owner on a regular basis. Holding and handling them has a calming effect and helps the thought process. The sculptures are created to have a very small chance of being broken even if dropped. While one may choose the sculpture based on its appearance, it’s suggested by AG to focus on how the object feels first. Nevertheless, the tactile sculptures collection includes a large variety of forms, mostly based on various animal shapes. Due to their nature, tactile sculptures are the most personal form of art objects in existence. Not only they are not designed for a public exhibitions, their shape also is so intimately connected to the feel of the surface that even their appearance cannot be adequately reproduced by the means of photography or video.
Bio
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Eastern European origin, most of his life a New Yorker. Alex AG excelled in virtually any form of visual art, ranging from painting to NFTs for digital art. After years of search he made stonemasonry his chosen media and propelled it into a completely new realm of sculpture created for tactile perception, inspired by his many years of creating and exhibiting visual art and past experience in archeology.
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SPIRITUAL COMPONENT
Besides the obvious tactile pleasure and calming properties, these sculptures are objects of spiritual content, connected to the concept of a personal totem. These sculptures are created by AG as empty vessels, designed to build over time a link with the person, who owns them and attuned specifically to the owner’s energy and needs. As such, the tactile sculptures are capable of storing energy and releasing it, when needed.
Their purpose may be shaped for a specific goal by the owner: for instance, to promoting inner balance, improving interactions with others or protecting from the negative influences.
This form of art is meant to touch the most original and pure parts of one’s personality and become for its owner much more than a collectible art: a companion, a tool, a constant reminder of beauty and balance in the Universe.