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L’affaire Olivier Duhamel
Vous avez sans doute appris récemment qu’un de mes homonymes, le politologue et intellectuel français Olivier Duhamel a récemment été accusé d’inceste.
Ça n’est pas moi, mais vous le saviez déjà.


Sculptoneroa
Maya will be displayed outdoor on Waiheke island as part of the Sculptoneoa 2020 exhibition

Jean Paul Kala
. Exposer deux artistes s’exprimant de la même façon sur le même sujet peut dévaloriser leur travail respectif aux yeux des visiteurs. Ça n’est pas si original que ça finalement, se dira-t-on.

A virtual gallery visit.
I have made a 3D virtual tour of one of my galleries, [ s p a c e ] art gallery on Waiheke Island in New Zealand.

Exhibition in Bangkok
Art by the metre on show at River City
Bangkok Post
In keeping with the notion small is beautiful, La Lanta Fine Art presents the “1 x 1 x 1” exhibition that features small artworks with less than 1m dimensions, at Galleria 4, 2nd floor of River City Bangkok, until Oct 13.

A low polygon.
Low polygon sculptures have become a genre of its own, The polygonal brutalist genre emerged after the second world war, particularly in the eastern block. Many examples are still exhibited in many cities and parks in Poland and the former USSR. It has since acquired its letters
of nobility…..

A New Roxie…
This one is an edition of 20 recently released.
At 60 cm tall (plus the base) she is spectacular.
To limit the weight, I have made it hollow and filled it with polyurethane expanding foam for added strenght.
You see her here mounted on a bare timber base. It can be painted in enamel of any colour…

Covid-19 contact tracing
we already have the infrastructure and technology to track and trace, quickly, cheaply and effectively. We are simply not taking advantage of it.

Forward slash, winner Parkin Prize 2020
The same typewriter character repeated to cover the same area of paper and titled with the same name “forward slash”.
These similarities are not similarities, they are the exact same thing. The entire work is an exact copy of an earlier work by another artist.
Is this an extraordinary coincidence or is this straight plagiarism?
Virtual Exhibition
An online virtual art exhibition of selected life drawings
Bungendore Wood Works – RETURNING and NEW Makers/Artists
RETURNING and NEW Makers/Artists
We are a fire, smoke and road closure Kings Highway affected business and we are doing the best we can, given these circumstances.
On behalf of all the Kings Highway Businesses, we sure would like to see more visitors and do appreciate the ones we have seen.
We will, and are continuing to source a diversity of furniture styles from new and returning makers who, by the very mature of what they are doing, are always struggling to make a go of it.

Women Philosophers
Women Philosophers
Dorothy Rogers
Hard cover
Illustrated with “The Thinkeress”


People’s Choice Awards
I am the winner of the Seattle Erotic Art Festival People’s Choice Awards.

Je mord
Question :
J’ai déjà vu ce type de réalisations…impression 3D… Découpe et fraisage 3D, à Carrare y en a plein. Ça existe depuis 20 ans… Aucun intérêt artistique mais plutôt une machine qui fait un travail. Une machine qui fraise fait toutes sortes de travaux… Pièce d’usinage rien d’autre… Aucun intérêt artistique…

My Studio
The studio of New Zealand sculptor Olivier Duhamel.
You are most welcome to visit my studio. I really enjoy showing people around. Give me call first to make sure I am at work. (I am most days, most of the time)



Bronze is solid
When you consider the destructive power of an atomic bomb and that of a tsunami, one obvious question immediately comes to mind…

Bronze casting manual
Bronze Casting Manual: Cast your own small bronze. A complete tutorial taking you step by step through an easily achievable casting project for professional sculptors and hobbyists. Paperback

De La Cire au Bronze
Ce guide détaillé illustre une méthode facile pour créer une petite sculpture en bronze par soi même et à peu de frais.

Ponsonby News
Many artists make sacrifices for their oeuvre and lead very frugal lives. Olivier is no
exception but he has a family to support so he goes down all sorts of other avenues
to generate extra income

Jeff Koons
The office manager of Jeff Koons LLC. in New York commissioned me to make and cast a series of sculptures for one of their project.

Body Casting Manual
A complete body casting tutorial explaining in details how to make a realistic, life size and very elegant plaster sculpture of someone’s torso (or any other body part.) Paperback – February 9, 2010