Nicolas Dings’ sculptures are on the border between visual art and folk art with their completely different aesthetics and functionality. It is precisely in these artistic expressions that large and small contrasts can often be found between banality and sublimity, between beauty and ugliness, good and evil. The motifs in his work are often derived from the visual language of the Renaissance. Using diverse materials such as bronze, ceramics, wood, plastic and textiles, he connects the material and the symbolic in a contemporary way. In doing so, he creates hiw own, often humorous universe with plenty of room for the viewer’s associations.
Sculptures
Nicolas Dings’ sculptures are on the border between visual art and folk art with their completely different aesthetics and functionality. It is precisely in these artistic expressions that large and small contrasts can often be found between banality and sublimity, between beauty and ugliness, good and evil. The motifs in his work are often derived from the visual language of the Renaissance. Using diverse materials such as bronze, ceramics, wood, plastic and textiles, he connects the material and the symbolic in a contemporary way. In doing so, he creates hiw own, often humorous universe with plenty of room for the viewer’s associations.
Works with black dots have been sold
Recent works 2024
Artemis, bronze glass h42cm
• Gargouille, aluminium gold leaf h56cm
• Loppersum madonna, ceramics steel h52cm
Composition for left hand, bronze ceramics h12cm ed 5
• Pendulum, bronze h57cm ed 3
oriole, bronze glass h29cm
clara, bronze glass h42cm
Works 2023
Teacher, alluminium glass and steel h72cm
white wolf, polyurethane h210cm
Jupiter, aluminium glass and steel h180cm
sugarman, aluminium copper steel h182cm
drunkenEngel
• mocking bird, bronze and ceramics h68cm
• flying doctor, bronze h184cm ed 5
weeping willow, bronze h76cm
mantelzorger
mountain
Works 2022
• la belle hollandaise, bronze and copper h122cm
• travelling salesman, bronze h185cm ed 7
• travelling salesman, bronze h185cm ed 7
Semper augustus, bronze steel h66cm
• tarantella, bronze h62cm
• lady of Efeze, bronze 56cm
• hortus conclusus, bronze polyester copper h102cm
• ambassadors, bronze h36cm
magnolia, bronze h84cm ed 3
• Naturalists, bronze ceramics, different dimensions
Works 2021
• Civic guard, bronze steel h42cm
• bella ciao, bronze steel h48cm
• clara, ceramics and steel h39cm
• march hare, bronze h118cm
• flying deer, bronze h142cm
• handsome knight, resin h52cm
• schubert in love, bronze h38cm
• polish bride, bronze h40cm
• hello goodbye, bronze h16cm
reflection, bronze h22cm
Works 2020
• pagoda 1, ceramics h26cm
• pagoda 2, ceramics h26cm
• equilibrium, bronze h34cm
• caterpillar, ceramics, bronze h162cm
• hathor, rasin, ceramics, silk h47cm
• mother and child, rasin h22cm
• pagoda, ceramics h34cm
• royal family 1, ceramics h22cm
• royal family 2, ceramics h22cm
• piëta, bronze, cottom, gold h18cm
Works 2019
• hand luggage, bronze, steel h38cm
• platonic solids, bronze h23cm
• bird on a wire, bronze, copper h22cm
• hare on a hot tin roof, rasin, copper h147cm
• basket of deplorables, bronze, various h66cm
• broken english, ceramics h32cm
• the bomb, painted bronze h82cm
• saxifraga urbium, bronze, linen h22cm
• after joseph beuys, bronze h22cm
• the arnolfini marriage, bronze h36cm
Works 2018
• Chanson d’amour, bronze h52cm
• trojan horse, bronze, marble, steel h37cm
• mother and child, bronze h55cm
• dress for elisabeth, bronze h55cm
• maison des cartes, steel, bronze, silkscreen h120cm
• artemis, bronze, ceramics, gold h38cm
• suzy wan, bronze, steel h42cm
spinoza army, bronze h22cm ed 60
• eat me drink me, rasin h82cm
• sister of mercy, bronze, ceramics h42cm
Works 2017
• bright of spring, ceramics h66cm
• a capella, bronze h172cm ed 5
• coal miners daughter, rasin, steel h168cm
• hunter, bronze h66cm
royal family, bronze h77cm
• royal family 2, bronze h69cm
• movers and shakers, bronze h36cm
• big chief, bronze h69cm
• piëta, bronze, cotton h67cm
• indian bride, ceramics h66cm
Works 2016
• Kingfisher, bronze tin h34cm ed 2
• Twist and shout, bronze h48cm
• Transistor, bronze, h116cm
• Dwaallicht, bronze, various, h106cm
• Pepper and salt, bronze, h46cm
The winner takes it all, bronze and steel, h82cm
• Trojan horse, bronze, h62cm
• Balancing act, bronze, h49cm
• Silver fleet, aluminum, h56cm
• Saint Eustache, bronze, h52cm
Works 2015
• Tomboy, bronze, h178cm
• Sebastian, bronze and pencils, h48cm
• Shooting piece, bronze, h44cm
• blue tit, bronze and feathers, h28cm
• Cellar piece, bronze, h64cm
• Tulip tower, bronze, h68cm
• Fools gold, bronze and tin, h66cm
• Mountain, bronze and paper, h62cm
• Hendrickje Stoffels, bronze and silk, h42cm
• Rear admiral, bronze, h120cm ed5
Works 2014
• Farmer’s silver, bronze glass, h54cm
• Sleeper, bronze steel, h67cm
• Ghost rider, ceramics, h49cm
• Green serpent, bronze, h122cm ed7
• Holy family, resin, h72cm
• Shooting piece, bronze, h44cm
• Classroom, bronze, h35cm
• Talk is cheap, bronze glass, h54cm
• Traveling salesman, bronze, h108cm ed5
• Orbis pictus, bronze and steel, h56cm
Works 2013
• Blue bucket, bronze, h72cm
• Las meninas, bronze and oil paint, h34cm
• Ghost rider, ceramics and various, h48cm
• Mr. and mrs. Andrews, bronze, h52cm
• Talk is cheap, bronze painted, h66cm
• Ghost rider, ceramics and glass, h48cm
• Show don’t tell, bronze painted, h42cm
• Ship of fools, bronze, h162cm
• Ex voto, bronze, h35cm
