Julie Hamisky: Transference

October 30 – December 20, 2024 514 West 28th Street, New York
  • Kasmin announces an exhibition of new sculpture by French artist Julie Hamisky. Immortalizing the most intricate details of the natural world, Hamisky continues to garner international recognition for her rigorous electroplating technique that belies the ephemeral forces of nature. In freestanding sculptures, mirrors, chandeliers, and fine jewelry, Hamisky’s transformative approach to casting organic matter preserves fleeting moments in time.

    Casting fresh flowers, produce, and other forms from nature, Hamisky captures the winding veins and ornate textures of her materials with an unparalleled delicacy and precision, preserving the natural state of beauty before it decays. Often using a 3D printer to dramatically manipulate the scale of her material, Hamisky further transforms her works through an oxidation process that produces an expressive range of colors. Introducing new technologies to an age-old process, Hamisky continues to expand the techniques she learned from years of working alongside her father and grandmother, the celebrated sculptors Kim Hamisky and Claude Lalanne.

    Hamisky’s “race against time,” as described by The New York Times, begins upon her selection of natural subject matter, such as a fresh poppy flower enlarged to nearly 8 feet high in La Géante (2024). Towering over its viewer, the petals and heart of the flower retain their original details while the stem winds downward, balanced by three banana leaves. In works such as Moi and Toi (both 2024), a pair of sculptures of desert candle flowers emerging from a bed of corn husk, Hamisky produces unexpected colors ranging from blue and pink when submerging the work into liquid at various temperatures. Hamisky’s colors deepen their affective force in works such as Cœur brûlant (Burning Heart), in which cordate radicchio leaves with a green patina surround small clouds of lilac flowers in colors determined by the heat of a blowtorch.

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  • Julie Hamisky Bloom, 2024 bronze and white marble 51 1/2 x 51 x 55 inches 130.8 x 129.5 x 139.7...
    Julie Hamisky
    Bloom, 2024
    bronze and white marble
    51 1/2 x 51 x 55 inches
    130.8 x 129.5 x 139.7 cm
  • Julie Hamisky Girasol mirror, 2024 electroplated copper and bronze 67 3/8 x 74 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches 171 x...
    Julie Hamisky
    Girasol mirror, 2024
    electroplated copper and bronze
    67 3/8 x 74 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches
    171 x 190 x 15 cm
  • Julie Hamisky Liana mirror, 2024 electroplated copper and bronze 61 3/4 x 59 x 4 inches 157 x 150 x...
    Julie Hamisky
    Liana mirror, 2024
    electroplated copper and bronze
    61 3/4 x 59 x 4 inches
    157 x 150 x 10 cm
    • Julie Hamisky, Wisteria mirror, 2024
      Julie Hamisky, Wisteria mirror, 2024
    • Julie Hamisky, Wisteria mirror, 2024
      Julie Hamisky, Wisteria mirror, 2024
  • “Once her subjects are selected,
    a kind of race against time begins.”
    The New York Times
  • Julie Hamisky Lustre, 2024 bronze, LED electrification 22 x 35 x 38 inches 55.9 x 88.9 x 96.5 cm
    Julie Hamisky
    Lustre, 2024
    bronze, LED electrification
    22 x 35 x 38 inches
    55.9 x 88.9 x 96.5 cm
    • Julie Hamisky, Moi, 2024
      Julie Hamisky, Moi, 2024
    • Julie Hamisky, Toi, 2024
      Julie Hamisky, Toi, 2024
  • Julie Hamisky La Géante, 2024 electroplated copper and bronze 93 3/4 x 41 1/2 x 35 inches 238.1 x 105.4...
    Julie Hamisky
    La Géante, 2024
    electroplated copper and bronze
    93 3/4 x 41 1/2 x 35 inches
    238.1 x 105.4 x 88.9 cm
  • Julie Hamisky Still Life, 2024 electroplated copper, bronze and brass 23 1/4 x 8 x 7 1/2 inches 59.1 x...
    Julie Hamisky
    Still Life, 2024
    electroplated copper, bronze and brass
    23 1/4 x 8 x 7 1/2 inches
    59.1 x 20.3 x 19.1 cm
  • Julie Hamisky Arbolito, 2020 electroplated copper and brass, gold plated 8 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 inches 22.5 x...
    Julie Hamisky
    Arbolito, 2020
    electroplated copper and brass, gold plated 
    8 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 inches
    22.5 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm
  • Julie Hamisky Walking Flower, 2024 electroplated copper, gold plated 15 3/4 x 10 x 9 inches 40 x 25.4 x...
    Julie Hamisky
    Walking Flower, 2024
    electroplated copper, gold plated
    15 3/4 x 10 x 9 inches
    40 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm
  • About the Artist

    Julie Hamisky
    Photo by Clara Ipparraguire

    Julie Hamisky

    Julie Hamisky (b. 1975) suspends the delicacies of nature in time with her singular electroplating technique. Born in Fontainebleau and raised in the countryside south of Paris, she learned to work with plaster as a teenager in the studio of her father, sculptor Kim Hamisky. She began her art studies in Paris at the ESAG Penninghen School and the ATEP École d’Art et de Communication Visuelle, and during a formative year in Michoacán, Mexico, she studied lost-wax casting, traditional goldsmithery, jewelry, and blacksmithing under renowned sculptors James Metcalf and Ana Pellicer. She returned to France in 1999, where she worked in the studio of her grandparents, the celebrated French artist duo Les Lalanne. She lives and works in Montreuil, France, a growing artists’ hub south of Paris.
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