Regardt Van Der Meulen is a South Africa-based artist who creates fascinating sculptures that depict a fragmented and incomplete human body.
It doesn’t take long for the viewer to see what makes Meulen’s artwork special. He attacks the idea of the human condition in a poignant and profound way, visualizing the pain that many people feel on a daily basis.
Van Der Meulen’s works are usually in a state of disarray, being incomplete, missing limbs or parts of the torso, melting, or being torn by some mystical force. According to the artist, this should represent the “decay of human life but also the erosion of our surroundings.” He adds that visible vulnerability of one’s body isn’t just a representation of the physical but the mental as well.
“People habitually live with a misled sense of security, the illusion that our environment or civilization is dependable and static,” says Van Der Meulen. “Often times the dangers and violence of the current world we live in interrupts and the illusion of safety is exposed.”
Check out more of his works below.
