Anthony Rundblade is a contemporary sculptor and installation artist whose work engages with the principles of the grotesque. His work uses a wide range of materials and processes to construct the estrangement of familiar forms. He often draws on everyday objects, and through repetition, inversion, and distortion, pushes them beyond their expected logic. He works with synthetic and industrial materials, including urethane, polyester resin, fiberglass, concrete, body filler, and chain.
By combining found and fabricated elements, Rundblade creates sculptures and installations that complicate the perception and recognizability of familiar forms. While the surfaces of his works are often carefully crafted, their edges are sometimes left rough, frayed, or damaged, forcing together levels of control and deterioration. The work carries a dry, dark humor alongside a quiet sense of unease. Recognizable forms are imitated, altered, or displaced through matrix-based processes, complicating the distinction between the natural and the uncanny. Through subtle shifts in form and context, Rundblade allows the opposing forces of attraction and repulsion to resist equilibrium.