I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like. And I like Remell’s Subculture Sculptures a lot. Remell has molded some of the most uncannily life-like sculptures I have ever seen. Life-like not so much in that they look like real people. In fact they look much more like 3d cartoons. But life-like in that you wouldn’t be surprised if one of his figures looked up at you and started talking.

Remell brings a reality to his creations that is uncanny in the truest sense of the word. They are both familiar and foreign. They’re still, but have a certain dynamism about them. But perhaps most importantly, they convey a nostalgia for a British society that has passed away in the era of New Labour and globalization. Remell captures this era without a trace of reactionary politics. He merely yearns for an age when America was not the world.

But Remell also shows an appreciation of a bygone era of American culture. Witness this Tiki sculpture. Even it has a life-like character. This guy looks like he’s about to pour you a drink and ask you about your problems. He would be equally at home in a swinging bachelor pad and a small child’s nursery.

Finally, I have to say- I love Remell’s Gollies. I don’t know if Remell is Black or what, and frankly, I don’t care. His sculptures show a reverence for Black Americana, and a profound understanding of the form. Anyone offended by this is a Philistine of the highest order. These are beautiful homages to a lost American art.

Remell can be contacted through his MySpace. Get yourself some art.