Category Archives: Art

Mesmerizing Architecture Drawings Look Like Geometric Mazes | My Modern Met

By Margherita Cole on August 21, 2021 Using only a pen on paper, Benjamin Sack captures fantastical metropolises that are entire worlds in and of themselves.   Cities, both past and present, are creative muses for many artists. However, while … Continue reading

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“How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle” | Hok Young Kim

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Angle of Repose – Gallery Installation

Angle of Repose is about the hidden ice in rock glaciers and their importance as slow-release water sources for down-valley ecosystems. A rock glacier looks to me as a human like a pile of sand would look to an ant. … Continue reading

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Books Given a New Life As Nature-Inspired Paper Sculptures | My Modern Met

By Arnesia Young on August 15, 2021 From the worn covers come butterflies, fungi, florals, and more.   A love of nature can bring a wealth of joy and a newfound appreciation for the wonder and beauty in life. That … Continue reading

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Ducks, Otters, and Other Wildlife Plunge into Water in Intricate Split-View Embroideries | Colossal

AUGUST 13, 2021 GRACE EBERT Fiber artist Megan Zaniewski sends delicate air bubbles rippling through her water-based embroideries that capture the momentum of ducks, turtles, and other wildlife as they dive into a pond or lake. Through a combination of knots … Continue reading

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Through Totemic Sculptures and Sound Art, Guadalupe Maravilla Explores the Therapeutic Power of Indigenous Ritual

In 1984, eight-year-old Guadalupe Maravilla left his family and joined a group of other children fleeing their homes in El Salvador. The Central American country was in the midst of a brutal civil war, a profoundly traumatic experience that’s left … Continue reading

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Installation at Tokyo’s National Art Center Made From Brochures of Pandemic-Related Cancelled Events | Spoon & Tamago

photos courtesy yuri yagi and NACT The global pandemic has hit the pause button on life. Everything that brought us together—art shows and festivals to trade shows and symposiums—have all been cancelled. But memorializing these events and re-contextualizing them as … Continue reading

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London-Based Illustrator Edward Luper’s 36 Views of the BT Tower

In the early 1830s, Katsushika Hokusai created 36 Views of Mt. Fuji. Images from the series would go on to becomes some of the most iconic images Japan has ever produced, their vast reach and influence being almost impossible to … Continue reading

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La Notte di S.Lorenzo (Video-poesia)

La Notte di S.Lorenzo E’ la notte di San Lorenzo e le stelle cadono copiose distruggendosi sulla stratosfera della terra. Ad ogni bagliore procurato da quella deflagrazione così lontana nella mia mente esplodono centinaia di pensieri randomici. Elettroni, pianeti, atomi … Continue reading

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Reflorestal by Maria Nepomuceno | The Portico Library

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