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Massive Cardboard Installations by Isabel and Alfredo Aquizilan Investigate Migration and Community
Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan work as a husband and wife team primarily in the medium of cardboard. Their soaring installations fill gallery spaces, reaching from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. The duo’s massive sculptural works are comprised of miniature … Continue reading
Watercolor Paintings of Imagined Trash Structures Packed With Advertising by Alvaro Naddeo
Brazilian artist Alvaro Naddeo‘s watercolors imagine a dystopian world left in ruin by overconsumption and littered with the branding and logos of the past. Store walls, rusted out vehicles, and arcade machines gain new value as building materials and are … Continue reading
Jarring Juxtapositions of Prosperity and Conflict by Uğur Gallenkuş
Turkish artist Uğur Gallenkuş uses split images to emphasize the grave differences between war-torn countries and privileged, peaceful societies. Gallenkuş often specifically references Western visual culture in his juxtaposed images, such as Christian iconography of the Madonna and child, and the … Continue reading
When It Breaks It Burns – ColetivA Ocupação Bring Brazilian Political Activism to Moss Side — THE PLAY’S THE THING
“Let’s occupy the schools. Let’s occupy the streets. Let’s occupy the theatres. Let’s occupy everything.” ColetivA Ocupação is a collective group of students from various districts of São Paulo. Their lives were drastically altered by the high school occupations of … Continue reading
Javier Riera CGAC
Javier Riera Published on 2 Oct 2018 Intervención en los jardines de Bonaval (Installation at Bonaval Gardens)/ CGAC (Galician Centre for the Contemporary Arts)/ septiembre-octubre 2018. vídeo: josue.juarez.ruiz
Beaded Images of Disease Explore the Impact of Colonial Trade
In her series Trading, Saskatchewan-based artist Ruth Cuthand creates a visual metaphor that outlines how early settler/Native relationships influenced First Nation people’s living conditions and wellbeing in Canada. The colorful works are created from beads which were traded by European settlers for furs in … Continue reading
An Endlessly Looping Path of Water Rushes Over Gallery Walls and Floors
In Lupanar, an installation by French artist Nicolas Tourte, water flows on a never-ending path over the floor, walls, and ceiling of an art gallery. Displayed in a darkened room, the slithering 130-foot route shows a continuous video loop, which … Continue reading
Imaginative Botanical Ceramics Invent New Fruits and Flowers
Ceramic artist Kaori Kurihara’s textured ceramics reference familiar botanicals like durian, cauliflower, and bananas, while maintaining an otherworldly element of surprise. The artist adds organic details like articulated fronds and streaked or dimpled skin by hand, while working in part from … Continue reading
The Amazing Sculptures of Ron Mueck
mjsoup Published on 26 Mar 2016 The Amazing Sculptures of Ron Mueck Las esculturas impresionantes de Ron Mueck Category Entertainment Music in this video Learn more Listen ad-free with YouTube Premium Song Bonde Artist Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder Album … Continue reading
Bold Paper Quilled Artworks by JUDiTH + ROLFE Burst With Color and Character
Minnesota-based artistic collective JUDiTH + ROLFE sculpt paper into voluptuous plant and flower motifs blossoming with movement and character. Featuring many botanical species including magnolias, irises and begonias, the duo’s work is a reminder of the diversity of plant structure and form. Each of … Continue reading
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