Category Archives: Art

Buildings and Stars Cut into Blackout Curtains Turn Your Windows Into Nighttime Cityscapes – Colossal

A Ukrainian blind company called HoleRoll shared this fun set of concept blinds that feature iconic cityscapes cut into blackout curtains. The silhouettes of famous skyscrapers become apparent as light streams in through the window.[…] Source: Buildings and Stars Cut … Continue reading →

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An Inflated Steel Archway Provides a New Cultural Nexus on a Polish Island

Last year Polish designer Oskar Zieta unveiled the NAWA pavilion, an inflated steel passageway intended to bring cultural activity back to Wrocław’s island of Daliowa. This structure’s reflective, bloated surface makes it look like a weightless mylar balloon despite the fact that is … Continue reading →

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Giant Floating Installation by KAWS – Faith is Torment

The latest work entitled KAWS:HOLIDAY by American artist KAWS, real name Brian Donnelly, is a 92-foot-long (28 meters) inflatable that can be found reclining on the surface of Seoul’s Seokchon Lake. The installation, done in collaboration with LOTTE and AllRightsReserved, … Continue reading →

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Masses of Wooden Chairs Pour From Old Villas by Karin van der Molen – Colossal

Site-specific installation artist Karin van der Molen creates connections between the natural and man-made through chair-based works that flow from the windows of aging villas. In her 2015 piece Flux the Dutch artist created one of her installations at the Le … Continue reading →

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Mosaic Vermin Invade New York City as Part of Jim Bachor’s Latest Pothole Interventions

Jim Bachor (previously)  has been filling potholes with mosaics in Chicago and beyond for the last five years, combining his art practice with public service to create popsicles, flowers, and the Chicago city flag. The cheeky creations are one part beautification, one … Continue reading →

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A Centuries-Old Art Form Hides Within the Gilded Pages of Antique Books – Colossal

Martin Frost creates paintings in places that people can’t see, or can only find if they know exactly where to look. The UK-based artist is a fore-edge painter, which means he produces elaborate designs and scenes along the edges of … Continue reading →

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Biology and Philosophy Inform Kim KototamaLune’s Delicate Sculptures Made from Grids of Glass – Colossal

Glass artist Kim KototamaLune creates ethereal sculptures that resemble abstracted organic shapes and faces. She builds delicate glass grids without molds, which she then works into sculptural form and displays in darkened rooms. This presentation allows light to permeate, which … Continue reading →

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Multi-Dimensional Illustrations Weave Together Mysterious Narratives by Victo Ngai

Los Angeles-based illustrator and storyboard artist Victo Ngai produces layered illustrations that reveal elaborate worlds filled with unexpected details. A beautiful expanse of unencumbered nature stands guarded inside a wide-mouthed bullfrog, while a seaside city burns with brilliant flames in the fabric … Continue reading →

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Organic Shapes Emerge in New Installations of Intertwined Rope by Janaina Mello Landini

Using lengths of colored nylon rope, installation artist Janaina Mello Landini (previously) creates complicated networks of intertwining threads. The unwound rope ends tangle and reach in a giant game of Twister, resulting in sculptural installations that bring to mind the … Continue reading →

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Sticks, Seeds, and Petals From the American Southwest Inspire New Insect-Shaped Arrangements by Raku Inoue

Raku Inoue (previously)recently look an extended road trip to several destinations in the American Southwest. During his journey he created a scorpion-shaped arrangement from seeds, sticks, and a pepper found at  Antelope Canyon in Arizona, and utilized a fallen cactus segment near Horseshoe … Continue reading →

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Felted Wildlife Perch on Found Objects in Charming Sculptures by Simon Brown

Simon Brown  sources worn-out household tools like brushes and thimbles and turns them into miniature scenes for his felted wildlife. A short, stiff brush becomes a tree branch for a perching owl, and a dense hair brush with swirling bristles forms … Continue reading →

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Illustrations by Kazuki Okuda

Intricate illustrations of animals, humans, machines, architecture and nature all coexisting together in a fantastical way by Kyoto-based artist Kazuki Okuda. His approach to these drawings involves using a pen to do the detailed line work then using Photoshop to add … Continue reading →

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