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Papercut Art by Pippa Dyrlaga – Faith is Torment
Intricate papercut art created with nothing more than an X-Acto knife and a single sheet of paper by artist Pippa Dyrlaga based in the UK. She first started papercutting in 2010 while studying for her Masters in art and design … Continue reading
Swirls of Electrifying Ink and Found Crystal Formations Transformed into Hair by Lorna Simpson
Brooklyn-based artist Lorna Simpson combines images of black men and women pulled from vintage advertising photos with bright ink washes to give her subjects kaleidoscopic hairstyles erupting with color. The photographs are snipped from old issues of Ebony and Jet … Continue reading
Delicate Accumulations of Colorful Spring Flowers Installed in a Historic French Home
During a residency this spring at La Maison Verte, a house affiliated with Jardin Botaniquein Marnay-sur-Seine, France, artist Jenine Shereos (previously) created a series of ephemeral installations using local flowers. Inspired by her long daily walks in the village and gardens, … Continue reading
Swarovski Crystal Sculptures by Daniel Jacob Immortalize Popsicles, Sneakers, and Other Pop Culture Icons
Artist Daniel Jacob began making art in Chicago in the early 1990s, channeling his ideas into sculptures and works on paper. After spending most of his career in business, he has returned to his love of art. His current practice experiments with crystals … Continue reading
Bestiary of Improbable Animals III: Drawings by Mateo Pizarro
Fascinating drawings of improbable animals by Mateo Pizarro based in Mexico. The animals are based on descriptions found in either medieval bestiaries or tales of the end of the world from different cultures. Searches for passages describing the animals in peculiar … Continue reading
Uplift: An Endlessly Rotating Stair Sculpture Powered by the Sun
Uplift is a architecturally-minded desk sculpture that slowly rotates using the power of the sun. The walnut work hovers inside a glass bell jar, powered by a steel and brass mechanism that allows the staircase endlessly rotate. The mesmerizing design was invented … Continue reading
Untitled: Digital Installation by teamLab
Set to open June 21 in Tokyo’s Odaiba district is the Mori Building Digital Art Museum, a collaboration between digital art collective teamLab and real estate company Mori Building. The 10,000 square meter space will be filled with about 50 … Continue reading
Swing House: A Three-Story Swing Suspended from the Ceiling of a Gutted Cincinnati Home by Mark deJong – Colossal
From the outside, artist Mark deJong’s contemporary installation, Swing House, doesn’t particularly stand out from the other residences lining the street of Cincinnati’s Camp Washington neighborhood. The blue 19th-century building is narrowly built, and features charming architectural details that cap its windows … Continue reading
Miniature Installations Transform Bookshelves into the Back Alleys of Japan
If you’ve ever wandered around Tokyo on foot you’ll know that it can sometimes be like a spider web of side streets and back alleys. It’s one of the things that makes Tokyo so unique and therein lies the allure … Continue reading
Luscious Handmade Glass Orchids by Laura Hart Reflect Plants’ Exotic Beauty
Colorful orchids, identical in size, bloom in UK artist Laura Hart’s studio. From their bilateral symmetry to their splashes of pigment, the glass designer’s perfectly crafted forms illustrate the strange exotic beauty of the plant species. With their soft and … Continue reading
