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Life-Size Cardboard Sculptures of Chinese Villagers Tap Into Artist Warren King’s Ancestral Heritage – Colossal
Warren King began sculpting with cardboard as an attempt to add fantasy to the lives of his children, creatively crafting masks and helmets out of the recyclable material. This slowly evolved into a more time-consuming arts practice as King began … Continue reading
Nature-Based Textiles by Vanessa Barragão Highlight Ecosystems Above and Below the Sea
Portuguese textile artist Vanessa Barragão produces carpets and tapestries from a variety of different techniques, creating multi-faceted landscapes with the use of latch hooking, crochet, weaving, basketry, and felt. Her environmental works present imitation coral, fungi, and algae as three-dimensional … Continue reading
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Hundreds of Swinging Pendulums Subtly Choreograph Visitors’ Movements at the Paris Autumn Festival
Hundreds of pendulums swing through Paris’ Grande halle de la Villette for choreographer and artist William Forsythe‘s installation Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time No. 2. The hanging plumbobs sway together in a series of timed sequences, which force visitors … Continue reading
Tatsuya Tanaka Continues Building Tiny Worlds in his Daily Miniature Calendar Photo Project
Since April 2011, art director and photographer Tatsuya Tanaka’s imagination has built a magnificent number of miniature worlds (previously here and here). Through the artist’s clever lens, everyday activities like construction work, walking the dog, getting a parking ticket, and … Continue reading
Tree Story by Kokili Projects – Faith is Torment
Tree Story by Kokili Projects is a series of storage containers reminiscent of a tree that artistically holds your favorite herbs and spices. The design was inspired by the enjoyment of strolling through the woods as the seasons change and … Continue reading
Striking Silverware Animal Assemblages by Matt Wilson
South-Carolina based artist Matt Wilson brings old silverware to life in his bent and welded sculptures of birds and other wildlife. Fastened to pieces of driftwood or mounted to segments of old lumber, the pieces seem to capture the lifelike essence … Continue reading
100 Fiberglass and Resin Skulls Fill a Room at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne
Ron Mueck, an Australian artist known for his hyperrealistic figural sculptures, has created his largest work to date. His installation Mass contains 100 human skulls which are scattered and stacked throughout a gallery at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. The individual … Continue reading
Houses: Drawings by Stefan Zsaitsits – Faith is Torment
Austria-based artist Stefan Zsaitsits has shifted his focus from the drawings of childlike figures in which he hybridizes particular thoughts and emotions to surreal houses that play on you psychologically.
Ash Dome: A Secret Tree Artwork in Wales Planted by David Nash in 1977
In 1977, sculptor David Nash cleared an area of land near his home in Wales where he trained a circle of 22 ash trees to grow in a vortex-like shape for an artwork titled Ash Dome. Almost 40 years later, … Continue reading
Wearable Glass Objects and Sculptures by Kit Paulson
Artist Kit Paulson has a broad interest in art, science, and history that intersects superbly in her career as a glass sculptor. Over the past several years she’s explored human anatomy through a variety of skull and bones pieces, as … Continue reading
