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Oil Paintings by Paco Pomet Brighten Vintage Scenes with Satirical Elements in Color | Colossal
FEBRUARY 10, 2022 GRACE EBERT “A Prequel” (2021), oil on canvas, 100 x 150 centimeters. All images © Paco Pomet Succeeding his series of paintings titled Beginnings, Paco Pomet’s Endings applies a similarly satirical veil to his provocative and outlandish scenarios: … Continue reading
The Great Malaise
In the voiceover for this animated short, a young woman attempts to describe herself, casting her life in the ideal light that society expects. The film’s imagery, however, tells a different story, poignantly illustrating the intense anxiety that comes with … Continue reading
I’m Not a Look-Alike: Hundreds of Unrelated Doppelgängers Sit for François Brunelle’s Uncanny Portraits | Colossal
FEBRUARY 9, 2022. GRACE EBERT Do we all have a double? Montréal-based photographer François Brunelle has been intrigued by that question since he began his I’m Not a Look-Alike series back in 1999, which brings together two unrelated people who resemble … Continue reading
Insightful Digital Images Juxtapose Extracted Resources with the Original Mining Sites | Colossal
FEBRUARY 9, 2022. GRACE EBERT Nababeep Mine, 302,500 tons of copper. All images © Dillon Marsh When Cape Town-based photographer Dillon Marsh learned about the commercial copper mines near Springbok, South Africa, he decided to document the remains of the excavation … Continue reading
Ferocious Dragon Created Using Traditional Japanese Tatami Mats | Colossal
By Jessica Stewart on February 6, 2022 On this incredible tatami mat, a powerful dragon takes up the entire floor. Tatami mats have been a part of Japanese homes for centuries. Once reserved for nobility, they became a standard part … Continue reading
Loops and Coils in Bright Gradients Grow from Claire Lindner’s Ceramic Sculptures | Colossal
FEBRUARY 6, 2022. ANNA MARKS All images © Claire Lindner Vine-like colorful coils of material overlap in Claire Lindner’s latest sculpture collection, which blurs the line between organic and human-made forms. Each piece has a vibrancy and motion designed to push … Continue reading
Artist Creates Menagerie by Cutting Creatures From a Sheet of Paper | My Modern Met
By Margherita Cole on February 6, 2022 It’s amazing that all of these elaborate artworks are cut from a single sheet of paper! British artist Pippa Dyrlaga needs only a precision knife and some paper to start creating. With just … Continue reading