Blown Art Glass by Robert Kaindl
Robert Kaindl Signature Collection of Premium Custom Blown Art Glass is modern and deeply classic at once. The artisan uses the Murano (Italy) glass blowing techniques to shape his very own edgy sculptures.
“Rainbow Church” by Tokujin Yoshioka
At the exhibition of Tokujin Yoshioka, which opens from May 1st, he will present his dream project “Rainbow Church”, a large scale straw installation for the first time in Aisa, and many more.
The idea of this architecture project “Rainbow Church” dates back to when Tokujin wan in early 20s.
Tokujin visited the Chapelle du Rosaire located in Venice. He was impressed to see the world of Matisse being expressed by the sunlight of the Provence.
Since then, he had been dreaming of designing an architecture were people can feel the light with all senses.
Approximately 8-meter-high stained glass made with 500 crystal prisms will be filling the space with rainbow colours as the light shines on it.
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Car in a Giant Tattoo-Covered Ice Cube by Henry Hate
Tattoo artist Henry Hate has unveiled his first ever sculpture and the world’s first ice tattoo to mark the launch of the Nissan Cube.
Take a Nissan Cube, 8000 litres of water, filtered then frozen for 240 days, sculpted with Japanese Samurai chisels and you have Cube in a Cube…
The artistic installation featured a unique tattoo design on a large Japanese inspired, cubed ice sculpture which housed the brand new Nissan Cube inside. The installation also featured an interactive sensor panel which lit up Henry Hate’s tattoo design and elements of the Nissan Cube.
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“Infinite Hope,” Swarovski Crystal Jesus Christ by Quinn Gregory
Called Infinite Hope and made by Quinn Gregory this sculpture has exactly the size of Jesus, (5’3”). It is primarily made of wood, foam and 250,000 Swarovski crystals. The sculpture took 4 ½ months to take shape of 5’3” skeleton in copper and then painting the same in metallic paint to give a metal look while avoiding the weight of a metal sculpture.
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Chewing Gum Sculptures by Maurizio Savini
Maurizio Savini’s intricate works are created using thousands of pieces of the bright pink gum, and have sold for as much as £40,000 each. The creations includes life-size buffalo, a grizzly bear and suited businessmen suspended in gymnastic poses. Savini, 39 hails from Rome and has used the unusual material locally known as ‘American gum’ after it was introduced in the the country during the World War II.
The unique sculptures has been displayed all over the world in cities like London, Edinburgh, Rome and Berlin, where they have been sold for great prices.
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“Full of Love and Full of Wonder”, Installation by Nike Savvas
This Installation considers the inventive ways in which contemporary artists use form, colour and space in sculpture. The works in the exhibition are essentially abstract and yet are richly imaginative. From a 28 metre long light sculpture inspired by natural patterns and Aboriginal motifs to an installation of hundreds of brightly coloured vibrating particles, this exhibition is both visually stimulating and thought-provoking.
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Portrait of Conan O’Brien in Cheetos
It shows an unnamed artist making a portrait of Conan O’Brien out of cheetos. Allegedly, he (she?) used about 2,000 cheetos from 50 bags for the work, but the provenance on that information is iffy.
SUPERVISION Series, Photos by Kerstin zu Pan
Berlin-based photographer Kerstin zu Pan has presented his latest series of photographs entitled “Supervision.”
For this project Kerstin zu Pan, has played with a rainbow wig on a woman’s body that looks like a Barbie doll.
Some pictures look more like paintings than photography.
Glowing Specimen Panel Series by Steffen Dam
The glowing Specimen Panel series created by Danish toolmaker Steffen Dam. Steffen Dam is a disciplined master craftsman whose plants and invertebrates are beautifully executed and display an impressive material credibility. This is a notable technical achievement and merits admiration, but the greater question is once Steffen’s pseudo-specimens attract us, what do they have to tell us? Dam’s glass panels and jars contain alter-nature specimens of his imaginary universe. Through them he forges a path not necessarily to a new world but to a new perception of the one which surrounds us.
Erwin Olaf Photography
Erwin Olaf was born in 1959 in the small town of Hilversum, The Netherlands. He originally pursued a career in journalism, attending the School for Journalism in Utrecht. There, Olaf discovered photography and film. Olaf has become best known for his intricate, witty style of commercial photography and for his incredibly cutting edge personal work.
Have a look to this great portfolio: Erwin Olaf
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Map Clothes by Elisabeth Lecourt
Elizabeth Lecourt uses maps to sculpt clothing. “Les Robes Geographiques” a line of map-wear which is not to be worn but to be watched and admired. This talented artist has pressed and ironed 60 pieces of unreal attire, mostly pleated dresses and button-down shirts made out of modern maps. The clothes are all made from paper maps folded and attached together in very traditional dress and shirt forms.
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Sculptural Photography by Szymon Roginski, Kasia Korzeniecka, Sharif Zawideh
Polish artists Szymon Roginski & Kasia Korzeniecka have photographed this unusual collection of photo sculptures artwork by Sharif Zawideh for fashion designer Ania Kuczynska‘s 2009 fashion collection. The photos were printed and then transformed into a variety of shapes and assembled back together to display the image.
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Experience Mobile Mobile
James Théophane has created this awesome project. He works for an interactive agency and was asked to do something for their Christmas card.
Experience Mobile Mobile from James Théophane Jnr on Vimeo.
James took several dozen cell phones and made the incredible video above. What’s even better, is that he included a build log on his blog. What’s even better than that, is that you can annoy the hell out of people in the reception area by remotely controlling the carols from your web browser.
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Ivan Navarro, “Die”
Paul Kasmin Gallery is pleased to announce the representation of Iván Navarro. An exhibition of Navarro’s new sculpture “Die,” (2009) will take place from December 10-December 23, 2009 at 511 W. 27th Street.
Iván Navarro’s work, constructed mainly out of fluorescent tubing and electrical materials, transmits social and political commentary in a functional, complex and visually stunning sculptural format.
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Button and Pin Art by Ran Hwang
Ran Hwang created amazing button and pin art by sticking pins through buttons thousands of times, and then organizes them into the shape of a massive bird on a wall. Each image requires the hammering of thousands of pins with buttons into a wall. No glue is used. The buttons can move or fall at any time. However, the work is only completed after the bird is surrounded, naturally, by a cage.
“My immense wall installations are extremely time consuming and repetitive manual work,” says Hwang. “This is a form of meditative practice that helps me find my inner peace. Pins are used to hold buttons onto the surface to form a silhouetted image, or to disintegrate such image. No adhesive is used so the buttons are free to stay and move, which implies the genetic human tendency to be irresolute. I use buttons because they are common and ordinary, like the existence of human beings”.
Message to the Universe, Engravings by Maya Tarachand
We just discover this new fantastic work from Maya Tarachand, Indian from origin and British nationality, born and raised in Gibraltar. She settles in Brussels and finally finds what she is looking for: ART.
Cosmic dance
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
We love the spacial appearance of those copper-plate engravings.
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“Mankind Is No Island” by Jason van Genderen
Jason van Genderen’s Mankind Is No Island is a 3 ½ minute film that was shot entirely on a cell phone and took home the top $20,000 prize at Tropfest, NY, the world’s largest short film festival.
“In Darkness Visible” Photographs by Nicholas Hughes
The photographs of Nicholas Hughes play with light and seeing at the extreme ends of lightness and darkness. In his earlier work, his large white on white on white photographs were like whispers of tone and nuance that rewarded the viewer when your eyes could finally detect the delicacy and wonder and richness of what was there with such subtlety.
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