Art Design #Brut Deluxe #eyes #installation #light #public art #video December 12, 2022 Grace Ebert All photos by ImagenSubliminal / Miguel de Guzman + Rocio Romero,, courtesy of Brut Deluxe, shared with permission Now on view in Madrid’s Plaza de Canalejas is a gleaming eye that peers both downward at those […]
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In ‘Gothic Futurism,’ Hundreds of Rammellzee’s Works Populate a Mythic, Intergalactic Universe — Colossal
Art #assemblage #graffiti #painting #Rammellzee #sculpture December 12, 2022 Grace Ebert All images installation view, Rammellzee: Gothic Futurism, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, (2022-2023), by Josh White, courtesy of the gallery At Jeffrey Deitch in Los Angeles, dozens of spacecraft constructed from skateboards, salvaged plastics, and scrap materials descend from […]
Textile Sculptures by Lauren Pruen Preserve Elegant Botanical Specimens Under Glass — Colossal
Art #botanic #fabric #Lauren Pruen #nature #plants #sculpture #wire December 9, 2022 Grace Ebert All images © Lauren Pruen Protected under tall glass cloches, Lauren Pruen’s botanical specimens sprout from root to bloom. The artist shapes thin strips of wire into tubers and stems that hold fabric florals, which she sometimes […]
Trails of Light Illuminate Sculptural Bonsai Trees in Vitor Schietti’s Long-Exposure Photographs — Colossal
Photography #Bonsai #light #light painting #nature #trees #Vitor Schietti December 8, 2022 Kate Mothes All images © Vitor Schietti, shared with permission Cultivated for centuries in Japan, bonsai originated in China at least 4,000 years ago, treasured as symbols of balance and harmony and admired for their aesthetic beauty. […]
Hundreds Join Artist JR to Create a Collaborative Portrait in Protest of Iran’s Restrictions of Women — Colossal
Art #human rights #Iran #JR #protest #public art December 8, 2022 Grace Ebert “Baraye Nika Shakarami” for #EyesonIran (December 4, 2022), interactive installation at Four Freedoms Park, cotton canvas and more than 300 participants. All images © JR, shared with permission In less than a week, the U.N. will […]
2023 Calendars to Organize Your Year — Colossal
Design #calendars December 9, 2022 Colossal 2022 is quickly coming to a close, and wrapping up the year also means looking forward to the next. To start charting a course for 2023, we’ve gathered some of our favorite calendars for the months ahead. From the school-day aesthetic of an […]
In ‘Blow Out,’ Artist Genesis Belanger Lures the Uncanny and Anxious Out of Everyday Objects — Colossal
Artwork Foods #Genesis Belanger #installation #sculpture #stoneware #surreal October 28, 2022 Grace Ebert Installation views of ‘Blow Out’ (2022). All visuals by Pauline Shapiro, courtesy of Perrotin, shared with authorization Explained as fostering “a perception of lobotomized capitalist productivity,” artist Genesis Belanger coaxes tension from the mundane. Her stoneware sculptures are at […]