Sydney Daily Photo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dream home by Jane Gillings won the Kids Choice Award at this year's exhibition. "A firm favourite from the start, Dream Home was constantly played with by children throughout the exhibition who were attracted by the playful small house covered in children's toys made as a response to the consumerism and consumption in our society which starts from a very young age. "What I love about the...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Gallery presents an exhibition of sculpture by Blanca Muñoz will open at Marlborough Chelsea on November 19 and continue through December 19, 2009. Muñoz lives in Madrid, where her work is recognized for ethereal forms that seem untouched by gravitational pull. The sculpture in this exhibition, her New York debut, is inspired by the shapes of nature, specifically...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
BROOKLYN, NY.- Body Parts: Ancient Egyptian Fragments and Amulets features thirty-five representations of individual body parts from the Brooklyn Museum’s ancient Egyptian collection, many of which will be displayed for the first time. This special exhibition will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from November 19, 2009, through October 2, 2011. This exhibition uses objects created as distinct...
Gurney Journey (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Spectrum 16, the annual collection of fantastic art, is now in bookstores. The 264 page volume contains the work of over 300 painters and sculptors, and represents the best in the field of imaginative book and magazine illustration, concept art, advertising, comics, and sculpture. Above, the Silver Medal winner in the book category, J.B. Monge. This years Grand Master Award went to Richard Corben....
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
CHICAGO, IL.- Italian born, Berlin-based artist Monica Bonvicini (b. 1965) creates videos, sculptures, installations, and drawings that explore the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. The first focus contemporary art exhibition presented in the Art Institute of Chicago 's Modern Wing, Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black--on view November 20, 2009 through...
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The modern master of the macabre is celebrated with a MoMA retrospective of his wonderfully warped paintings, sculptures, and drawings. VIEW OUR GALLERY. Plus, more on Art Beast. "Is there a doctor here? I want to check to see if I'm dead," director...
Die Gestalten (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Exhibition in Berlin Berlin’s Torrstrasse sees the opening this Saturday of a new art space systM, a laboratory for young art and design. Robert Schwartz from the design collective Via Grafik is opening the gallery with a series of new sculptures and installation work as well as a collection of photographs. Don’t miss the opening on November 21 starting at 7 pm. systM, Torrstrasse 68,...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
New book, exhibition shed new light on life and work of Len Lye “Kinetic art is the first new category of art since pre-history”. With this bold statement, uttered in 1964, Len Lye (1901-1980) left little doubt that he would hold an integral place in New Zealand’s artistic landscape. Today, the filmmaker, kinetic sculptor, painter, photographer and writer is recognised as one of the...
Art (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
[ November 20, 2009 to January 24, 2010. ] Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black Art Institute of Chicago November 20, 2009 through January 24, 2010 [ad#lb] Italian born, Berlin-based artist Monica Bonvicini (b. 1965) creates videos, sculptures, installations, and drawings that explore the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. The first focus contemporary...
FLOBBERLOB (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
An eventful day starting with Hazel feeling ill and then to compound her stress a stupid woman parked her car on out white line so that we couldnt get out. Our train was due at 9:12am and it was now 8:35 and Hazel was seething and wandering the street wringing her hands. Eventually the dozy woman emerged and got an earful from Hazel who by this time was at boiling point. I've never seen her so angry....
PORT (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Left: Lauren Kalman from Elusive Matter , Right: Andy Paiko & Ethan Rose from Transference Two new exhibitions open today at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Andy Paiko and Ethan Rose have installed Transference in the downstairs gallery. The pair collaborated to create a kinetic-sound installation reinterpreting the glass armonica that explores the material and aural properties of glass. Upstairs,...
Sydney Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Fatih Semiz of Victoria is responsible for one of my favourite pieces from this year's exhibition. It reminds me of that old party game of tearing a waxy sweet paper (Minties!) into a single long strip. It's made not of waxy paper, but powder coated steel. The artists says: " Evolving independently from a pentagon, the modules reconstruct themselves using simple rules to create a piece that brings...
Connecticut Art Scene (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
City Gallery 994 State St., New Haven, (203) 782-2489 Give Art Nov. 19—Dec. 20, 2009. Opening reception, Sat., Nov. 21, 2—5 p.m. Press release City Gallery is presenting its traditional holiday GIVE ART exhibition. All works of art by gallery artist-members will be for sale at only $100 each. This is an excellent opportunity to shop for a friend or add to a collection. Paintings, prints,...
Ecofriend (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Eco Factor: Sculpture created from recycled materials. We’ve seen eco-minded artists design stunning sculptures from a variety of discarded materials such that includes Styrofoam and old kitchen utensils. Sculptor Kris Kuksi is different and so.
Mike Philbin's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Yeah, this was back in 2008, an exhibition entitle Inspire America by one of my favourite sculptures after Anthony Gormley, DANIEL EDWARDS. Readers of this blog may have read my Dead Paris Hilton post and my Britney Spears Crowning post. Anyway, on with the propaganda show. MICHELLE OBAMA OPRAH WINFREY For me Daniel Edwards is an artist whose sense of humour (his sarcasm/irony machinery) is still firmly...
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contemporary | 17/09/2009
Leading Indian and international art galleries will be taking part in this event. The Art Expo promises to be a significant cultural and social event in the Indian Subcontinent. The discussions at the Art Expo feature prominent international art world personalities including Kay Saatchi, Judith Greer, Princess Tatjana zu Schaumburg‐Lippe, Kirsty Ogg and many other Museum curators, consultants and collectors.
yareah | 07/03/2009
The beautiful old poem of Ozymandias is deeply study by the sculptor Mark Smalley in an unique personal point of wiew. Very interesting! OZYMANDIAS I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those
yareah | 07/03/2009
There is something eternal and mysterious about combining the basic elements of earth, water, fire and air to create objects of great beauty and permanence, no doubt. The British sculptor Mark Smalley comments in this article: "Controlled spontaneity through wood firing" the technique of the pottery and other hidden philosophical meanings of this difficult craft.
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