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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | yesterday
Honestly, who does this? And how inebriated was he when he decided it would be a good idea? A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site. The bust of New Zealand Environment Minister Nick Smith, sculpted as a protest by [...]
Click World News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This work by sculptor and musician Bradley N. Litwin , of Philadelphia, is called "The Octapult." In his words: With 8 synchronized catapults, 160 plastic balls per minute are launched, caught, and recirculated. Made mostly of wood, the work is ~36 inches in diameter. On permanent display in the lobby of Lower Merion Elementary School, Merion Station, PA. Read more | Permalink | Comments...
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
(TrendHunter.com) These weird and creepy sculptures by Renee Adams look a little like disturbing aliens or sea-creatures and occasionally like alien-flowers. The artist uses natural and artificial materials (like wood,…
crookedbrains (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Wire Sculpture By Derek Kinzett : Wire sculptor artist, Derek Kinzett's work looks simply incredible. It's amazing that he can work the wire in such a manner and the figures are so life like. Wire Horses : These contemporary wire sculptures graze in Austin Ranch just north of Dallas, created by Lucy Billingsly. Wire Sculpture By Helen : Helen Godfrey's wire figures made from durable galvanized wire...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Iranian winner of Sculpture by the Sea's $5000 prize for young sculptors will not be able to pick up her prize because Australia has denied her a visa.
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | yesterday
Save The Date For A Tropical Harvest HealthCorps presents: Tropical Harvest. A Benefit Art Exhibition/Sale & Luxe Cocktail Reception Press release distributed in partnership with ... (/ ) November 7, 2009 -- Join Mr. Tibor Hollo, President, Florida East Coast Realty; HealthCorps President, Michelle Bouchard; artennae global art consulting and a diverse mix of supporters of Dr. Ozs health movement...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Calcutta Painters is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a huge exhibition titled An exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures on the occasion of 45th anniversary 1964-2009 (November 3-15) covering two floors of the Birla Academy of Art and Culture. Almost each and every inch of the walls is plastered with countless paintings, many dating back to 1964 when artists like Nikhil Biswas, Prakash Karmakar,...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, NY.- Jointly organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Tate Modern, Roni Horn aka Roni Horn, the most comprehensive overview of Roni Horn’s work to date, integrates three decades of the American artist’s sculpture, photography, installations, drawings, and books. Opening on November 6, 2009, the exhibition remains on view through January 24, 2010. Following the Whitney’s...
davesdistrictblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Michael Ayrton’s uncompromising work ‘ The Arkville Minotaur’ and Sophie Ryder’s fabulous wire sculpture ‘ Lady Hare – Sitting’ were for me two of the real highlights of our visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I say this because both pieces challenged me to consider gender awareness and identity as presenting issues in the life of the church and society....
JoeyJoJo (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I went to London with my friend Heather on Wednesday and had such a great time. When you're not from the UK you see it much more as a tourist and it's such a beautiful city. Arriving at Liverpool St Station always gives me a buzz for a start as it's so huge and airy. Heather says people are much nicer in London these days too. A few people stopped and asked if we needed help while we were spinning...
davesdistrictblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
At the time of seeing this shot I remember thinking that the airy, light and modern interior of Longside Gallery at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park looked like a good space in which to do ‘church’. This part of the building enables visitors to sit and reflect upon what they have experienced, read guides and brochures about current exhibitions, or simply to look out at the landscape framed...
On the Cusp (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Well, it is quite late here but I am going to give this ago once again. Thanks for those who helped contribute some previews already. Much appreciated. So, with the knowledge that some of the weekends events have already been posted I have scaled this back some. And while I failed to send out notice in time for the opening at christopher west presents, I will lead with that one, just note that it opened...
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Team Gallery 83 Grand Street, between Wooster and Greene, 212-279-9219 Soho November 12 - December 19, 2009 Opening: Thursday, November 12, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Team is pleased to present a show of new work by Slater Bradley. Entitled if we were immortal , the exhibition will run from the 12th of November through the 19th of December 2009. The gallery is located at 83 Grand Street, cross streets Wooster...
Slog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Whatcom Museum in Bellingham is opening a new building next weekend, designed by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen, and dubbed the Lightcatcher for its elliptical 34-foot-long wall of glass. Images of the building are here . John Grade —he of the biodegradable, buried, wind-whipped, canyon-residing, glacier-sitting sculptures—has the major opening exhibition in the 26-foot-high gallery....
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Pratt Institute - East Hall 2nd Floor Gallery 200 Willoughby Avenue, 646 379 3022 Brooklyn Misc. November 16 - November 20, 2009 Opening: Monday, November 16, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Hale Gungor’s new exhibition “Bjataklitren” can be viewed at Pratt Institute through November 16-20, 2009. “Cultural complexities are abundantly found in the international education of Hale Gungor. Born...
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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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