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Mystical Forests Meet Cavernous Classical Interiors in Eva Jospin’s Cardboard Sculptures

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In her solo exhibition Folies at Mariane Ibhrahim , an immersive, site-specific installation challenges notions of scale, while a range of drawings and three-dimensional pieces expand on the possibilities of paper with the addition of bronze and silk tapestries.

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Teeming with Flourishes, Narrative Sculptures by Amber Cowan Revitalize Vintage Pressed Glass

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“Bridesmaid Returns to the Shore of Her Full Moon” (2019), glass and mixed media, 23 x 22 x 9.5. If you’re in New York, her piece “Dance of the Pacific Coast Highway at Sunset” is permanently on view at The Museum of Arts and Design , and she’s also part of an upcoming group exhibition at R & Co.

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Ann Weber Elevates Discarded Cardboard Boxes and Staples to New Heights in Billowing Sculptures

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Exemplifying the possibilities of combining humble materials with a good dose of resourcefulness, Ann Weber ’s monumental sculptures find their beginnings in discarded cardboard boxes. She then applies layers of strips cut from other boxes and staples them into place in a repetitive, textured pattern. Photo by Ray Carofano.

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Abigail Reynolds has turned a Cornish beach into beautiful glass sculptures

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Visual artist Abigail Reynolds has transformed the beach near her St Ives studio into beautiful glass sculptures using traditional methods and raw materials, including sand and kelp. And off the back of a recent exhibition, she has documented her process in an accompanying book. All images courtesy of the artist.

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DDW23: The Perpetual Motion that Drives Kiki Van Eijk and Joost Van Bleiswijk

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Kiki Van Eijk and Joost Van Bleiswijk, otherwise known as Kiki and Joost , opened up their workshop during Dutch Design Week 2023 for an exhibition entitled Perpetuum Mobile , Latin for “perpetual motion.” “Each cushion tells a unique story, a fusion of diverse textiles that harmonize into a visual and tactile object.”

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Solid Lightning: Ugo Rondinone’s Stunning New Sculpture

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In 2016, his 35-foot towers of fluorescent-colored boulders landed in the Las Vegas desert, and now this month at Gladstone Gallery in New York, Ugo Rondinone debuts his newest astounding sculptures : 3 solid “lightning strikes” made from bright yellow painted bronze, each reaching over 20 feet tall. Ugo Rondinone: bright light shining.

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Transformation and Excess Explored in Heavily Decorated Wax Sculptures by Rebecca Stevenson

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The sweet and the sinister commingle in Rebecca Stevenson ‘s wax sculptures that depict humans and animals bursting open to reveal flowers and fruits. To create her sculptures, Stevenson starts by modeling the animal or figure in clay, and then moulds and casts the model with layered resin and wax. Photographs: Marianne Wie.