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Artist Adam Bridgland pays tribute to rock lyrics with intense colours and visual attitude

Creative Boom

A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Adam's work has appeared in several exhibitions to date, including shows at the Royal Academy (2019), Saffron Waldon (2019), Curwen Gallery (2017) and CP+B London (2016), along with several private and public commissions for clients including YouTube, Warchild UK, Heal's and Comme Des Garcons.

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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

Psychedelic universe You, Me and The Balloons invites visitors to immerse themselves in Kusama's psychedelic universe as they journey through a colourful landscape of large-scale inflatable sculptures, many standing over 10 metres tall or suspended from the 21-metre-high ceiling. Installation view, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai.

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Learning From Barcelona: A New Future for Toronto’s Public Parks

Azure Magazine

Tree branches bob in a gentle breeze, and sculptures tower overhead. Parc de l’Estació del Nord is a case in point, seamlessly incorporating a mix of uses and functions into an ambitiously designed public space. Tree planting and ample seating create a green, park-like setting around the Mercat de Sant Antoni.

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Monumental Forms Ripple and Float in Leeroy New’s Sculptures Made from Discarded Plastics

Colossal

Manila-based artist and designer Leeroy New challenges us to think about the waste produced from everyday materials by constructing elaborate sculptures out of discarded plastics. In “Flotilla,” individual pieces are suspended from the ceiling and appear to glide past like a fleet of uncanny vessels or undersea organisms.

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Figures Experience Constraint and Confinement in Bronze Sculptures by Khaled DAWWA

Colossal

Cast in dense blocks, the introspective sculptures reflect the artist’s preference for terracotta and bronze. Explore more of the artist’s compacted sculptures on Instagram. ” (2019), terracotta, 35 x 16 x 13 centimeters. ge” (2019), bronze, 35 x 14 x 13 centimeters. “Compresse?”

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Illuminated Wire Sculptures Nest Inside Larger Kinetic Works by Artist Spenser Little

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Known for his figurative wire pieces attached to light posts and other public fixtures around the world, Spenser Little ’s recent artworks venture into the personal. Illumination Devices is comprised of the artist’s bent portraits and totems of merging faces, in addition to a series of irradiated kinetic sculptures.

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Mossy Figures Wander Through Woodlands and City Streets in Kim Simonsson’s Flocked Ceramic Sculptures

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Coated with soft flocking —a process of applying very fine fiber to the surface of an object—the large-scale ceramic sculptures were initially layered only with velvety black until a few years ago, when one day, the Finnish sculptor decided to flock one of those pieces with yellow, too.