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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was an American writer, philosopher and political activist best known for her essays on modern culture and criticism of the Vietnam War. These include oils, watercolours, drawings, prints, photographs, mixed media, textiles, fabric art, sculpture, performance pieces, and installations.

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Butterflies and Moths Flutter Through J.C. Fontanive’s Automated Flipbooks

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The Cleveland-born artist created a sleek flipbook machine while he was a student at the Royal College of Art back in 2004 and has since crafted myriad designs featuring birds and insects that fly around the small, metallic frame. “Flipping pages make these handmade sculptures live in real sound and space.

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Butterflies and Moths Flutter Through Juan Fontanive’s Automated Flipbooks

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The Cleveland-born artist created a sleek flipbook machine while he was a student at the Royal College of Art back in 2004 and has since crafted myriad designs featuring birds and insects that fly around the small, metallic frame. “Flipping pages make these handmade sculptures live in real sound and space.

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“Trans A.M.”: The Superb 3D Surreal Digital Art and VR Sculptures by Elena Romenkova

Design You Trust

Herzen with a degree in Fine Arts and has participated in art exhibitions in Russia and abroad since 2004. With a melange of glitch sculptures and rendered surrealistic images, the virtual space “beyond the mind” represents a transitional state between dream and reality that comes from the unconscious. More: Instagram , Foundation.

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Iridescent Waters Subsume Lush, Floral Bunches in Enchanting Photographs

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The series of photographs is centered on botanical sculptures comprised of jewel-toned petals and thick fronds that float through the dark water. Björk ’s 2004 song by the same name inspired the vibrant series. Each luxuriant composition is submerged, whether fully underwater or in between the air and ocean depths.

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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

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It’s also an apt title for a poetic exhibition of sculptures blending beastly and botanical forms by the late Claude (1925-2019) and François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008). Photo by Charlie Rubin François-Xavier Lalanne, “Oiseau de Peter branché (grand) (Modèle de montage)” (2004), bronze, 40 1/8 x 54 3/4 x 44 1/8 inches.

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Joel Shapiro’s New Sculptures Radiate Joy and Defy Gravity

Design Milk

My favorite Joel Shapiro sculpture is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art – an orange dancer-like structure that has made me smile since the first day I arrived in New York, now 23 year ago. Debuting here are three new massive wood sculptures – each taller than any viewer. Joel Shapiro: Out of the Blue.

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