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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. Dots Obsession, 2013 Installation view from Manchester International Festival 2023 exhibition ‘Yayoi Kusama_ You, Me and the Balloons’ at Aviva Studios.

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Yayoi Kusama’s Current Exhibition Offers a New Infinity

Design Milk

In 2013, I had the privilege to visit ( and feature here ) a dazzling Infinity Room by one of the most famous and influential artists alive: Yayoi Kusama. Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro Yayoi Kusama, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, 2023 (detail) © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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Impressive Futuristic Installations and Sculptures by Jonathan Latiano

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Jonathan Latiano creates large, site-responsive, installation sculptures that investigate concepts of time and our subjective perception of the past, present and future. from the Mount Royal School of Art. Latiano is both thrilled and proud to serve as the first Bunting Teaching Fellow in Fine Arts at MICA.

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Anatomical Forms Emerge From Zippers, Quilted Fabric, and Felt by Élodie Antoine

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Felt especially is very interesting for making sculptures because it allows to make forms without sewing, without suture, like the organs of the human body,” she writes. Particularly interesting are her felt sculptures that take on the form of teeth, lower limbs, bones, and other peculiar organic forms.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

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The massive suits he creates, and wears as a Black Master in ceremonial battles on Mardi Gras day, are sculptural forms based on his own body. ” Red Cloud and Sitting Bull, Demond Melancon, 2013 Photo: Christopher Porché West. I branched out to show them that beading can be contemporary art, can be fine art.

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10 Riveting Movies about Artists

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Exploring their art and biographies is always a trusted source of inspiration. This is especially true when the exploration is conducted by acclaimed directors and actors, merging the two artforms of cinema and fine art. Finding Vivian Maier (2013). Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013). At Eternity's Gate (2018).

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Creative leads on the women that inspire them most

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Simonida Pavicevic is the co-founder and curator of the international contemporary art gallery HOFA Gallery (House of Fine Art). Simonida was surrounded by art from a young age. Growing up in Switzerland, her love for art was nurtured by her family of artists and art educators. Simonida Pavicevic.