Colossal

OCTOBER 29, 2020

“If the Leader Only Knew” (2014). Through his bronze sculptures and public installations, Hank Willis Thomas ( previously ) examines history’s repetitions. “Art is a platform where histories meet,” he tells Colossal. “Art is a platform where histories meet,” he tells Colossal.

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Colossal

JANUARY 2, 2020

A new book by Charlotte Vannier considers how embroidery has evolved from a domestic task mostly done by women into an art. Comprised of the work of 84 contemporary artists from around the world?—including “I am fascinated by the idea that a simple thread becomes a piece of art completely, and how many artists use it. .

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

Following an official naming ceremony in the fall of 2020, the word was bestowed on the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s new beacon — the long-awaited 3400-square-metre addition dedicated solely to the work of Inuit artists, past and present. These works on now prominently on display in the soaring Visible Vault.

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Colossal

MARCH 23, 2023

All images © the artist, shared with permission courtesy of Galleria Continua. Since 2014, he has utilized LEGO as a medium but not without some controversy along the way due to the political nature of his work. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Ai Weiwei, “Water Lilies #1” (2022), LEGO.

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Colossal

MAY 25, 2022

Brooklyn-based blogger Ariel Adkins , who is also Curator of Art, Culture & Community at Twitter, takes her love of masterpieces to the next level by creating one-of-a-kind apparel inspired by some of the world’s most influential artists. Dress inspired by Yayoi Kusama, “Yellow Pumpkin” (1994) at Benesse Art Site.

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Design Milk

MAY 27, 2021

These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. CERF+ , a mutual aid safety net for artists, introduced us to Melancon recently, and we jumped at the chance to learn more about him, his work and his ambitions.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the international glass center, he’s led the avant-garde in the development of glass as a fine art. He’s been the recipient of many awards, including two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and 13 honorary doctorates. If he weren’t a renowned artist, Dale does have a few other careers in mind.

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Colossal

MARCH 2, 2022

Based in Toronto, the artist has created a body of work that’s broad in medium and subject matter, ranging from small sculptures installed in circular formations to bulbous paper lanterns with rotating parts. The texture is enhanced, the artist shares, to mimic concentric tree rings and prompt questions of aging and time.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Joost x Ice Carpet: Sketch Carpet, 2014, Sketch Carpet, 2020, Sketch Stool, 2019 Photo: Katie Treggiden Joost’s Sketch Collection , pictured above on the Sketch Carpet, was inspired by his knowledge and passion for abstract expressionist paintings. “Fear has no place here. “Fear has no place here. ” .

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Colossal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

(2014), porcelaneous stoneware, 12 7/8 x 20 x 22 1/4 inches. All images courtesy of Joan B Mirviss LTD, shared with permission Creating one of Hattori Makiko ’s twisted porcelain sculptures is an exercise in patience. Photo by Hayashi Tatsuo Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Photo by Richard Goodbody.

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Feature Shoot

JANUARY 2, 2020

So much of Black history around the continent and across the diaspora has been whitewashed or erased, much like the noses hacked off the faces of Egyptian sculptures to destroy evidence Black power and leadership — but as Malcolm X wisely observed, “Truth is on the side of the oppressed.”

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Colossal

JULY 12, 2023

All photos by Jonty Wilde, installation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2023) courtesy of the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery. Acclaimed Austrian artist Erwin Wurm ’s first large-scale museum exhibition in the U.K., Acclaimed Austrian artist Erwin Wurm ’s first large-scale museum exhibition in the U.K.,

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Sculptor Richard Serra’s creative practice deals in the malleability of space: his larger-than-life sculptures refuse to adapt to a pedestal or plinth, instead standing declaratively alone — sometimes in locations deemed impractical. It’s no wonder, then, that the artist would wish for a permanent home for one of his pieces.

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Design Milk

APRIL 14, 2023

I do not remember the book I was trying to design for, nor did I know what paper art was at that age, but what stayed vividly with me was the satisfaction of making an idea in my head materialize into real life,” she shared. It’s a fantastic sculptural object featuring a different surprise on every page. Photo: Samar Maakaroun 4.

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Colossal

AUGUST 15, 2023

Photography provides the foundation for the Houston-based artist’s practice, which often encompasses sculpture, text, and collage to examine ideas around self-representation, gender, race, and a sense of belonging. inches Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Long-standing racial tensions came to a head in 2014 when Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in the suburb of Ferguson, sparking the nascent Black Lives Matter movement. Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Photograph courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York City.

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Design Milk

JUNE 22, 2021

The second designer we’re spotlighting for Design Milk’s 15th Anniversary is Tanya Aguiñiga , a triple threat artist, designer and craftsperson whose work we’ve been covering since 2010. “I’m creating large-scale fiber sculptures in a femme-centered studio, which are sold in galleries.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Embedded within the eroded cement and marble pillars of artist Jamie North are a host of plants native to Australia. Kangaroo vines, Port Jackson figs, and kidney weeds wrap themselves around steel cables and grow from the crevices of the cracked stone forms, juxtaposing the industrial, human-made sculptures with organic elements.

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Colossal

JANUARY 19, 2024

All images © the artists Let’s rewind to 1991. Ceramic artist and professor Bobby Scroggins, who was frustrated by the lack of access and recognition for artists and craftspeople of color—particularly Black artists—took matters into his own hands. The original organization ran until 2014. Read the interview.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 16, 2020

All images courtesy of Art Front Gallery , shared with permission. The Tokyo-born artist splices fragments of found objects that otherwise would be regarded as refuse, like a crumbling brick from Iizuka City or coal waste, to repurpose the existing material with a lustrous embellishment. “The characteristics of the place.

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Colossal

JANUARY 30, 2023

All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission What do we owe to the memories of one another’s hearts? For American artist Dario Robleto (b. 1972), artists and scientists share a common aspiration: to increase the sensitivity of their observations.

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2014, photographer Milos Bicanski revisited a series of venues constructed for the 2004 edition of the Olympics in Athens, Greece. Due to be completed imminently, the Hampi Art Labs is his most recent masterstroke. Due to be completed imminently, the Hampi Art Labs is his most recent masterstroke.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As a result, children can now delight in the park’s charming custom playground equipment, which includes climbable river otter, sturgeon and salamander sculptures by Danish studio Monstrum. Its popular outdoor performances became a fixture of summer in the city before the space eventually closed in 2014.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

“Zip thorax” (2014), zippers. Belgian artist Élodie Antoine understands the behavior of fibers, controlling them in ways to produce textile designs that are organic, fungal, and oftentimes anatomical in nature. Quilted brain” (2014), lycra and padding, 33 x 25 centimeters. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Colossal

JUNE 26, 2020

“Untitled” (2014–15), bronze (polished patina), 114 x 48.5 A self-taught artist, Krisár uses his own meticulous techniques and methods for creating a finished piece—constantly reworking the casts to a state of simplicity and smoothness. Krisár’s next exhibition will open on August 27, 2020, at CFHILL Art Space in Stockholm.

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Colossal

MAY 1, 2020

“Ondulation” (2014), white zip-ties, RGB LED light, and painted plywood, ?36 Montreal-based artist Elisabeth Picard curls, fans, and locks together hundreds of zip-ties into tremendously formed glowing sculptures and undulating installations. 36 x 36 x 6 ¼ inches. ?Photo Photo by Michel Dubreuil.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Spotted with corroded patches, Tomàs Barceló ’s sculptures fuse classical antiquity and retro-futurism. The Cala Millor, Mallorca-based artist casts steampunk-style figures from resin and recycled objects that resemble ancient art while evoking otherworldly relics of an alternate reality. “WINNA-T,” resin.

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Colossal

AUGUST 21, 2020

“Bonsai City” (2014), paper, inkjet printing, fake grass, acrylic elements, 8 x 118 x 21 1/2 inches. All images © Katsumi Hayakawa, courtesy of the artist and McClain Gallery, shared with permission. To explore more of the artist’s projects that are concerned with the complexity of modern life, head to Artsy.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Creative Boom has today launched eight new art prints by some of your favourite illustrators and graphic designers. Participating artists include Noma Bar, Zoë Barker, Sarah Boris, Marylou Faure, Peter Greenwood, Dani Molyneux, Danielle Rhoda, and Wendy Wong. I envision words as sculptural totems," Sarah says. Eyes Will Roll by.

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Feature Shoot

JULY 7, 2022

There are many, many possible outcomes, but only 48 pictures will ever be created, meaning that the artist has given up some creative control to the blockchain, the code, and most all, the collectors themselves. The collector sees the finished artwork before the artist does, giving new meaning to the idea of “owning” a photograph.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Events range from performances and walks that route courses in the shape of a heart to major art installations, like Jaume Plensa ’s enormous inflatable artwork at the University of Barcelona. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 8, 2023

"I have always loved expressing myself," says Henri Campeã , a queer visual artist, illustrator, 2D animator and art director hailing from the vibrant city of São Paulo, Brazil. This was ultimately the start of a blossoming relationship with the craft of illustration, alongside a love of clay, paper sculptures and acting.

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 1, 2020

On May 31, 2020, influential contemporary artist Christo — who wrapped bridges, monuments, museums and even parliaments — passed away at his New York home at the age of 84. “Christo lived his life to the fullest, not only dreaming up what seemed impossible but realizing it,” says his office in a shared statement.

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Colossal

MAY 23, 2022

“Minimum Monument” (2014), Lima. The Brazilian artist is known globally for “Minimum Monument,” a collection of small ice figures that melt in situ. “The sound is very important because it invokes that disappearance,” the artist tells Great Big Story.

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Colossal

AUGUST 24, 2021

Indiana-based artist Jessica Calderwood imbues her whimsically camouflaged figures with questions about the female psyche. Many of the pieces shown here are all on view at Asheville’s Momentum Gallery through September 7, and you can find more of Calderwood’s peculiar sculptures on her site and Instagram.

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Colossal

APRIL 27, 2022

All images courtesy of the artist and shared with permission. Erupting from floors, doorways, and furniture, artist Henrique Oliveira ’s artworks ( previously ) are a remarkable comment on the relationship between the built environment and the power of nature. “Transarquitetonica” (2014). Image by Everton Ballardin.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

“The Hair Craft Project: Hairstyles on Canvas” (2014), silk threads, beads, shells, and yarn on canvas, nine at 29 × 29 inches and two at 33 × 33 inches. Titled We Are Each Other , the exhibition encompasses 25 years of the artist’s participatory works that highlight the inextricable links between craft and community.

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