Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

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Arts and Crafts Presentation Print Artist 544

Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Led by Mohammad bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the strategy was launched in 2016 and has made headlines worldwide with the news of the smart city of Neom (more of a region of cities than a single entity) and the extraordinary 175km long The Line megacity structure. The artist said: "People are always calling me a mirror."

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Tourism Art Exhibition Artist 370

Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (b. Call on Water (2016) is a stand out, offering a high-tech visual treat of science and poetry. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Call on Water, 2016. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Call on Water, 2016. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Call on Water, 2016. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Call on Water, 2016.

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Exhibition Gallery Presentation Fashion 279

Colossal

JULY 20, 2020

Fanni Sandor has been fascinated by miniatures since childhood, constructing her first sculpture from toothpicks, candle wax, paper, and glue at six years old. Today, the Hungary-based biologist and artist fashions minuscule baby bluejays clamoring for food, a mouse peeking out from a bit of bread, and a waddling family of mallards.

Sculpture 101

Sculpture Animation Fashion Artist 101

Design You Trust

APRIL 29, 2022

“When I recreate an animal, I want to recreate a feeling,” says Canadian artist Laurence Vallières. Her recycled cardboard sculptures express human emotion in animal form, exploring relationships, communication and political issues through innovative use of materials and with a hearty dose of humour. Source.

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Sculpture Animation Exhibition Artist 81

Design Milk

AUGUST 19, 2022

At Night Palm , she aims to create a sanctuary for her clients by creating harmony through an abundance of artistic components. A full-service, Los Angeles-based, interior design agency, Night Palm was founded in 2016 by Tiffany Howell and her partner, William Melton. I love the sculptural furniture of Pierre Paulin.

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Textures Portfolio Architecture Interior Design 246

Colossal

APRIL 12, 2021

Whether folded into a box, bound by cords, or fragmented and stacked, the nondescript figures that Paris-based artist Khaled DAWWA sculpts experience some form of confinement. Cast in dense blocks, the introspective sculptures reflect the artist’s preference for terracotta and bronze. “Compresse?” “Sie?ge”

Sculpture 101

Sculpture Artist Agency Publication 101

Colossal

MAY 16, 2023

“Releasing” (2016), produced in hand-painted bronze (edition of 9) and hand-painted bronze resin (edition of 12), 67 x 58 x 50 centimeters. All images © Jonathan Hateley, shared with permission Immersed in nature, female figures dance, reflect, and rest in Jonathan Hateley ’s limber bronze sculptures.

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Sculpture Gallery Art Artist 94

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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Art Arts and Crafts Gallery Artist 306

Colossal

AUGUST 6, 2020

Comprised of lit sculptures, large-scale paintings, and collages in the same cartoonish style as their previous projects , OSGEMEOS: You Are My Guest is a surreal dreamland. It asks visitors to swerve around a series of bulbous sculptures that jut upward from the floor. “You Are My Guest” (2016), 126 x 206 inches.

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Sculpture Exhibition Artist Media 80

Colossal

JULY 22, 2020

?. Based on an audio recording from a 2016 trip to the Amazon, Australian artist Andy Thomas interprets birds’ trills, squawks, and coos through an animated series of digital sculptures. The artist ascribes “Visual Sounds of the Amazon 2” a more urgent context, as well.

Digital 101

Digital Sculpture Animation Artist 101

Colossal

MAY 8, 2024

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). Having worked as a guard in the Egyptian and Assyrian galleries of the Louvre, the artist often referenced ancient mythology and hybridity in his figures.

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Sculpture Artist Animation Exhibition 82

Colossal

DECEMBER 22, 2022

“Mossgirl with Feathers” (2016), ceramics, nylon fiber, epoxy resin, feathers, and rope. Some of the most exciting artistic discoveries are the results of accidents or the surprising outcomes of experiments, and artist Kim Simonsson ’s series Moss People is the result of one such unexpected twist.

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Sculpture Artist Exhibition Publishing 82

Colossal

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

CHICAGO—Containing a massive paper wave, a tower of leftover fat, and a tiger-skin rug of 500,000 cigarettes, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China encompasses 48 works from 26 contemporary Chinese artists in an exhibition on view now in Chicago. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Pace Gallery.

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Artist Exhibition Art Gallery 91

Colossal

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The bronze sculptures of Spanish artist Jesús Curiá are intentionally ambiguous. Instead, the sculptures center on nondescript figures severed by an abstract element or negative space. 2016), bronze and steel, 23 3/5 × 10 1/5 × 11 4/5 inches. “Uve” (2020), bronze, 17 7/10 × 15 2/5 × 9 1/10 inches.

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Sculpture Typography Artist Art 100

Colossal

JANUARY 12, 2023

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. “The sculptures can be viewed as a critique of contemporary consumerist culture, but that is not my sole intent,” she continues.

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Sculpture Gallery Artist Exhibition 78

Design Milk

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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.

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Sculpture Gallery Exhibition Textures 334

Its Nice That

JUNE 25, 2025

Words Paul Moore — Date 25 June 2025 Work Photography Publication Book Documentary Politics Society History The concept of Fantasy Island , published by Rotten Books, sounds simple and quaint – 50 years of Irish photography by 70 Irish artists – while the final product is anything but. But why the transition from magazine to book?

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Photography Advertising Advertising Graphic Design 59

Colossal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

All images courtesy of the artists and Phaidon, shared with permission Dubbed the essential survey of artists living and working across Latin America, a monumental new book catalogs three centuries of output across 20 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions. for Frieze New York Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Artist Sculpture Gallery Art 82

Colossal

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Right: “Eagle Pose” (Yoga Parakeet) (2016), stoneware and mixed media, 12 x 6 x 13 inches. Based in Helena, Montana, the Italian artist likens the animalistic features to a mask or caricature. I Don’t Want to Grow Up” (Jonathan bearded dragon)(2016), stoneware and mixed media, 18 x 6 x 6 inches.

Media 101

Media Sculpture Animation Coding 101

High on Design by Wix

MAY 26, 2020

Legendary artists are often seen as larger-than-life, mythical beings. The following 10 movies about artists include fictionalized accounts of real stories, as well as some of the best art documentaries. The following 10 movies about artists include fictionalized accounts of real stories, as well as some of the best art documentaries.

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Artist Gallery Art Exhibition 52

Design You Trust

MARCH 9, 2020

She lives and works in Manchester, England and her creations range from sculptures of women to tiny cups and glasses and many other things. More: Instagram, Shop Marsh spoke to It’s Nice That about how she found inspiration for her work when she was visiting Japan in 2016.

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Sculpture Artist Color Inspiration 66

Colossal

MARCH 6, 2023

“My Joy My Joy My Joy” (2021), acrylic felt, polyester fiber fill, pyrite, glass beads, sea glass, vinyl sequins, white abalone shell, metal base, nylon thread, aluminum sculpture wire, and artificial sinew, 16.5 × 13.3 × 22 inches. Find more of the artist’s work on his website, and follow updates on Instagram.

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Sculpture Color Gallery Artist 71

Design You Trust

MARCH 7, 2024

Albina started her artistic career in the Ukraine. At National University, she majored in sculpture and fine arts. Since 2016, illustration has been a professional endeavor and a lifelong passion. Ukrainian illustrator Albina Kolesnichenko was born in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, in 1994.

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Illustration Illustrator Fine Art Sculpture 68

Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We are pleased to share our first rebroadcast of the fall 2021 The Vignelli Center for Design Studies ‘ Design Conversations Lecture Series with artist Michele Oka Doner , an internationally renowned artist whose artistic production includes sculpture, jewelry, public art, functional objects, videos, artist books and costume and set design.

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Artist Sculpture Art Publication 290

Colossal

MAY 21, 2021

The expansive exhibition—featuring 26 mixed-media sculptures, installations, and wall hangings—joins two of the leading Indigenous artists working today in a manner that distinguishes both the connective threads and nuances within their bodies of work. at Oceti Sakowin camp, Standing Rock, North Dakota.

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Exhibition Artist Sculpture Media 74

Azure Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

Though a number of celebrated ceramic artists have made their mark working out of the Matchbox Studios in Rankin Inlet (also known as Kangiqliniq in Inuktitut), Pierre Aupilardjuk is undoubtedly one of the leading and most unique voices practicing in the remote Nunavut community today. Pierre Aupilardjuk, Nunavut.

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Architecture Arts and Crafts Portfolio Artist 137

Inspo Finds

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In 2016, Leeds based design agency, Passport , designed the much acclaimed brand identity for The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture. The biennial award is awarded to any British or UK-based artist, of any age, at any stage in their career, who has made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary sculpture.

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Sculpture Digital Printing Exhibition Gallery 40

Colossal

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“bridge” (2018), lodgepole pine, weathered barn boards, and steel rope, 20 meters long and 4 meters high, for Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild, Lincoln, Montana. Elphinstone Provincial Park, Roberts Creek, British Columbia Detail of “bridge” Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Sculpture Artist Art Animation 91

Azure Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As part of the settlement for a class-action lawsuit launched against the federal government in 2016 — a portion of which was earmarked for “reconciliation and memorialization measures” — a new monument dedicated to Canada’s LGBTQ2+ population will be erected in Ottawa. Team MASS Design Group.

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Publication Programming Artist Consulting 98

Colossal

JUNE 5, 2023

“Earth & Sky #24” (2016), collage on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Walk with me” (2020), collage on paper, 29 3/8 x 22 1/2 inches Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Read the interview. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Sculpture Artist Photography Art 70

UX Collective

JULY 11, 2021

a brief history of interaction design This story is part of an unpublished pamphlet co-authored by Pouyan Bizeh & me on Situated Technologies as a trans-discipline of Design, technology, and art written back in 2016. Max Ernst put an ax beside his sculpture to be used by the visitors “in case they did not like the object”.

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Architecture Art Exhibition Programming 140

Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget Designers are creative professionals who use their artistic talents to communicate ideas visually. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today. Sale Modern Art. $14.95

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Arts and Crafts Adobe Graphic Design Graphic 94

Creative Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The box format draws on surrealist Marcel Duchamp’s La Boite-en-valise – a small suitcase ‘museum’ containing reproductions of his work – as well as artist Dayanita Singh’s mobile museums, a concept designed to challenge the formal limitations of exhibitions.

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Photography Exhibition Artist Theme 54

Design Milk

APRIL 25, 2023

The biggest surprise is the 3 rooms that follow, where Richter proves that at 91 years old, his artistic re-invention is unstoppable, exhibiting 76 drawings from 2021-2022 and sculpture produced this year. Richter has worked in glass sculptures since 1967, often showing these works in conversation with paintings.

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Art Sculpture Gallery Exhibition 290

Creative Review

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Alan Warburton, Sprites I, 2016. The exhibition naturally sees some artists take on the more specific systems and corporations that perpetuate constant connectivity and activity. Fifteen Pairs of Mouths, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, 2016-19 © Stephen Chung for Somerset House.

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Exhibition Sculpture Theme Patterns 67

Design Milk

JUNE 13, 2025

Leta Sobierajski (standing) and Wade Jeffree (on ladder) Photo: Matt Dutile Sobierajski eventually decided to team up with fellow artist and kindred spirit Wade Jeffree. In 2016 they launched their Brooklyn-based studio, Wade and Leta. Photo: Wade and Leta 5.

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Sculpture Architecture Color Artist 223