Creative Boom

MAY 18, 2023

The LA-based artist conjures magical worlds and invites us to explore them together "like a shared dream". The Dream from 2017 is propped against a tree on the right, and The Origin of the Specters (Part II) from 2020 is draped over the table as a tablecloth. We share some highlights of his upcoming exhibition, The Brush and the Torch.

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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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MAY 18, 2022

It’s easy to recognize the quirky, joyful characters of French artist Jean Jullien. A forthcoming monograph published by Phaidon celebrates Jullien’s broad body of work, which spans public sculpture, illustration, and design. Sculpture for the show The People (2017), fiberglass, 4 7/8 feet.

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APRIL 20, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of sleek, black LEGO structure the utopic universes by Toronto-based artist Ekow Nimako. Another facet includes a broad, architectural sculpture that expands 30-square-feet. They live in our DNA,” the Ghanaian-Canadian artist says. Photos by Samuel Engelking.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

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. Find more of the artist’s work on his website , and follow updates on Instagram.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

“Os Pássaros e o Lobo” (2017), bronze, steel cables, metal bars, and light projector, 200 x 200. A bronze piece by Brazilian artist Albano Afonso uses multiple sets of dangling hands that mimic shadow puppetry. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Image © Casa Triângulo.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

“I have always viewed the body as a transitory object,” writes artist Christina Bothwell. The artist’s subject matter is rooted in the ethereal and embodies the delicate ways spirits and physical figures change over time. “Mother and Child” (2020), cast glass, ceramic, and oil paints, 18 x 27 x 7 inches.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

All images courtesy of the artist and Ronchini Gallery, shared with permission For less than ten seconds, Berndnaut Smilde ’s floating sculptures transform galleries, halls, and warehouses into uncanny spaces where indoors meets out. via Aesthetica Magazine ) “Nimbus De.Groen” (2017).

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MAY 17, 2022

From floral Soundsuits and found-object sculptures to a multicolor web of millions of pony beads, Forothermore surveys the 30-plus-year career of artist Nick Cave. You can read the full interview with Cave here , and find more from the artist on Instagram. Soundsuits.

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JULY 27, 2023

All images courtesy of the artists and the Torggler Fine Arts Center, © the artists, shared with permission From intricate, laser-cut tendrils to vibrantly patterned collages, a new exhibition at The Torggler in Newport News, Virginia, explores the vast potential of a conventionally utilitarian material. Courtesy of Jayne H.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

” Rasmussen’s sculptures often shapeshift, at first glance appearing like a cluster of foliage, pinecones, or berries and on closer inspection revealing a troll’s bearded face. ” The artist says the people photographed “look a bit off. Find more on the artist’s website and Instagram.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

Courtesy of the artist and Desert X AlUla. In 2017 , the group opened its first Desert X exhibition in the Coachella Valley, where it has since held subsequent Desert X editions in 2019 and 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Desert X AlUla. Courtesy of the artist and Desert X AlUla. Photo Lance Gerber. Photo Lance Gerber.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Evan Nesbit Pushes Paint in New Directions For a little saccharine eye candy take a look at artist Evan Nesbit’s textured paintings that beckon viewers for a visual taste. The main attraction was his artistic re-invention exhibiting 76 drawings completed from 2021-2022 and sculptures produced this year.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Held in tall, translucent jars are recreations of tiny jellyfish with wispy tentacles, plankton, and other delicate sea creatures by Danish artist Steffen Dam ( previously ). Find more of the artist’s recent works on his site and at Heller Gallery in New York, where he’s represented. “Specimen Block” (2017), ?glass,

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Creative Boom

MAY 19, 2022

Artist and author Oliver Jeffers has just launched Our Place in Space in Belfast, an epic sculptural walking trail that recreates the solar system at scale, over six whole miles. Oliver Jeffers. It's hoped the giant installation will help people reconsider what it means to live life on Earth.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

For Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach , art is a way to translate scientific data into a visual language of patterns and relationships. “ Each piece began with a specific question I had and then the sculpture would attempt to answer it. “We are not invincible, and neither is this planet,” she warns.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

All images © the artist, courtesy of Pace Gallery, shared with permission If you’ve traveled via the Long Island Rail Road service in Manhattan and traversed the MTA’s brand new Grand Central Madison station, you may have noticed a slice of nature indoors in a monumental, wall-spanning mosaic of a woodland deer.

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Design You Trust

JULY 16, 2023

Stephanie Kilgast (previously featured ), a talented artist with a deep appreciation for nature, has captivated audiences worldwide with her stunning artwork. Through vibrant colors and meticulous craftsmanship, she brings together plants, mushrooms, insects, and other animals in a harmonious swirl of artistic expression.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

“The Height of Folly” (2017) by Michelle Kingdom, linen and embroidery thread. Comprised of the work of 84 contemporary artists from around the world?—including Often, the artists reinvent the craft by altering the methods and materials they use and rejecting the outdated notion that embroidery is only a feminine past time.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Hailing from fifteen countries, the individuals participating in Eyes as Big as Plates have backgrounds as varied as their surroundings: there are zoologists, academics, and librarians; fishermen, wild boar hunters, and Sami reindeer herders; and opera singers, kantele players, and artists. Eyes as Big as Plates # Liv (Norway 2017).

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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. Image © Marie Watt. Image © Marie Watt and Kevin McConnell.

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Design You Trust

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Polish artist Alicja Koz?owska Since 2017 she’s combined that love of craft with a fascination with pop art to create Embroidered Ordinariness, a set of felt and embroidery versions of mass-produced items. owska is inspired by Andy Warhol and her Warholesque felt banana skin sculpture was the first piece she exhibited in a gallery. “I

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 10, 2024

In 2017, French industrial designer Matali Crasset reimagined the experience, showcasing collections from CNAP (The National Centre of Plastic Arts) and FRAC (Regional Contemporary Art Fund). featuring the likes of Sonia Delaunay and Gino Severini, and “La Caravane du bizarre,” which showcased artists such as Bruce Nauman and Sandy Skoglund.

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Design You Trust

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Some lean towards classical watercolors, others prefer modern artwork, then there are sculpture lovers and people who love performing arts. So it’s no surprise that from time to time, a brilliant flash of artistic endeavor goes viral on the internet. This ensures her works have both instant impact and a deeper meaning.

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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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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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Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

With the launch of her debut homewares collection, the artist moves into a more conventional and readily available territory. With the launch of her debut homewares collection, the artist moves into a more conventional and readily available territory.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Through these less-than-perfect qualities, he’s able to turn what was once considered flawed into gallery-worthy sculptures. All of these elements and more come together to push the artist forward in his creative journey. I was hugely inspired by her work before I even met her or saw her sculptures in person.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Jamie Okuma, “Elk Boots” (2017), glass seed beads on Giuseppe Zanotti boots, 21 x 7 inches. Works by more than 60 artists comprise the monumental survey, exploring myriad practices focused on and intersecting contemporary art, music, filmmaking, choreography, architecture, writing, photography, design, and more.

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APRIL 19, 2024

These twisting, interlaced qualities ground much of Tali Weinberg ’s fiber-based work as she pulls at the individual threads of our changing climate, using abstract weavings and textile sculptures to explore the inextricable nature of the crisis and the necessity for human intervention. data that corresponds to the thread colors.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Through his bronze sculptures and public installations, Hank Willis Thomas ( previously ) examines history’s repetitions. The Brooklyn-based artist critically considers identity, social justice, and pop culture by visually weaving together the remains of the past that surface in present day. “Raise Up” (2014). .”

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Design Milk

MAY 17, 2024

Artist and designer Nik Bentel is a one-of-a-kind creative deviser of products and performances that encourage viewers to reimagine the everyday objects in their lives. “In 2017, when I graduated from undergrad, I dreamed of running my own studio,” Bentel shares.

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JULY 30, 2020

“My looking ripens things and they come toward me, to meet and be met” (2020), p aper sculpture, 12 x 12 x 6 inches. Despite being built with a pliable, degradable material, Michael Velliquette ’s paper sculptures exude strength and durability. All images © Michael Velliquette by Jim Escalante, shared with permission.

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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 Seward Johnson, “Welcome Home” (2014) at Grounds for Sculpture.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

The artist scours the beaches near his home in Normandy for driftwood, gathering an incredible variety of sizes and shapes to take back to the studio. Recently, the artist has composed tree motifs grounded by warm, brown surfaces filled edge-to-edge with drawn linear patterns and hundreds of faces.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

“White Noise, Let the choir sing a magnified silence (25 Affirmation)” (2017), slip-cast porcelain and hand-built and altered forms, 5 x 5 feet. Based in Miami, artist Morel Doucet imbues his surreal artworks with a reminder that the natural world is ripe with entanglements. .” via The Jealous Curator ). inches.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Based in Helena, Montana, the Italian artist likens the animalistic features to a mask or caricature. Generally spanning one to two feet tall, the anthropomorphic sculptures are modeled after a meticulously rendered reference image complete with distinct choices on posture, clothing, and facial expression.

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