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Shotaro Kitada creates a serious yet jokey reality in his paper sculpture artworks

Creative Boom

Japanese illustrator Shotaro Kitada uses humble rolls of copy paper to create three-dimensional handmade sculptures that inhabit their own peculiar reality. Having studied graphics at university, Shotaro Kitada started his artistic career in 2018 as an illustrator. That's how I settled on the style I use today."

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Dancing Figures and Natural Elements Coalesce in Jonathan Hateley’s Elegant Bronze Sculptures

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All images © Jonathan Hateley, shared with permission Immersed in nature, female figures dance, reflect, and rest in Jonathan Hateley ’s limber bronze sculptures. “I was drawn to create a sculpture reflecting nature on the surface of the figure, which could be better highlighted with the use of colour,” he tells Colossal.

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A Grove of Petal-Like Sculptures by Snøhetta Shade the New Grounds of Blanton Art Museum

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All images © Snøhetta and Blanton Museum of Art, shared with permission. Photo by Sloan Breeden Photography The home of Ellsworth Kelly’s iconic modernist chapel titled “ Austin ,” the Blanton Museum of Art has expanded its outdoor art environment with a sculptural installation by Snøhetta.

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Kaws brings his art to the Serpentine Gallery in London and Fortnite

Creative Review

The exhibition, called New Fiction, blends Donnelly’s physical artworks – a combination of street art, graphic design and his cartoonish, eyeless sculptures – with AR versions of each piece. These can be accessed through the Acute Art app, along with a miniature render of the entire show.

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Jan Kaláb’s Graffiti Has Always Been Art + Now It’s Even More

Design Milk

“My paintings teeter on the edge of sculpture and my sculptures are mostly painted,” said Czechoslovakian contemporary artist Jan Kaláb. His view on the evolution of his own art, from what began as lettered graffiti, is interesting and a real story of following what’s possible.

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Dyed and Spliced Wooden Sculptures by Bayne Peterson Bulge and Ooze in Playful Shapes

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All images © Bayne Peterson, courtesy of the artist and Kristen Lorello, NY, shared with permission As artist Bayne Peterson sketches the voluptuous and sinuous shapes of what will become his vibrant wooden sculptures, he takes cues from organic movement. “Untitled” (2018), dyed plywood and natural wood, 15 x 9 x 5 inches.

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Shattered Porcelain Fragments Are Elegantly Bonded in Kintsugi Sculptures by Yeesookyung

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“Translated Vase” (2018), ceramic shards, epoxy, and 24K gold leaf, 102 × 77 × 77 centimeters. Seoul-based artist Yeesookyung ( previously ) fuses Korean and Japanese craft traditions in her elegant, gilded sculptures. “Translated Vase” (2018), ceramic shards, epoxy, and 24K gold leaf, 102 × 77 × 77 centimeters.

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