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Japanese artist En Iwamura's fanciful sculptures are a holiday for the mind

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Japanese artist En Iwamura 's response invokes a sense of lively and wondrous innocence with his paintings, sculptures, and installations, which take the viewer on something approaching a holiday for the mind.

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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

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The new venue will be commissioning and presenting a year-round programme by leading artists from across the world. Images © David Levene Yayoi Kusama, The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity will Eternally Cover the Universe, 2019. Installation view, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai. The experience of the scale is what's important.

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Slow down, relax, and take a moment to enjoy Wood You Mind's handmade sculptures

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Take Parn Aniwat, also known as Wood You Mind , who carefully carves colourful wooden sculptures by hand. And from his quiet home studio, he has been silently carving whimsical statues out of blocks of wood since 2019. Working by hand does more than give Parn's sculptures a sense of personality. It also suits his lifestyle. "I

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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

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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). ” Zoophites borrows its title from a 1964 show in Paris that was the first the pair presented together and is on view through May 9.

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Glitches Distort Household Objects and Art Historical Figures in Sculptures by Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford

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“Garden Gipsoteca: Hercules” (2019), marble, resin, pigment, urethane foam, steel, abd wood, 84 x 36 x 24 inches. Artist Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford reenvisions classical sculptures as chaotic, glitched assemblages that piece together fragmented bits of the original work.

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No Dogs Allowed: More than 70 Artists Present a Show of Cat Art in L.A.

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The exhibition is the project of curator and journalist Susan Michals , who also wrote the 2019 book compiling hundreds of photos by cat-enthusiast and photographer Walter Chandoha. More than 70 artists feature cats as their muse for a feline-centric group exhibition that scratches well beyond the tropes associated with the frisky creatures.

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Somerset House art show revisits the last 50 years through the prism of horror

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The exhibition's third and final act, Witch, focuses on the period stretching from 2008's financial crash until the present day. The sculpture, seen for the first time in the UK, can be seen alongside a specially commissioned audio installation by Gazelle Twin. © Jake and Dinos Chapman, Return of the Repressed3.

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