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

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Japanese illustrator Shotaro Kitada uses humble rolls of copy paper to create three-dimensional handmade sculptures that inhabit their own peculiar reality. Taking the shape of whacky giant heads perched on the top of vans to clumsy pedestrians getting their tongues stuck to icy lampposts, Shotaro's sculptures are a bizarre joy to behold.

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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

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DIORAMA – a series of three freestanding mixed media sculptures by artisans Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey – distills a variety of multidimensional scenes into an amalgam of colored glass and black metal artifacts to offer respite from the din of existence. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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A Sculptural Bench That Invites Visitors to Take Pause

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Soul Sculpture Bench is a minimalist bench created by Madrid-based designer Verónica Mar for Les Ateliers Courbet. Photography by Joseph Kramm. Mar’s approach to design goes beyond the tactile, incorporating elements with a spiritual sensitivity, featuring pieces designed to alter and balance the energy of spaces they inhabit.

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Creative Wood Sculptures by Tom Eckert #sculpture #wood #paint #art #brush

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Discover more of the best Art, Photography, Paint Woods, Wood Sculptures, and Sculptures inspiration on Designspiration Saved by Doug Lyon (@douglyon).

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Trap of the Truth: Erwin Wurm makes his UK museum exhibition debut

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© Erwin Wurm Renowned Austrian artist Erwin Wurm has unveiled his first UK museum exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. These are just some of the surreal sights awaiting visitors at Trap of the Truth, a comprehensive exhibition of Erwin Wurm's work running at Yorkshire Sculpture Park from now until 28 April 2024.

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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

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Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery Photography by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery I was kindly invited to its preview in this pretty lakeside town, bordered by hills in the north and the Alps in the south.

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Jean Jullien's bold, graphic underwater world will awaken your inner child

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Photography by Kate Shanasy The Paris-based artist brings an intimate experience of colourful ocean life, inner coral reefs and natural wonders to the National Gallery of Victoria for their latest Triennial. Photography by Kate Shanasy Photography by Kate Shanasy The exhibition is accompanied by a new NGV Kids book, Who Lives in the Sea?

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