Latest Farmlab Junker Garden Being Exhibited at Santa Monica Museum of ArtOnce Was 1990 Mercedes; Now Planted with Ferns
Junker Car #4 Farmlab (2008) Steel, rubber, plants About Farmlab's Junker Gardens Series Farmlab's latest Junker Garden, ... with agriculture to produce relevant contemporary sculpture. From the mobile nursery entrepreneur who parks ... , while the hood was turned into a goldfish-filled fish tank. Gearheads – including those with a pop [more...]
Date: 2008-01-24 23:15:30
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Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor
Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor December 31, 2007 by rocketfuel First time I learn about this guy was through a magazine called Art Forum ... Ron Mueck is an Australian hyper-realist sculptor working in the UK. His incredible sculptures ... , Mueck’s one of the leading contemporary artists of today.For more info check out Paintalicious [more...]
Date: 2007-12-31 22:43:41
Blog: Rocketfuel’s Weblog...
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ARTIST
The ability to convince people that your random neural firings make sense. Key Mystery Quote: The spot in Napoleon Gardens has long been a venue for contemporary sculpture, ever since an older piece by noted artist, typographer and deviant Eric... [more...]
Date: 2008-02-06 19:09:23
Blog: Dave Barry's Blog...
Mike Rea interview - It's made of wood
Reawood2 Reawood Here's an incredible interview (and photos) with Mike Rea, maker of amazing wooden sculptures - Link. Related: Mike Rea ( ... site) - Link.Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. April 3-June 15, 2008 - Link. Read this article Comment on this article [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 15:30:02
Blog: MAKE: Blog...
Mike Rea interview - It’s made of wood
Reawood2 Reawood Here's an incredible interview (and photos) with Mike Rea, maker of amazing wooden sculptures - Link. Related: Mike Rea ( ... site) - Link.Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. April 3-June 15, 2008 - Link. Read this article Comment on this article [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 15:30:02
Blog: Daily DIY Network - Sc...
Picks of the Week (2/25-3/2)
(Anni Holm, Detail of NewWorking project, 2008. Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art.) ... wooden shelves. Laminated onto the sculpture’s hollow interior are digital prints of Cooper’ [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 22:03:44
Blog: Brooklyn Museum: Commun...
Phayao : Attraction Information
Phayao : Attraction Information 21. February 2008PhayaoAdmin0 comments Ban Huak : ... and sculptures of religion-based characters by contemporary craftsmen of great skill. From here [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 01:29:14
Blog: Tours Thailand - Thaila...
African Art - CT Scanning of Malian Antiquities Lecture - Feb 28, 2008
Received through email and had to share this event! Looks VERY interesting!! ____________ From: Linda O ... present Time Lines New perspectives on Contemporary & Traditional African Art 2008 Lecture Series ... cotta sculptures from the Inland Niger Delta of Mali. Belgian radiologist Marc Ghysels [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 04:42:34
Blog: SerenityLife...
Sustainable living and the Greening of Greenfield
I am checking out this group…hope it pans out! Greening Greenfield A citizen committee started in 2005 to work toward building a sustainable ... Puppet The Turtle Island Medicine Show is a contemporary fable and cautionary tale inspired by both ... whimsical kinetic sculptures, richly painted paper mache masks and puppet figures that range in size [more...]
Date: 2008-02-20 02:23:07
Blog: Bio-Regional Animism ...
Seeing Through Clothes by Anne Hollander,
In this generously illustrated book, Anne Hollander examines the representation of the body and clothing in Western art, from Greek sculpture and vase painting through medieval and renaissance portraits, to contemporary films and fashion photography. First published ahead of its time, this book has become a classic. [more...]
Date: 2008-02-23 23:34:18
Blog: Bunches of Specials...
Interested in other peoples suggestions for a good feature
Interested in other peoples suggestions... (Jonstephs) ... Architecture, Painting, Photography... (1 Viewing) ...Design, Sculpture, Drawing, Media and other related ... (2007) (heartscore) - Yesterday 22:20 Contemporary Classical Works (1 Viewing) A place for composers [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 16:14:32
Blog: Magle International Mus...
Kurt Lightner Interview
Contemporary artist, Kurt Lightner is known for creating collages and sculptures which blend real and imaginative worlds into a world of his own. Instead of following the beaten path [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 00:28:18
Blog: UnconVentionaL...
Ben Lewis - Art Safari: Matthew Barney (2005)
Download this at KaraGarga. Ben Lewis continues his series of programmes looking at a new generation of contemporary international artists. Matthew Barney makes art on a Hollywood scale with videos, sculptures, photographs and drawings. His Cremaster Cycle - the art world's answer to Star Wars - generated queues at the Guggenheim [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 09:57:04
Blog: ART TORRENTS...
bronzed nike
of ireland this research has little immediate relevance - rather it is to the wider world with which it is more concerned - be it india or vietnam ... of the reality of the contemporary colonisation of the planet has emerged; where national boundaries ... , the art object - will begin making sculptures of commodities which are made in the east and south [more...]
Date: 2008-02-20 15:26:19
Blog: Rory Harron....
Open house and beyond thumbnail
Srividya Balasubramanian | sribalan88@gmail.com the ridge transmedia A NUSSU Publication Feb ... , a collection of contemporary Chinese pieces was a refreshing change to the Chinese landscape ... collection, featuring some of his sculptures and sketches donated by himself to the museum was arresting [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 07:28:35
Blog: nussu the ridge online...
The Influencers: Brody Condon
The Influencers: Brody Condon February 22nd, 2008, by Eva and Franco Mattes ... in the use of video games as a starting point for the creation of sculptures, performances, and video ... existing titles or mixes a part of their elements with references to popular culture, contemporary art [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 17:57:38
Blog: Art21 Blog ...
Tacita Dean on Collecting
An artist I follow closely is Tacita Dean, whose interest in W.G. Sebald I have noted before several times. ( ... of popular songs, postcards of lighthouses or votive sculptures of Our Lady of Montserrat, your collection ... -works-place.jpg Dean also co-edited a very smart book on contemporary artists whose work deals [more...]
Date: 2008-02-18 17:59:28
Blog: Vertigo: Collecting &a...
Germaine Greer
Greatly inspired by Germaine Greer’s infamous publication The Female Eunuch, ... of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ... , The Institute of Modern Art,Brisbane and Studio 12 at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne. [more...]
Date: 2008-02-28 05:00:00
Blog: DailyServing.com...
Photo of the Day - Hall of Science
London, England March 2005 “Both the interiors and exteriors of the Waterhouse building make extensive use of terracotta tiles to resist the sooty climate of Victorian London. The tiles and bricks feature many relief sculptures of flora ... . This explicit separation was at the request of Owen, and has been seen as a statement of his contemporary [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 15:45:15
Blog: w i n d y h a r b o r ...
The Knitting Factory
Brooklyn-based artist Oliver Herring planned to study medicine but studied art to avoid conscription into the German army ... and photographic sculptures, including the participation of strangers. Herring has asked people to spit food dye ... exhibitions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Museum [more...]
Date: 2008-02-14 08:56:27
Blog: The Eye ...
Tobias Rehberger: The chicken-and-egg-no-problem wall-painting
absolutearts.com - Contemporary Art - Artist Portfolios - Art News: " ... . For this exhibition at the Stedelijk, the artist is devising a special installation involving sculptures and light [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 18:07:41
Blog: METROGADFLY©...
Surface/Subsurface
by Doug Black Post-industrial cities are crowded places, which means new development often comes in the wake of demolition. It's a process against contemporary sensibilities, as well as New York architectural firm Weiss ... Specific. Their latest focuses on their most comprehensive works, particularly the Olympic Sculpture [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 20:30:09
Blog: Cool Hunting...
After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art
One of my readers brought this very interesting panel discussion about a new book to my attention. Thank you Josephine! ... , Sculpture, and the New York Times. Helaine Posner, Adjunct Curator for the American Federation of Arts ... . Nancy Princenthal, art critic who has contributed to Art in America magazine since 1985 [more...]
Date: 2008-02-13 02:59:51
Blog: Painterly Visions...
Bangalore’s Bid & Hammer holds first art auction
The Bid & Hammer auction house in India, set up in January this year, recently held its first auction in Bangalore ... can participate. It offers contemporary art, other forms of art and also silver furniture and other collectibles.” Unlike Saffronart or Osian’s which only focus on canvases and sculptures as art [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 07:53:59
Blog: NewsFundas.com - Global...
Akemi Maegawa: Invisible, Inc.
Akemi Maegawa, Invisible, Inc. Sculptures and Installation Works February 23 - March 29, 2008 Opening reception with the artist: Saturday, February 23, 6-8PM Irvine Contemporary, Akemi Maegawa opens her first solo show, Invisible, Inc. The exhibition features the artist’s sculptures and installation works in a wide range of media [more...]
Date: 2008-02-20 16:02:21
Blog: Painterly Visions...
MAKE ART/STOP AIDS @ the Fowler Museum
On Saturday night I attended the opening of MAKE ART/STOP AIDS at UCLA's Fowler Museum where works by artists ( ... all of the safe sex commercials on MTV? Make Art/Stop AIDS presents more than sixty contemporary works including paintings, sculptures, photographs, performance videos, posters, animated shorts, digital [more...]
Date: 2008-02-26 07:04:33
Blog: art.blogging.la...
Swann Galleries and The Black Fine Art Show 2008
Generation Next: A panel of emerging, contemporary artists discuss their work and motivations at G.R. N'Namdi Gallery. L to R: Blake T ... American Fine Art and consisted of over 260 rare paintings, drawings, collages, prints and sculptures [more...]
Date: 2008-02-20 11:43:25
Blog: Authentic Art Visions...
Tantalized bodies
NEXT WEEK AT BLOOM Australian-born artist Ron Mueck, renowned for his sculpture 'Dead Dad', shown at the Sensation exhibition in 1997, ... Cartier pour l’art contemporain, which provided Mueck with the opportunity to create new sculptures, two of which are gigantic. Whether monumental or smaller than life-size, Ron Mueck’s sculptures [more...]
Date: 2008-02-13 07:56:45
Blog: Within a Sky Full of Ea...
Auction nets over $40 million for AIDS in Africa
Contemporary art collectors opened their wallets on Thursday and shelled out $42 ... , including "Where there's a will there's a way," a monumental medicine chest sculpture containing [more...]
Date: 2008-02-15 06:10:13
Blog: Celebrity Tidings...
Fact of the Day 76: Anthony d’Offay; Gift to the Nation
Anthony d’Offay (Right) ... of their estimated market value. The paintings, photographs, drawings and sculptures by 32 artists, including Bruce [more...]
Date: 2008-02-28 00:15:09
Blog: Contemporary Art ETC…....
Proposing a new art fair model There is a sense of art fatigue brewing in the art world ... for Contemporary Prints and New Editions, which is an interesting deviation from the most common art fair ... it is a project of the Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Fair for Contemporary Prints & New Editions [more...]
Date: 2008-02-23 17:39:28
Blog: Daily Campello Art News...
The Ancient Godly Connection
Pop Quiz Hotshot: Question: What do the great pyramids, Stonehenge, Mayan pyramids, and ancient Indian temples all have in common? ... in sculptures that have been found: Ancient Mayan Gods: Ancient Egyptian Gods: Ancient [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 18:21:00
Blog: Drews words...
To Destroy the City
Nineveh must have been immense as a city, a walk of three days to cross it, and Wikipedia figures a circumference of 60 miles ... and a library of 22 000 clay tablets. Later, more palaces and temples and city gates were found, hanging gardens, casinos, city walls, sculptures and mosaics and complex water supply systems. That is where [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 10:37:32
Blog: F I S H I N G...
On Spitting, Knitting, and not Quitting
Brooklyn-based artist Oliver Herring wanted to become a doctor but studied art to avoid conscription into the German army. He took his BFA from the University of Oxford and MFA from Hunter College. Though Herring studied painting, his work spans many media. In his early works, Herring knitted packing tape into garments and furniture [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 20:30:38
Blog: The Eye ...
local stuff
1. Disappeared News - 2 new articles 2. U.S. presses China on military intentions 3. Maori model could restore local pride 4. Chinook. 5. A letter to Micah Kane, DHHL Director 6. Blue Planet's "Green" Environmental Summit - a response from henry curtis - other viewpoints to follow 7. OHA v [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 07:15:16
Blog: local stuffs list...
Bid bid buy: Bangalore's Bid & Hammer holds first art auction
Rate this: Source: CNN IBN [ BID & HAMMER'S FIRST: The Bid & ... for everybody, where everybody can participate. It offers contemporary art, other forms of art and also silver ... and sculptures as art works, Bid & Hammer is the only Indian auction house which opens its doors to art [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 04:22:40
Blog: Indian Art News...
Ron Mueck - Artist of Humanity
Sitting in my local library today I found a contemporary, Australian art magazine featuring one of my favourite artists, Ron Mueck ... about the human body, its vulnerability and our humanity. Using specialist model making techniques, Mueck's sculptures play with scale, featuring lovingly added detail and bodily blemishes/flaws. Originally [more...]
Date: 2008-01-01 09:40:18
Blog: Meerkat Clippings...
Mezzanine Gallery: “Manufacturing Sympathies” by Matthew Boonstra
Matthew Boonstra works primarily with fabricated steel and cast bronze to create abstract sculptures ... with steel or bronze to make them non-functional. He earned his BFA in sculpture from Eastern Michigan ... he is pursuing his MFA in sculpture. Beer Bottle [more...]
Date: 2008-02-27 04:13:43
Blog: Lansing Art Gallery » W...
Arty Farty
Mommy and I have had quite the art-filled few days so I thought, rather than giving a boring play-by-play of each day, ... his later sculptures. In the first few rooms, I found that there was a strong tie to Doris Salcedo [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 00:53:16
Blog: Elisabeth...
Idolatry: Let's do Something About it! (Reposted)
By: C. Peter Wagnar Most of my Christian friends are saying that they would like to see their cities transformed. Few of them would need to be convinced that what we are seeing all around us, day in and day out, seems to be resulting much more from the activities of the forces of darkness than from the kingdom of God in our midst [more...]
Date: 2008-02-18 18:51:04
Blog: Your Grace is Sufficien...
out and about
and all over the place! a friend is visiting and you know what that means? no work! ... to wander through the huge steel panels tilted at such gravity defying angles. The Hearst galleries ... Light" sculpture [more...]
Date: 2008-02-25 23:37:26
Blog: miriam dema...
Call for Artists: The Green Lion - Acquasparta, Italy
Call for Artists: The Green Lion - Acquasparta, Italy 2008-02-28 until 2008-03-31 Cesi Palace, Camaver Kunsthaus Acquasparta, ... of the artistic event that will present, not only paintings, but also sculptures, photography, literature [more...]
Date: 2008-02-28 11:22:13
Blog: mondomedeusah creative...
Explore Minnesota Events Report: February 19
This is the Explore Minnesota Events Report as of Tuesday, February 19, brought to you by Explore Minnesota Tourism. Southern Minnesota Eagle Spot Weekends will be offered at Colvill Park in Red Wing each Saturday and Sunday through March 16, when experienced volunteers will be on-hand to answer questions about the many eagles that spend their [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 22:09:32
Blog: Explore Minnesota News...
Art Gallery India
india art gallery - online india art gallery delhi offers indian contemporary art. The online india art gallery, offers finest collection of indian contemporary art, original indian art paintings, drawings, sketches, sculptures from famous Indian artists like M F Husain, Jogen [more...]
Date: 2008-02-13 10:42:11
Blog: Otavo - The Intention E...
Expenditure" - the 2008 Busan Biennale will take place this September bringing approximately 200 artworks from 30 countries
The 2008 Busan Biennale unfolds at the Busan Museum of Modern Art, Gwangalli Beach, ... up of the Contemporary Art Exhibition, the Sea Art Festival, and the Busan Sculpture Project ... of contemporary art through a variety of artworks including paintings, photographs, videos, installations [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 09:36:25
Blog: Pop op o Pe 普奧普阿比...
Text and Interview for the Exhibition “An 8-bit Moment in Gameplay,” by Eduardo Navas
Image and text source: gallery@calit2 The following text and interview were written for the exhibition “An 8-bit Moment in Gameplay: ,” featuring a ten-foot scale working model of the Atari Joystick by artist and media theorist, Mary Flanagan. The exhibition takes place from February 4 to March 17, 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-02-20 02:40:10
Blog: Remix Theory ...
Lobster?
I had the opportunity to go to the new Broad building, or BCAM, at the LA County Museum of Art on Friday ... . He mines the lowest levels of pop detritus--inflatable toys, magazines, pornography, kitsch statuary [more...]
Date: 2008-02-16 18:13:12
Blog: nevermind the bricolage...
Review: Primus - Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People
Originally published in Delusions of Adequacy Oct ... ball of “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver.” (You’ll also find on the DVD the clay-mation moral lesson of “ ... -winning clay-motion short “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” previously only available as a hidden [more...]
Date: 2008-02-21 04:16:20
Blog: swordfish...
Temples and Buildings of Cultural Interest
Bangkok takes great pride in its large number of fascinating temples around the capital. The major ones can be found in the Rattanakosin area on the western side of the city. The Rattanakosin area is called an island but has been incorporated into the city [more...]
Date: 2008-02-22 14:29:56
Blog: thaitravelplans.com...
Job Posting: Artist Educator-Luminat’eau School Program, Harbourfront Centre
Job Posting: Artist Educator-Luminat’eau School Program, Harbourfront Centre February 19, 2008 — TAPA Number of vacancies: ... facility for contemporary culture. Our year-round operation offers some 4000 internationally acclaimed ... sculptural pieces. The sculptures will be used in the Fire Walk at Luminat’eau: the Luminato Festival [more...]
Date: 2008-02-19 15:14:23
Blog: The TAPA Blog...
