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archiemcphee: This awesome Cuboid Balloon is the work of artist...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:01:36 -0700

This awesome Cuboid Balloon is the work of artist Junya Ishigami. It was constructed in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, Japan. The balloon contains a massive aluminum truss and weighs over a ton, but it was filled with helium, so it really is floating there. If we saw it in person we’d really have to fight the urge to (gently) poke at it.

Click here to watch brief video footage of this spectacular installation.

[via Sweet Station and The Fox is Black]

Matchstickmen: Burnt Matches Resembling Charred Human Heads by...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:01:37 -0700

Matchstickmen: Burnt Matches Resembling Charred Human Heads by Wolfgang Stiller

While living in Beijing several years ago German artist Wolfgang Stiller acquired several head molds and large pieces of wood. After experimenting with the various components the artist struck on an idea to create several large-scale burnt matches where the charred remains of each tip appeared as the face of a human, a series he calls Matchstickmen. While Stiller leaves the meaning of the artworks open for interpretation the pieces exist in a surprisingly strange area between morbid and humorous. At a distance each match seems almost laughable in its appearance almost like a toy bobblehead, but up close the somber, lifeless faces often resting in coffin-like matchboxes are pretty disconcerting.

(Source: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/)

Solitary Human Figures Project Bright Starry Lights, Mihoko...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:01:28 -0700

Solitary Human Figures Project Bright Starry Lights, Mihoko Ogaki

In Milky Way - Breath, artist Mihoko Ogaki takes the mystery of the night sky and combines it with sculptures of the human body. Each figure is formed out of plastic and then embedded with bright LEDs, which shine through thousands of little holes and illuminate the surrounding walls. The results are a bright starry sky, projected outward from the dying figures.

The series of work represents both life and death. In a bright room, the dying bodies appear morbid and in pain, but, when the lights go off, the suffering seems to disappear into a delightful, twinkling display. One review states, “Ogaki takes the emotions of our human condition and gives them a physical presence.” The sparkling figures create an environment of tranquility, in which viewers are encouraged to calmly, and without distress, contemplate the human condition of life and death.

(Source: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/)

art-of-city: Yin Xiuzhen – Collective Subconscious (a minivan...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:01:33 -0700

art-of-city:

Yin Xiuzhen – Collective Subconscious (a minivan with a fabric body)

myampgoesto11: Subodh Gupta: Cosmic Battle

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:01:27 -0700

myampgoesto11:

Subodh Gupta: Cosmic Battle

junkculture: Miniature Landscapes Encapsulated within Steamer...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:01:25 -0700

junkculture:

Miniature Landscapes Encapsulated within Steamer Trunks

Bad Dog Bad Dog, a 28 foot tall sculpture of a black Labrador,...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:01:44 -0700

Bad Dog

Bad Dog, a 28 foot tall sculpture of a black Labrador, has been installed on the side of the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in Newport Beach, California, as part of the “Richard Jackson: Ain’t Painting a Pain” exhibition, the first retrospective devoted to the 74 year old artist.

softpyramid: Sterling RubyDOUBLE VAMPIRE 3Fabric and fiber...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:01:52 -0700

softpyramid:

Sterling Ruby
DOUBLE VAMPIRE 3
Fabric and fiber fill
163 x 205 x 7 inches
2011

archiemcphee: This pleasingly placid behemoth is the Hope...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:01:35 -0700

archiemcphee:

This pleasingly placid behemoth is the Hope Hippo, a delightful depiction of a serenely wallowing hippo that’s made of mud and displayed with a live person sitting atop it reading a newspaper. The installation was created in 2005 by Allora & Calzadilla, a collaborative duo of visual artists based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[via Sweet Station]

In 2005, Barnacle Bros. flew out to Venice, Italy to sculpt Hope Hippo for the 51st Venice Biennale.

Skate Wave circa 1977/2013, 2013Foam, Fiberglass, resin, pool...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:47:00 -0700

Skate Wave circa 1977/2013, 2013
Foam, Fiberglass, resin, pool light,
exterioir house paint,
10 x 10 x 5’

Kelly Barrie

Fabricated by Barnacle Bros. Sculpture & Custom Fabrication

junkculture: Artist Turns Unwanted Credit Cards into Wearable...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:18:53 -0700

junkculture:

Artist Turns Unwanted Credit Cards into Wearable Art

iheartmyart: Joseph Klibansky, Elements of Life, 2013, 100 x...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:01:37 -0700

iheartmyart:

Joseph Klibansky, Elements of Life, 2013, 100 x 33 cm

iheartmyart: Magdalena Jetelovà, Domestication of Pyramids,...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:37:01 -0700

iheartmyart:

Magdalena Jetelovà, Domestication of Pyramids, 1991, Vienna, Warsaw, Prague

The Viennese Museum of Applied Art is a typical example of Ringstrasse architecture: an elegant, richly ornamented Neo-Renaissance building with an inner peristyle hall and galleries. Upon entering the building, the visitor finds himself/herself, surprisingly, in a darkened, curved space: soon he/she discovers that he/she is standing under large, slanted scaffolding. He/she instinctively walks to the right, where there is a way out. When he/she returns to the daylight, he/she finds himself/herself in the Museum hall, standing next to a thirteen-meter high tilted wall covered in red silica sand. The wall slices the inner space of the Museum diagonally across two floors, slashing razor-like through pillars and balustrades up to the ceiling. The wall, tilted at a 45° angle and with a base thirty-five meters long, is a fragment of one side of a pyramid which could continue in the exterior of the Museum building.

iheartmyart: Patricia Paccinini, The Carrier, 2012, fiberglass,...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:55:56 -0800

iheartmyart:

Patricia Paccinini, The Carrier, 2012, fiberglass, silicone, human hair, clothing, 170 x 105 x 75 cm

From the exhibition How to Tell the Future from the Past at Haunch of Venison NY, January 17 - March 2nd, 2013

http://www.haunchofvenison.com
http://www.patriciapiccinini.net

Smilee Barnacle Featured Here

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:15:03 -0800

Smilee Barnacle Featured Here:

Translation is something like this:

Post Title: Curious photographs of persons

Body of Post:

See certain curious photographs of persons, that are or “idiot” faces, or funny expressions, or even anything it can you imagine

tacticalshoyu: Anna Barlow’s Ceramics. “I am fascinated by the...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:56:13 -0800

tacticalshoyu:

Anna Barlow’s Ceramics. “I am fascinated by the way we eat food, especially by the rituals around celebrational or indulgent treats that have developed; the way they are assembled, displayed and then eaten. I am firstly inspired by the materials I use. I find that clay, porcelain and glaze have so many wonderful possibilities and often translate well to represent food.”

iheartmyart: THEO-MASS LEXILEICTOUS / THE ULTIMATE ACCEPTANCE...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:48:32 -0800

iheartmyart:

THEO-MASS LEXILEICTOUS / THE ULTIMATE ACCEPTANCE EPISODE / PHOTOGRAPHY: STELIOS KALLINIKOU / HEADPIECE BY REIN VOLLENGA

(via theo-mass)

Cara Faye Earl’s Los Santos de Terrorismo . Sculptures...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:16:38 -0800

Cara Faye Earl’s Los Santos de Terrorismo . Sculptures that represent the “45 Most Threatening Terrorist Organizations”

Barnacle Bros. casted over 200 plaster reproductions of Cara’s 45 sculptures.

contemporary-art-blog: Marcel Dzama, “With or Without Reason”,...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:08:09 -0700

contemporary-art-blog:

Marcel Dzama, “With or Without Reason”, in CAC Málaga.
Contemporary-Art-Blog

iheartmyart: Maskull Lasserre - Coriolis (installed in Vertigo...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:59:18 -0700

iheartmyart:

Maskull Lasserre - Coriolis (installed in Vertigo at Gallery Pierre-Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain), 2012. Steel, boulder, hardware, 40’ free-fall

74 x 31 x 62 inches