installation: Resin walls grafted with goat hair and clay.
I love this because I immediatly thought, “gross, what is that?” The installation looks like something from another world. The texture certainly does not look like clay, and leaves me wishing I could see it up close. See John’s site for more photos and other great works that deal with interesting textures.
artist & website: John Grade – http://www.johngrade.com
I absolutely love works like this. These pieces look so minimal while the background process is a bit complex. This minimalistic imagery focuses attention on some very large and complex issues. Below is a quote explaining the work.
In this project we focused on the problem of air pollution. Therefore we exhibited eight pedestals, each of which are covered with an airtight Plexiglas box. Via the internet, the latest air pollution levels in the capitals of the G8-countries are obtained and sent to the control system of the installation. Based on this data, the system reproduces these levels artificially and in realtime inside the boxes. As an inidcator, to visualize the quality of the air, we are using lettuce. The lettuce changes in colors and size depending on the conditions it faces, and therefore we get some organic data visualization. Exhibited in showcase-like containers, becomes an object, a sculpture that speaks in nature’s own language about its state.
Levi van Veluw is a one man show, drawing, creating and photographing his creations himself. The video below shows a 360 degree view of another one of his creations.
Depth 4.5 meters, 25 life size sculptures, 5 meters in diameter, Grenada, West Indies
This is an older work that I just discovered, so if you have seen it my apologies. This sculpture feels like a monument of some sort and on reading about this work of art that seems to be what Taylor intended. The figures are linking hands “evoking ideas of unity and continuum” and stand against currents to become a new reef.
The cement finish and chemical composition of Vicissitudes actively promotes the colonisation of coral and marine life.
artist & website: Jason de Caires Taylor – http://www.underwatersculpture.com/
photo from boodely.com
72 Chairs, 400cm in diameter.
artist and website: Michel de Broin – http://www.micheldebroin.org
artist & website: Kyle Fokken – http://kylefokken.com
This is one of 4 waterfalls that Eliasson built in New York City. These were created as part of a public art fund to bring exhibits and art into public places.
artist & website: Olafur Eliasson – http://www.nycwaterfalls.org
Resin, aluminum sticks, stainless steel wires, springs and oil paint
Lee imagines what the skeletal structure of cartoon characters might look like. Pictured here are the three nephews of Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie in case you do not remember.
artist & website: Hyungkoo Lee – http://www.hyungkoolee.net
