toys’R'us, by michael johansson, was made for the exhibition Besökarna (the Visitors) in a new part of Malm. consisting of a boat and related equipment are joined together in a welded metal frame. Everything is painted in a unifying plastic layer to resemble the surface of a model kit. The real boat is transformed into a model of itself, and its original purpose has given way to something else.
the impressive sculptures of hiroyuki hamada bridges the contrasting conceptions of the industrial and the organic through his minimal yet highly complex process of painting, digging and drilling.
made of welded steel, an imposing sculpture 15m high and 36m long giving the ilusion of a paper sheet, created by neil dawson it is located in new zealand on “the farm,” a large private art park owned by alan gibbs
szymon roginski together with kasia korzeniecka show us their amazing work for ania kuczynska’s collection, where with a mixture between photography and sculpture explore the three-dimensionality of the images inspired by the cubist painters in the 20’s.
li wei uses his own body as the focal point of his work, on this series which began back in 2002 “falls” is characterized by him falling from the sky in various parts of the world. every image is real and not generated by computer, just the wires and scaffolding which keep him upright where cropped out.
‘if you picture someone falling to earth from another planet, there would really be no soft landing, whether the landing were in china or in another part of the world. this feeling of having fallen headfirst into the unknown and of having nothing firm under one’s feet is familiar to everyone. one doesn’t have to actually fall from another planet to feel that way.’ - LW
a new issue of Be|Different (itlian contemporary art magazine) is now avairable for free in its PDF format. in this issue “new ecology” with artists like: gianrico agresta, paolo baraldi, felipe cardeña, enrica casentini, francesco cervelli, vanni cuoghi, loris dogana, tamara ferioli, simone fugazzotto, michele manzini and paco.
you can get it here | new ecology
in a peculiar combination between painting, photography, scanned objects and photoshop, maggie taylor’s fascinating images come alive.
yulia brodskaya’s impressive work, paper graphics, is made with small strips of colored paper to create amazing intricate designs.
a new issue of Be|Different (itlian contemporary art magazine) is now avairable for free in its PDF format. in this issue “mutations” by the view of ALE+ALE, alessandro bavari, franco brambilla, mirko canesi, el gato chimney, fulvio di piazza, james kalinda, simone lucciola, orticanoodles, ozmo, paco, paper resistance, vacon and ezio vecchi. we can see the artistic perseption on the streets.
take a look on this publication that’s characterized on having a few words and a alot of visual content.
yo can get it here | www.bedifferent.it
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