TigTab’s amazing light paintings.
And, no, these images were not photo-manipulated. They were done in one continuous long-exposure shot. All of TigTab’s stencils are hand cut and placed on a custom built light box.
Wonderful shadow art.
Belgian artist Fred Eerdekens strategically places objects that cast shadows to form words and images.
Beautiful charcoal drawings by Robert Longo.
Robert Mikelsen’s delicate, intricate, and extremely detailed glass sculptures.
Alice Anderson’s dolls hair sculptures.
Lee Jae-Hyo’s functional art.
These massive wooden chairs & benches weigh between 400-1000 pounds. Lee also creates densely patterned orbs out of stainless steel nails, which reference the textures found in the ocean, such as coral reefs.
Reverse of Volume RG is a dazzling new installation at Rice Gallery in Houston by Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi.
These photos don’t do it justice. But Onishi’s process, which he calls “casting the invisible”, in producing this ghost of an installation is no less fascinating. First, with the help of his assistant, Onishi draped plastic sheeting over a scaffold of boxes. Then strands of hot black glue were dripped from the ceiling to seal the plastic in place. When the glue dried, they removed the boxes, leaving the plastic to float in mid-air like vapor.
Sustainable art? Ethnomorphic Landscapes by Lana Shuttleworth.
She created these wonderful pieces using cut-up traffic cones and other found material. Her art begs the question: how can we as a society continue to live in harmony with nature if we continue producing plastic junk?
These landscapes are part of a selected group show that opened last weekend at George Billis Gallery in LA and continues through June 16. George Billis, of course, has previously established a successful contemporary art gallery in NYC before opening the one at 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd in LA. Be sure to stop by for a visit.
Created by Heavy Artillery‘s AROE, this monster Adam Yauch tribute is 12 feet high and 64 feet long.
Inspired by the Beastie Boys debut album “Licence to Ill”, AROE added a few personal touches and came up with this visually stunning memorial to the legendary MCA.
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada’s Identity Series in Barcelona.
Gerada was drawn to the beauty of old surfaces on which he blended photo-realistic images of anonymous locals made from charcoal. These time-based portraits gradually deteriorate. They become a metaphor of the fading of life, of fame and of the things we think are important.
His Identity Series is about initiating a dialogue with a local community through art. His street art portraits transformed local, anonymous residents into social icons, giving relevance to an individual’s contribution to the community and touching upon the legacy that each life has to offer. His creation of this series is also an act that is environmentally sound. The photo-realistic pieces will gradually fade away. The importance of each piece is the whole process of creation, destruction and memory.
