Something kind of like self expression, or more simply, just a matter of taste.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Tomas Saraceno: Cloud Cities
Glass sculptures by Shayna Leib
darksilenceinsuburbia: Alicia Martin. Artist Alicia Martin’s tornado of books shoot out a window like a burst of water from a giant hose. The Spain-based artist’s sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid depicts a cavalcade of books streaming out of the side of a building. The whirlwind of literature defies gravity and draws attention with its grandeur size. There have been three site-specific installations, thus far, of the massive sculptural works in this series known as Biografias, translated as Biographies, that each feature approximately 5,000 books sprawled out around and atop one another. (by Eugene) Alicia Martín at Galleria Galica via [pulmonaire, DesignVerb]
Grand Central Terminal, 43rd Street in Grand Central Market
Donald Lipski: Sirshasana, 1998
Aluminum and polyester resin sculpture with crystals in ceilingIn Sirshasana, a sculptural chandelier in the shape of a golden-rooted olive tree suspended above the street-level entrance to the Grand Central Market, Donald Lipski drew upon Hindu and Greek lore. “To the ancient Greeks the olive tree symbolized freedom and purity,” he explains. “And the name Sirshasana refers to a yoga headstand posture - the inverted tree ….” With branches that span twenty-five feet and 5,000 brilliant crystal pendants, the tree dominates the area, bringing the feel of an outdoor market.
The space was designed so that morning sun bathes the tree and floods the market with light. The form has writhing, enticing, and unexpected elements, with the base of the tree finished in gold and crystals dangling in place of olives In addition to alluding to the decorative chandeliers in Grand Central, the tree is a comment on the allure of the exotic and tempting wares sold in the marketplace.
Donald Lipski started off as an artist in New York, creating sculptures out of objects and materials he found on the streets of Lower Manhattan. Today he has grown his practice to include found and repurposed industrial materials to create large-scale public art installations. Lipski is one of the most prolific and visible public artists in America today.
Art of the Toilet Paper Roll by JUNIOR FRITZ JACQUET
French artist Junior Fritz Jacquet has been fascinated by paper since a very young age. Among various other paper and cardboard creations, he transforms plain toilet paper rolls into remarkable miniature masks. His technique is inspired by origami, in that it uses a single piece and folds it into a shape, but has a unique smoothness that deviates from the sharpness and jagged edges of origami, creating shapes that are astonishingly human. The masks are sculpted by hand, then coated with shellac and different pigments. A testament to the power of taking something incredibly simple and transforming it into something impressively expressive, each piece exudes a complexity of human emotion conveyed in just a few brilliantly orchestrated folds.
katekeepswalking: Gerhard Demetz By pure chance I came across Gerhard Demetz and his outstanding wooden sculptures and couldn’t leave them alone. Childhood innocence mixed with so much bitterness, that is what intrigues and scares me both at the same time. Nevertheless I find them extremely beautiful.
My first association with his work is the impact of war on children and people in general, which is because of the objects they carry (e.g. scissors, gas mask) as well as the way they are dressed (boots, ties, gloves and military style clothing/uniforms). In addition to this, other objects like a sleigh, water wings or several toys appear to be a violent contrast, because they accentuate once again pure childishness and look to me like remnants of a bygone time. On second thought, it might be loss of childhood in general, which may have different deep-set causes and which is expressed drastically through these postures, facial expressions and objects.
These sculptures also remind me of Tarkovky’s film ”Ivan’s Childhood”, which affected me in a similar way.
Ceramics Inspiration of the Day!!! Great sculptures by Leora Brecher! The negative space is also really awesome!
Gormley describes his work as“an attempt to materialise the place at the other side of appearance where we all live.” Many of his works are based on moulds taken from his own body, or “the closest experience of matter that I will ever have and the only part of the material world that I live inside.”
Quantum Potentiality of the Manifested Self - Antony Gromley
(Source: placedesarts)
