Inspired by last week’s paper cathedral post, we became obsessed with finding further examples of the humble, felled tree being manipulated by artists with the inspiration to push the material to its limits. It was not long before our eyes fell upon the fluid artworks of Chinese artist, Ling Hongbo.
The Stone Fields series is created by Italian-based designer Giuseppe Randazzo that reflects his strong interest with finding the edge between art and science. Which started as a 3d-objects optimal packing algorithm over a surface, evolved into totally something different. He explains about his work:
“I love the work by Richard Long, from which this project takes its cue. The way he fills lonely landscapes with arcaic stones patterns and its eroic artistic practice, in his monumental vision, is in strong contrast with this computational approach that - ironically - allows virtual stones creation and sorting in a non phisical, mental way, a ‘lazy’ version, so to speak.”
More about this work can be found on his website.
These wonderful set of books are the works of sculptor Alexander Korzer-Robinson who transforms old books from their utilitarian purpose into a window to an imaginative world. His process involves cutting the front cover and stripping the texts and whitespaces on each page leaving only the images and other visuals out there. He explains, “By using pre-existing media as a starting point, certain boundaries are set by the material, which I aim to transform through my process. Thus, an encyclopedia can become a window into an alternate world, much like lived reality becomes its alternate in remembered experience. These books, having been stripped of their utilitarian value by the passage of time, regain new purpose. They are no longer tools to learn about the world, but rather a means to gain insight about oneself.”
More of his works can be found on his website which includes much more of his hand cut works.
High tech meets fossils. Let us introduce you to the amazing works of Peter McFarlane, a mixed media and installation artist that can turn waste and other discarded objects into sculptures, installations, paintings and other works of art. About his work he says:
“To me, waste is just lack of imagination. This belief carries beyond the boundaries of my art production and permeates most aspects of my life. Most of my home and studio, and much of everything in them, is recycled. I’ve always had an epic imagination along with a driving desire to make things. Thus, used objects have pared my options down to a workable, manageable level. No object is beyond artistic merit, meaning and metaphor. So why throw it out? The materials of my work are connected intrinsically to my ideas, be they tailored beyond recognition or left as found. Each piece I make resurrects an object as an idea specific to the material and the meaning inherent in its use. The history of the object — from the manufacture to the dumpster — embellishes its contexts and the possibilities I have to manipulate them. I have often made a connection with the objects that I’ve used in my everyday life or work experience: that which I know.”
More of his work can be found on his portfolio.
This impressive horse sculpture made of recycled computer keys is constructed by Babis Cloud. Carrying the title Hedonism(y) Trojaner it’s obviously inspired by the giant mythological Trojan Horse that was built by the Greek to seize the City of Troy by surprise. However, using this sculpture, Babis is referencing to how information is shared and passed on voluntarily and involuntarily on the internet. That not only the familiar “Trojans” deserve the title, but that all other information in way do as well.
Stacks is a stunning paper sculpture by artist Aleksandra Domanovic that features 7,500 high paper stacks. The sides exposes a vague fragment of photographs that were captured during the September 11th Twin Tower attacks in New York. Beautifully symbolized as a reminder to what once were.
In Marc Fichou’s latest work, his intentions was to create a piece where the work cannot be separated from its referent, creating a visual link between the past and the present. With this in mind, it led him towards the art of origami because of its reversible character where it leaves a physical crease the moment you unfold an origami object.
In this series, it the paper used for the origami includes the photographic and material memories of its past origami form. The origami and paper becomes one and the same at two different times, in two different spaces and in two different shapes.
A while ago, we covered Jason Freeny’s dissected LEGO men, a morbid but fascinating sculpture project involving a life-sized LEGO character. In his newest project however, he created an anatomical correct model of Barbie. Unfortunately the sculpture is not for sale, however, the prints are! More of Freeny’s anatomical model sculptures can be found on his website.
New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach created a massive tome that includes all the RGB color variations available. Think it as a hardcover book of the Photoshop color picker. The special binding that is required to put this thing together was custom made and co-designed by Daniel E. Kelm. So in case you were wondering whether there is some kind of a color-bible out there, the RGB Colorspace Atlas may be your best bet.
French artist Shaka uses an elaborate fusion of painting, graffiti and sculpture to bring his art to life by letting the subjects on the canvas enter the third-dimensional world. Shaka cites artists such as Van Gogh, Caravaggio and Arcimboldo as inspirations for his work and recently successfully completed a solo exhibition in Seize Gallery in Marseille, France. Interested in purchasing a print? Head over to his shop!
