Sculpture
Breathtaking Stained-Glass Cabin Looks Ripped from a Fairytale - Creators
A miniature house made from glass shows off expert construction and dazzling motifs seemingly ripped from <i>Alice In Wonderland</i>. Covered with stained glass, the house sits on a stretch of luscious green land in Mohawk, New Jersey. Neile Cooper, a long-time stained-glass artist and jeweler, considers …
HousesScott Weaver's incredible toothpick sculptures
By day, Scott Weaver is a grocery store clerk. When he's not working, he's making elaborate sculptures out of toothpicks and Elmer's Glue. His tool …
Art5 Russian Doll Artists Creating Eerie, Hyperrealistic Handmade Toys - Creators
In taking the natural anatomy of a human being and transforming it into a captivating and magical inanimate figure, contemporary artists who create Russian dolls have an affinity for the weird and wonderful. Although, traditionally, dolls are popular objects in Russian art and design, contemporary …
ArtClaudio Parmiggiani's Cyclical Creative Destruction at Simon Lee Gallery
Although often associated with both the Arte Povera and Conceptual art movements, <b>Claudio Parmiggiani</b>’s work enduringly resists any true connection to …
ArtWatch a Skyscraper of Light Erupt from a Live Data Sculpture - Creators
A jumble of LED graphics move up and down the face of a giant glass installation, illuminating the open court of what looks like an indoor shopping mall or airplane terminal. This towering wall of light is a live data sculpture called <i>iOTA</i>. It was put together by Ouchh, the Istanbul based new media …
ArtBelfast sculpture Origin voted UK's worst piece of public art by the Spectator
A Belfast sculpture has been named as the UK's worst piece of public art by one upmarket magazine.
ArtHyperrealistic Sculptures Blur the Line Between Clay and Flesh - Creators
<i>This article contains adult content.</i><p>Victor Hugo once proclaimed, "Dear God! How beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.” He might as well have been talking about hyperrealistic sculpture.<p>Hyperrealistic sculpture is the …
Art'Rodin, the Centenary Exhibition' Review: Memorial for a Master
Paris<p>Can anything more possibly be said about Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)? Few artists are as universally revered and celebrated as this iconoclastic titan who brought sculpture into the modern age a little more than 100 years ago. At the same time, genuinely iconic works like “The Thinker” and “The …
Art18 Public Art Shows to Get Excited About in NYC This Spring
On View<p>The public art season is upon us.<p>& ,<p>Though there is still a chill in the air, and lingering remembrances of winter storm Stella have yet to …
New York CityNew Sculptural Eyewear Produced From Salvaged Street Metal and Found Objects by Cyrus Kabiru
Self-taught Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru (previously) fashions extravagant eyewear from pieces of found metal and other salvaged materials on the …
ArtIt Took Me 18 Months To Create This Impressive 2×3 Meter Sculpture Of The Book Of Revelations
I do love setting myself a task to try and create the best representation of each subject I undertake. This piece encompasses the whole story of the …
ArtJohn McCracken at Venus
John McCracken’splanks are the signature sculptural form of the artist’s intensely reductive output. Though he consistently reinterpreted the form …
Contemporary ArtGlass sculptures by Susan Liebold
The German artist Susan Liebold makes sculptures out of glass which look like they came from outer space or from the sea. Her new piece is a giant jellyfish!<p>You can find out more about European lifestyle and culture in our Euromaxx show. The DW magazine program reports on culture and art, countries …
ArtHollow Figurative Sculptures by Park Ki Pyung
South Korean sculptor Park Ki Pyung creates hollow human works from resin and steel, pieces that appear to express an extreme melancholia with bowed …
ArtThis Giant Moon Sculpture Is Traveling Around the World
Bristol-based artist, Luke Jerram is known for creating sculptures, large installations, and live arts projects since 1997. For his latest work, he …
SpaceHyperrealistic Sculptures Make Clay Look Like Wooden Humans - Creators
Ceramics and wood are two vastly different materials and artistic mediums, but the Virginia-based sculptor Chris White uses clay's highly malleable properties to mimic the texture of tree grain. White's trompe l'oeil technique also involves painting the clay surface in a hyperrealistic style, which …
ArtStriking Life-Sized Sculptures of Hollow Figures Contemplate Human Existence
South Korean artist and student Park Ki Pyung explores what it means to be human in his series of striking life-sized sculptures. Crafted from materials including cement, resin, and steel, the fractured figures are arranged in grand installations as well as intimate two-person groups. But large or …
ArtArtist Creates Realistic Miniature Models Exploring the Gritty World of Urban Architecture
Adelaide, Australia artist Joshua Smith has created an incredible collection of miniature models that explore the gritty world of urban architecture. …
ArtHow Artificial Intelligence Helped to Create a Gaudí-Inspired Thinking Sculpture
IBM and New-York-based design studio SOFTlab have teamed up to create the first thinking sculpture, inspired by Gaudí and developed with IBM’s Watson …
IBMShadow Spaces: Miniature architecture crafted from paper looks like real buildings
In his personal project, <i>Shadow Spaces</i>, London artist Owen Gildersleeve collaborated with still life photographer Stephen Lenthall to craft a series …
ArchitectureForbidden Fruit: Chris Antemann at Meissen
Using the Garden of Eden as her metaphor, Antemann created a contemporary celebration of the 18th-century banqueting craze. Inspired by Meissen’s …
ArtGeometric Wood Blocks Painted to Look Like Colorful Gemstones
Environmentally-conscious artist Victoria Wagner uses reclaimed wood to create colorful sculptures. Cleverly called <i>Woodrocks</i>, the striking series features wooden works that are cut and painted to look like glistening gemstones.<p>Using wood salvaged from downed trees (including coast live oak, …
PhotographyChun Sung-Myung’s Surreal, Figurative Installations
Chun Sung-Myung creates surreal, figurative installations full of sculpted characters often having the artist’s own face. These dreamlike situations …
ArtRainbow Tape Installation Flows Through Six-Story Atrium Like a Colorful Waterfall
The newest site-specific installation by American artist Megan Geckler is a colorful, cascading rainbow filling Sydney’s historic Customs House. 46,000 feet of flagging tape streams down the six-story atrium in a work titled <i>A million things that make your head spin.</i><p>Geckler’s bold, graphic work is a …
ArtClassical Sculpture Collages Shatter Antique Traditions - Creators
Photographic reproductions of ancient sculptures create irregular and imperfect collages in Ewa Doroszenko's image series, <i>The Promise of Sublime Words</i>. Her work reflects the role of photography in a post-internet world: by deconstructing her images, Doroszenko is able to distort typical …
ArtAi Weiwei Exhibit his Law of the Journey
Ai Weiwei is one of the most famous Chinese artists. Notably known for its rebellion, the artist treats the crisis of refugees in Europe since with …
ArtNew York artist Daniel Arsham creates a daring sculpture for the Dallas Design District | Visual Arts
Daniel Arsham is a New York-based artist who prides himself on straddling the line between art, architecture and performance. And now, he has a …
DesignThe 15 Best Booths at Art Basel in Hong Kong
The fifth edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong opened to VIPs on Tuesday with 242 participating galleries from 34 countries setting up shop through …
Hong KongA Tuscan Marble Studio Honors Bygone Traditions
THE ITALIAN TOWN of Pietrasanta, wedged between the foothills of the Apuan Alps and the wide sandy beaches that front the Ligurian Sea, has all the features of an archetypal Tuscan village. There’s the imposing marble duomo, the cheerful cafe terraces spilling out onto the piazza and the narrow …
LifestyleNew York City-Based Okamoto Studio Sculpts Ice Into Art
Rachel GouldArt & Design EditorUpdated: 22 March 2017<p>Shintaro Okamoto insists that "not all Alaskans play with ice"—but he certainly does, and he's …
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