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 …

Houses

Scott 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 …

Art

5 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 …

Art

Claudio 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 …

Art

Watch 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 …

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Belfast 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.

Art

Hyperrealistic 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 …

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18 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 City

New 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 …

Art

It 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 …

Art

John 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 Art

Glass 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 …

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Hollow 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 …

Art

This 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 …

Space

Hyperrealistic 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 …

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Striking 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 …

Art

Artist 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. …

Art

How 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 …

IBM

Shadow 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 …

Architecture

Forbidden 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 …

Art

Geometric 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, …

Photography

Chun 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 …

Art

Rainbow 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 …

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Classical 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 …

Art

Ai 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 …

Art

New 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 …

Design

The 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 Kong

A 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 …

Lifestyle

New 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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