Art

March 10, 2017

Kenyan Artist Hand-Carves and Paints Wooden Sculptures of Local Nature

Born in beautiful Kenya and now based in picturesque New Zealand, artist Gordon Pembridge has been lucky enough to have a lifelong relationship with nature. As a painter and woodworker, Pembridge often looks to his surroundings for inspiration, which has culminated in an oeuvre that incorporates elements of natural history and portrayals of local wildlife. A prime example of such work is Pembridge's striking series of hand-painted, carved wooden vessels.

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March 5, 2017

Colorful Projection Mapped Garden Celebrates the Glory of Spring

To celebrate the arrival of spring, artist Miguel Chevalier has created three new projection mapping installations at the Jing An Kerry Centre in Shanghai. Located next to Chairman Mao's house, the building's exterior plaza, tunnel, and glass bridges burst with colorful virtual flowers. Digital Water Lillies, the mapping project that fills the center's square, is a lush pasture of flowers and plants.

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March 2, 2017

Mirrored House Camouflages into the Mountainous Californian Desert

Springing up from the Southern Californian desert, Doug Aitken‘s mirrored house Mirage reflects like a jewel. The art installation was created for Desert X, a festival that fills the Coachella Valley with site-specific art by 15 established and emerging artists. As both artist and filmmaker, Aitken has a knack for artwork that lives in context. Using a ranch style house, the American artist transforms the banal lines of suburban architecture into a reflection on the landscape.

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February 24, 2017

Artist Uses Kintsugi to Mend Cracked Streets with Gold

Contemporary artist Rachel Sussman is mending cracks in our urban environment with her series Sidewalk Kintsukuroi. Inspired by kintsugi—also known as kintsukuroi—the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, Sussman brings this philosophy to city pavements. Sussman was already attracted to the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi when an image of repaired broken pottery sparked her imagination.

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