Art

October 13, 2011

Ai Weiwei’s Snake Makes Huge Statement

Yesterday, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was named the most powerful person in the art world, according to a poll compiled by ArtReview magazine. The Snake Bag is a perfect example of why China sees the Ai Weiwei as a threat. The artist/activist was detained by his home country for 81 days earlier this year. Ai Weiwei created this 55-foot-long undulating snake using 360 children's backpacks, which he found at the deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

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October 7, 2011

Andy Kehoe’s Magical Nighttime Paintings

If you're looking to get into the Halloween spirit, love the spookiness of nighttime, or just have a strange fascination with monsters, then you're going to enjoy artist Andy Kehoe's new show coming to the Roq la Rue gallery in Seattle, Washington on October 14th. A few pieces have been released on various websites which will give you a taste of what's to come.

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October 1, 2011

The Crashing and Merging of Past Homes

Fallen Star 1/5 Culturally, where do you consider home? Do Ho Suh is currently presenting a series of intriguing works that's about the artist's ongoing exploration of this question. Back in 1991, Suh left Korea and arrived in the U.S. to study at the Rhode Island School of Design. Leaving a country he once knew and adjusting to to a whole new culture caused him to feel out of place.

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September 28, 2011

Giant Net Sculptures Color the Sky

With her colorful net sculptures, Janet Echelman is the artist responsible for beautifying skies around the world. These are not your average sculptures. Their near-weightlessness and vivid colors allow for them to interact with nature, swaying in the wind and shining in the sunlight. Echelman started as a contemporary painter but after the paints she ordered (while on a Fulbright lectureship in Asia)

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