Art

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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September 26, 2011

Layered Wood Pop Art

Mitch McGee calls what he does “somewhere between painting and sculpture.” First, he illustrates an idea and then he cuts, sands and stains individual wood pieces by hand. Then, he starts building – from top to bottom – assembling the final pop art piece, sanding and staining the exposed edges. “The most challenging part of the process is figuring out the layering,” he tells us.

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September 15, 2011

Colorful Japanese Pop Art

Japanese artist Yumiko Kayukawa's latest exhibition Coming Home is currently showing at the Roq La Rue gallery. The Seattle-based painter continues creating her dynamic, color saturated paintings of independent women surrounded by animal totems and Japanese traditional motifs. Love the level of detail in each piece.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.