Art
February 2, 2013

2,000 Found Drinking Glasses Form Three Shimmering Trees

Glassblower and artist Katherine Gray is behind this beautiful installation called Forest Glass that consists of three trees made from 2,000 found drinking glasses. Stacked on Plexiglas shelves, the glasses are arranged by color to form the simplified version of trees – each with green leaves and a brown trunk. The glasses were all bought at thrift stores or on eBay.

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Sculpture
January 31, 2013

Tiny Man Precariously Balances an Elephant on His Back

The work of French artist Fabien Mrelle involves creative combinations of dreams, experiences, and his early childhood imagination. He blurs the line between reality and fiction and his bio states: “Following the unrolling of a dream, playing with the free association of shapes and ideas, he seems to say that everything is transforming, metamorphing, opening itself to the most diverse interpretations.

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Installation
January 30, 2013

New London Art Show Dazzles with Light

Happen to be in London? An exciting new exhibition opens to the public today, January 30, and runs through April 28 at London's Hayward Gallery. Light Show features 25 illuminated installations and sculptures that date back from the 1960s to the present day. Many of the artworks have not been seen in public in decades and have been recreated specifically for this Hayward Gallery show.

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Art
January 28, 2013

Artist Creates Dissected Classic Sculptures to Reveal Raw Internal Anatomy

Chinese artist Cao Hui challenges conventional perception of inanimate objects by re-imagining their innards as something more than the inorganic materials used to compose their exterior. When fully assembled, the artist's modular sculptures appear to be like any other finely crafted structure, but it's upon dismantling the piece that one notices the insides replicating the color and texture of raw meat.

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