Art
October 11, 2011

Beautiful Plastic Ribbon Art

While Gabriel Dawe uses thread to create his ethereal rainbow colored installations, Los Angeles-based artist Megan Geckler uses plastic ribbon or flagging tape. Often used by surveyors to mark spaces on construction sites, the material looks incredibly beautiful when weaved together – whether that be in front of stores, around hallways, or inside shipping containers. “When distanced from their intended applications, this material lends a manufactured quality to the pieces.

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Photography
October 10, 2011

Hypnotically Twisting Architecture

Photographer Nicholas Kennedy Sitton's photo manipulations of buildings are extremely interesting to view. Parts of the buildings have been rotated making the scene look like it's spiraling into itself causing an almost hypnotic feeling. Is anyone else thinking Inception?

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Photography
October 6, 2011

Beautiful Multi-Layered Trees

Perspective affects how each of us sees things. Experimental photographer Kim Boske explores the concepts of time and space and their effects on perspective through her multi-layered photography. Boske, whose work is based in Amsterdam, is fascinated by the ever-changing world and how everyone has a different viewpoint, even when it comes to a single tree in an open field.

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Sculpture
October 4, 2011

Sculpture Breaks Free

Not since Paige Bradley' Expansion have I been this intrigued with a sculpture. A 20 feet long, 8 feet high sculpture called Freedom, is currently located in front of the GSK World Headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. In 2000, sculptor Zenos Frudakis created it around our universal need to break free from a situation, be it an internal struggle or an adversarial circumstance.

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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.