Installation
December 13, 2011

Giant Fiberglass Ants Overtake Government Building

While a house taken over by ants usually leads to loud screaming and plans to immediately call an exterminator, the fiberglass ants covering the facade of the National Congress building in Botoga actually beckons viewers to come closer and take a better look. Artist Rafael Gomez Barros covered the building with 1,300 large fiberglass ants as a symbol: the ants represent those who were displaced due to the ongoing arms conflict in Colombia.

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Installation
December 11, 2011

4,000 Floating Ghost Hats

What a strangely interesting sight! To celebrate internationally-known milliner Hirata Akio's 70 years of work, Nendo (the same Japanese design studio that created a unique rock-climbing exhibit) designed an exhibition that consists of more than 4,000 hats. However, not all of the hats were designed by Hirata Akio. Rather, most are mass-produced non-woven fabric hats [Nendo] created for the space.

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Art
December 10, 2011

Painting with Real Blood

What would otherwise just be deemed “cool” artwork has an added layer of shock value when you find out what materials the artist uses. Vinicius Quesada's series entitled Blood Piss Blues isn't your typical accumulation of surreal imagery. What differentiates his creations from other works is his unorthodox art supplies – he uses blood and urine!

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Art
December 9, 2011

Sculptures Capture Bodies in Motion

When I first came across Rainer Lagemann's metal sculptures at Red Dot Art Fair in Miami last week, I knew I had to find out more. Fascinated by the human body, the Dsseldorf, Germany-born artist uses hollow metal squares to sculpt the human form, thereby highlighting both the strength and delicacy of the body.

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My Modern Met

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