Pendulum Choir. Shugo Tokumaru "Katachi". Quintetto. Box. Georges Rousse, The Grandfather Of Single-Perspective Installations. Single-perspective installations have been extremely popular for the past several years, with the best examples making their rounds instantly on the usual social media platforms.
The real shame of this mass exposure is that viewers rarely experience the tactile joy of these illusions, viewing the photographs but never seeing them first-hand. This is especially true with the work of Georges Rousse, a French artist who has been creating his painted perspective installations in abandoned and soon-to-be demolished buildings since the 1980′s. Finding influence from Land Art as well as specific works like Suprametist painter Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, Rousse pre-dates the modern trends of illusionistic installation, having perfected his trademark geometric style and his fondness for desolate locations decades ago. Witty And Humorous Conceptual Installations. The conceptual installations of artist Ole Ukena have a certain subtle humor.
However, the installations don’t seem intentionally funny as much as the surprising innocence of a young insight. Each installation seems to pose a simple question that isn’t easily answered. Appropriately, Ukena is also the founder of a foundation that organizes collaborations between artists and youths worldwide. Ukena says of his process; “I am not limiting myself to one medium.
Paper Art: Seven Artists Revamp Paper Into Sculptural Works. Paper is a surface used by artists all the time, however we rarely see the true versatility of it as a material explored to the extent that is seen in the paper art featured here by: Ryuji Nakamura, Kyosuke Nishida and Brian Li, Jeff Nishinaka, Tomas Saraceno, Matt Shlian and Jen Stark.
Tomas Saraceno is a master of transforming a space and infusing it with an interactive surreal quality. His installations that are constructed to provide viewers with the experience that they are walking on a cloud are absolutely captivating. The soft dream-like magic of his work is more tactile and intimate, however, in this paper installation Cloud House featuring cloud like formations made only out of smaller geometric matte paper structures.
The installation Cornfield created by Ryuji Nakamura is breathtaking. Kyosuke Nishida and Brian Li colalborated on the text based paper sculptural relief work Still Life Comes Alive a while back. Caitlin Ducey Makes Beautiful And Obsessive Art With Drinking Straws. Portland, Oregon based artist Caitlin Ducey uses plastic drinking straws as the focus of her sculptures.
In her exploration of material, process and pattern, Ducey appreciates the simplicity and accessibility of the straw. She notes that it is such a mundane, everyday, disposable item. For her the idea that it is so commonplace is part of the appeal. The act of devoting so much time and attention to something as simple as a straw becomes part of her process.
To create her pieces Ducey carefully stacks each straw usually using no glue or adhesive. Alicia Eggert's Temporal Conceptual Installations. Alicia Eggert creates kinetic, electronic, and interactive sculpture and installation work.
With a background in interior and architectural design, Eggert builds her work with a temporal conception reflected in the stillness and movement of her pieces. Implementing a variety of objects in her designs, such as clocks, flashing LED text, a perpetually spinning bicycle wheel, and re-usable ceramic coffee cups that shatter down a perceived assembly line, Eggert uses simple ideas to convey a world of depth. Some of her work is created in collaboration with other artists, as she values sharing the creative experience with another person. She currently lives in Portland, Maine, and teaches sculpture and architecture at Bowdoin College. Stellar Street Art Performed By A Statue. Ron Ulicny's Patterned Sculpture Forces You To Look Closer.
When an artist works with patterns- repositioning, repurposing and giving new context to his or her subjects- it is often in the interest of creating more from less, big from small.
It’s a way of demonstrating a well-worn flavor of creative vision, one that lets the world know that you not only can see the unseen, but you can create the bridge between that which exists, and that which, as of yet, does not. It’s a way of asserting how smart you are (after all you’re a step ahead of everyone else). This is a good way to be. But it doesn’t take that much effort to be smart, to see the bigger picture. For many of us, it’s really just a matter of opening our eyes. Take Ron Ulicny’s recent work on view at Spoke Art in San Francisco: clever sculpture and belligerently patterned works that force you to really absorb the materials from which they’re made.