 김현_Dice Cast Dice Cast_주사위, 철사, 석고_가변설치_2010 Korean artist Kim Hyun constructed these astonishing figures from only wire and and dice. As a guide, Hyun used plaster casts of actual people and then ran the wire through the dice to form the body. I wish I could understand his website (it’s in . . . → Read More: Kim Hyun constructs figures from dice   Looking Glass 2009. flag size 82 x 144 cm. Bleaching technique & dye on vintage American flag in black box frame After viewing the waving flags used for protest and commemoration in the streets of New York City after 9/11, British artist Pam Glew was inspired to use flags as the basis for her “Flags” and . . . → Read More: Pam Glew creates mixed-media portraits on flags 
Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo. I’m not one for gushy love stories but this one is just too well-done to miss. Plus it was all shot on the Nokia N8 mobile phone which appeals to the budget-minded artist in me. Splitscreen: A Love Story is by James Griffiths, winner of the Nokia . . . → Read More: Splitscreen: a love story by James Griffiths  Neon Apartment, collage by Mat Hay Edinburgh-based Mat Hay recently produced a stunning series of collages called “China.” Using his own documentary photographic images, Hay constructs some of his work from just 2-3 photos, and others, like his portraits, from 200-300 digitally sliced photos. Hay considers his work to be documentary photomontages since they reflect his . . . → Read More: Mat Hay produces documentary photomontages of China 
10250 Pages (Detail) 2011 Ink and Paper with printed & hand written Farsi Text Esheghe "Love" 30" x 30" x 3.5" At first glance the work of Iranian-born artist Hadieh Shafie looks like an abstract painting of brightly colored circles within circles. Upon closer inspection, one sees that each circle is actually a tightly rolled strip . . . → Read More: Hadieh Shafie coils paper with Islamic text  Loved to Death ~ Recent work by Nick Chaboya Event: IFDA Northern California Presents: THE FINE ART OF DESIGN Event: ‘DECENT EXPOSURE – Art Trading & Selling Night’ – a night of selling/trading art: prints, zines, pins, stickers, etc.. 
It’s always fascinating to watch two artists from radically different areas of the creative spectrum collaborate. This time the duo is Chinese contemporary artist Liu Bolin and the well-known street artist Kenny Scharf. If you recall from my previous post, Liu Bolin is the artist who camouflages himself so that his whole body blends seamlessly into . . . → Read More: Liu Bolin gets camouflaged into Kenny Scharf mural  The art of millinery, or hat-making, is an age-old craft which doesn’t usually received the recognition it deserves. Perhaps that is why the Japanese studio Nendo has produced such an extraordinary exhibition for the internationally-known milliner Akio Hirata. In Nendo’s installation, 4000 white hats, whose shapes were overseen by Hirata, float and stream through the space. . . . → Read More: Nendo designs an exhibition of hats for Akio Hirata  Fans of hand-painted signage must check out the latest exhibit at the Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco. Sign Your Life Away examines the art behind hand-painted signage, attempting to close the gap between commercial sign painters, like those at New Bohemia Signs, and fine artists which feature sign painting in their work, like Jeff Canham . . . → Read More: Hand-painted signage at the Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco  Italian artist and designer Alessandra Fiordaliso creates decorative objects with 100% post-consumer cardboard. Fiordaliso produces beautiful cardboard chairs, tables, and lamps, but I am especially drawn to his animal creatures which display an unexpected disarming quality. Alessandra Fiordaliso lives and works in his home studio in Monte Porzio . . . → Read More: Alessandra Fiordaliso upcycles cardboard into creature art |
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