Sometimes the best designs come from the simplest ideas. Take 1,500 used soda bottles, fill with different hues of colored water, and hang each from a parking canopy. Magic happens! Created by Lincoln, Nebraska based designer Garth Britzman, “(POP)culture” is a stunning installation which uses the effect of the water pooling at the bottom of the bottles . . . → Read More: “(POP) culture” takes 1500 used soda bottles filled with colored water to create a parking canopy  
The image of a large sea creature stranded inland, far from the comforts of its native habitat, the ocean, has got to be one of the most heart-wrenching sights imaginable. Created by Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas for the 2009 Biennial of the End of the World, the life-size blue whale lies stretched in the woods . . . → Read More: A dead whale in the forests of Argentina by Adrián Villar Rojas 
Those lucky enough to be strolling along the Sumida River in central Tokyo last week were treated to a visual feast of 100,000 “simulated” hotaru (fireflies) floating down the river. As part of the inaugural Tokyo Hotaru Festival, Panasonic provided the LED lights, or “prayer stars,” for the festivities. Each glowing ball, made to resemble a . . . → Read More: 100,000 solar powered fireflies float through Tokyo  Helsinki based artist Anu Tuominen created this colorful installation using only crocheted potholders. In much of her work, Tuominen develops a visual language out of everyday domestic objects. The Finnish artist says, “Everything is still as it was, and yet somehow more meaningful . . . → Read More: A wall full of crocheted potholders by Anu Tuominen 
Kansas City-based artist Anne Lindberg builds room-sized installations made from thousands of strands of threads suspended from the wall. Taking into consideration each unique space and its light sources, Lindberg painstakingly maps out the precise angles and extensions which will create the seamless gradients in the radiating works. In one of the pieces, Raume Yellow, over . . . → Read More: Room-sized installations composed of thread by Anne Lindberg 
Kirsten Hassenfeld creates installations chock-full of translucent jeweled sculptures. Using vellum, Hassenfeld cuts, folds, and glues these fragile gem-like crystals. At the center of some of the suspended structures, the artist places a large embellished illuminated element which makes the piece appear to be sprouting crystalline . . . → Read More: Paper jewels hanging from walls by Kirsten Hassenfeld 
In the photographs of Lee Eunyeol, the stars have fallen to the ground. The celestial lights find shelter in the crevices of the cracked earth, they nestle together forming hay stacks in the farmlands, they cling to wildflowers beside a steam. The Korean photographer/installation artist is currently showing this work at the Gana Art Space in . . . → Read More: “Starry night” light installations by Lee Eunyeol 
German artist Cornelia Konrads builds site-specific installations in public spaces around the world which challenge our perceptions of gravity and time. Using materials like rocks and branches, the artist is most well-known for creating stacked objects which appear to be in the midst of a skyward ascension or a downward fall. Konrads says, “I like to . . . → Read More: Land art that defies gravity by Cornelia Konrads 
English artist Simon Beck creates enormous geometric patterns around the frozen lakes of Savoie, France. Patiently plodding through the snow in raquettes (or snowshoes), Beck’s forms vary from festive snow flakes, to spirograph bursts, to mathematical patterns that create stunning, sometimes 3D, designs when viewed from higher levels. The artist forms precise marks by using a handheld . . . → Read More: Enormous geometric snow art by Simon Beck  "Biographies" approximately 5,000 books pouring out of a building in Madrid (by Alicia Martin) The past few months there have been a slew of articles in the news about art sculptures/installations that use books as their basic building block. For your enjoyment, amusement, or horror, I’ve compiled the best of them together in this post. Some . . . → Read More: Recent art sculptures/installations that use books as their building blocks |
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