At first glance I thought these were photographs of real leaves. I am astounded by the unconventional material, and the patience and skill of sculptor and installation artist Jenine Shereos. It’s hard to believe these beautiful and delicate leaves are wrapped, stitched, and knotted together strands of human hair.
Artist Laurie Frick creates gorgeous collages using cardboard, wood, paperback book covers, junkmail and gallery cards. She describes her work as being a fine line between art and neuroscience. She translates her nightly EEG sleep data into beautiful organic, rhythmic, textured and colorful installations.
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Can you guess what the material artist, Sarah Frost used for these beautiful installations?
….thousands of keys from discarded computer keyboards! Amazing!
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I love exploring in the woods. I am particularly fond of coming across those emerald-green, mossy mini micro environments that have so much life…it takes me into another world. Vaughn Bell has captured that feeling for me with his Village Green biosphere like installation. He has built house shaped terrariums with a hole in the flooring for the viewer to poke their head through and be at eye level with the mossy world of wonder. He has even created some that allow two people to be in it at the same time.
I saw his exhibition two summers ago at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA and it is still very clear in my mind. After the exhibit I was ready to go home and build one so I could experience it on a daily basis.
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Pei-San Ng’s piece, Passion, is made up of approximately 2.500 match sticks, hand written text, and a total of 24 hours. I am drawn to 3dimensional pieces that use multiples of one functional object, blurring the objects main function and bringing it into the realm of art and thought. Ng’s use of matches as the medium for this typographical piece is great. I love that he uses a reclaimed art board as his canvas.
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Mehmet Ali UYSAL’s focus is researching art and it’s context. By interconnecting the two the context becomes an integral part of the work. I love the playfulness and scale of these installations, as well as the integration of the art and its surroundings.
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Beautiful installations built by Patrick Dougherty.
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“Dougherty’s works allude to nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together. Many of his works look ‘found’ rather than made, as if they were created by the natural force of a tornado sweeping across the landscape. He intentionally tries for this effortless effect, as if his creations just fell or grew up naturally in their settings.” Linda Johnson, A Dialogue with Nature
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Amazing cocoon-like interactive installation made completely out of packing tape by use/numen. I love how it is incorporated into the interior of the Viennese stock exchange building; how it is strong enough to hold multiple people; and the beautiful organic look of it. I would love to experience this in person!
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Last winter at the ICA in Boston there was a great exhibit byTARA DONOVAN. She is an installation artist who uses every day materials such as styrofoam cups, pencils, paper plates, and fishing line. to create her pieces. It was truly amazing show! Check out her site and see if you can figure out what the material is…
Styrofoam cups
The art of Jim Denevan is astounding. His fleeting monumental designs are carved into sandy beaches, earth, and ice which are eventually erased by water and weather. They remind me of the mysterious Nazca Lines of Peru.
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