Category: sculpture
Hine Mizushima x They Might Be Giants Music Video
May 3, 2013What a wonderful and whimsical meeting of minds! Artist and animator Hine Mizushima [previously] paired up with They Might Be Giants on a video mashup for TMBG’s new album, Nanobots. Mizushima deftly connects six separate short songs in just under three minutes. Entitled Insect … Continue reading
My Knitted Boyfriend by Noortje de Keijzer
April 24, 2013I’m starting to see a pattern that suggests Dutch designers have great senses of humor. (For instance: Dutch Brains: It’s What’s for Breakfast!, Excuse Me Miss but You Have Some Prosciutto on Your Face and the Incognito Nose Stand.) My … Continue reading
Soft Sculpture by Jaz Harold
April 22, 2013Wow. Check out this “frankensteined” self-portrait/resin bust by New York-based fine artist, Jaz Harold. She pieced it together from multiple casts—her face, the back of her head and ears, her neck and torso—and rotocast it hollow with a thick shell. … Continue reading
Rat136 Art Infestation at Zerofriends!
April 8, 2013One hundred and thirty-six rats have infested an art gallery in Oakland, but there’s no need to call the Orkin® Man. This is the handiwork of local artist Matt Ritchie, aka rat136. You may recall Ritchie’s epic Retrospectacular exhibition and interview from … Continue reading
Amazing Stories Inside Insane Asylum Suitcases
April 2, 2013When I’m doing an interview, I often ask my subjects what items they’d bring with them to live out the rest of their days on a far away island. Most of us won’t actually find ourselves in that situation—unlike the … Continue reading
The Popped Art and Eye Candy of Desire Obtain Cherish
March 15, 2013Desire Obtain Cherish is the nom de guerre of Jonathan Paul, a graduate of Parson’s School of Design who relocated to Los Angeles to bomb the streets and give candy to (big) babies. Tonight, Friday, March 15th, Desire Obtain Cherish opens his first solo (gallery) show at KM … Continue reading
Play Dough Polka Popes by Miriam Jonas
March 14, 2013With this week’s Pope Mania, we take a trip back to 2011 for Miriam Jonas’ Polka Popes. Jonas, a Berlin-based artist, sculpted portraits of fictitious popes using colorful play dough. She then placed the Polka Popes inside of empty fish … Continue reading
The Pen (and Pencil) are Mightier Than the Sword
March 13, 2013A knight can slay a dragon, but if the dragon wrote a tell-all and passed it around to his dragon friends prior to being beheaded, well then the dragon dies, but the story lives on. The pen is mightier than … Continue reading
Olek Gives Oakland the First Ever Crocheted Billboard
March 11, 2013With the stitchery still fresh on her solo show at New York’s Jonathan LeVine Gallery, the amazing Olek hopped a quick flight to Oakland to hijack a billboard. Olek tweeted: First crocheted billboard ever! Dedicated to Billboard Liberation Front! A … Continue reading
Banksy Taxidermy by Eugenio Merino
Written on March 21, 2013 by jeremySuper collector Selim Varol just revealed a new commission in the form of this taxidermy-style trophy. The wall-mounted plaque features the hyperrealistic head of Mr. Brainwash…and a nameplate engraved…”Banksy.” Bah ha ha! (Two days and two “Banksy-inspired” posts. Read the … Continue reading →