Category: sculptures
Pretty Fly for a Housefly
May 16, 2012Man, that last post about Bug Memorials turned out to be more depressing than I thought. I found the antidote in the form of these photos by Belgian photographer Nicholas Hendrickx. You could call it maybe X-games for Houseflies. Hendrickx quotes Samuel … Continue reading
Bug Memorials for Life’s Tiniest Tragedies
May 16, 2012Bug memorials: because even life’s tiniest tragedies affect someone or something out there. The Carmichael Collective, who recently brought us subversive street art and the anatomy of a piñata staged four funerals: a moth, a wasp, a fly and a roach. Click … Continue reading
Know Someone Who Collects Nutcrackers?
May 9, 2012Here’s something you don’t see every day. (Unless you work here.) In 2011, Jennifer Rubell installed 18 life-size interactive female mannequin sculptures in Dallas Contemporary’s largest gallery space. The title of the installation, Nutcrackers, becomes clear when you note their … Continue reading
Mari Kasurinen and Jodi Moisan: the O.G. My Little Pony Customizers!
May 8, 2012This past weekend, Hasbro’s My Little Pony Project galloped into LA to begin a year-long global celebration of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The charitable art exhibition showcased 18-inch My Little Ponies painted up all pretty by artists like … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Piñata
May 7, 2012Minneapolis-based Carmichael Collective just posted this cheerful cross-section of a piñata. If I’m not mistaken, the anatomy clearly shows that piñatas have Smarties for brains. Clever.
Beetles Unearthed by Brendan Monroe
May 7, 2012Oakland-based artist, Brendan Monroe, recently unearthed these beetles from his collection. They date back almost a decade. I wish he’d make more!
Clip Art by Jason Taylor
May 5, 2012Jason Taylor continues his relentless quest to make 365 fun-infused, semi-functional new objects out of existing, banal, everyday objects, and here is #123. I think we can now admit that animated gifs are getting kinda gay. The stark masculinity and … Continue reading
Enrique Marty’s Shrunken Sculptural Portraits
May 3, 2012Enrique Marty‘s sculptures depict everyday life with exaggeration. He begins by making molds of actual people, and then he plays with proportion. In this way, his work is like a tragicomedy, showing humor and horror at the same time. Child … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer as a Crotcheted Blanket
April 27, 2012If you don’t know Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, I can’t really help you understand this one. If you fully grasp the respective roles they play in literature and music (and as a complete pop culture / art unit), and … Continue reading
