When I remember my dreams, they look a lot like the photography of Sandy Skoglund. Skoglund has been installing and documenting her conceptual ideas for four decades. Although
As we bid farewell to 2011, I realize I’ve been writing about conceptual art [tagged] [wiki] more frequently. Conceptual art can be briefly defined as an art form
Ever since the Golden Palace Casino purchased a grilled cheese sandwich an honest-to-goodness, one-of-a-kind religious relic bearing an image resembling the Virgin Mary in 2004, it’s been GAME
There’s lots of fun Christmas iconography to lead off into the holiday weekend, but I’ve chosen to play against type (maybe) and leave you with some quirky and
Remember these Art History Snow Globes by Ligano/Reese? It turns out their experience with the familiar shaky-flakey domes is considerably more “global” than I’d initially thought. First, they
Barcelona-based designers Alex Trochut & Xavier Mañosa conjured up a series of “Skateboard Fails”. Where the boards may fail in function, they excel in form. The bumpy, melty
Following up the last post on artist-designed carpets…more creative carpets! These “temporary contemporary” rugs, however, are all made by one Dutch design group, conveniently called WE MAKE CARPETS. Marcia
You may recall Dominic Wilcox from his Miniature Worlds in Watches. The designer is back with two new versions of his War Bowl. Initially released in 2002, the
Netherlands-based designer, Marco Ugolini, and photographer, Pedro Motta, went grocery shopping based on color. I absolutely hate grocery stores. Perhaps this exercise in selective shopping makes it somehow more bearable?
There’s something really satisfying about seeing “highbrow” art history movements contained inside that trusty standby of souvenir shops: the “lowbrow” snow globe. The History of Art Snow Globes by
