Ellen Urselmann is a Dutch glass artist whose blown glass sculptures incorporate toys and medical ephemera. Her glass bubbles are a way to capture the intangible: “a thought, a
New York’s GREY AREA could have swapped the titles on its last and current art shows without altering the content or the message. Considering the two exhibitions’ names–“Bad
Amnesty International award-winning photographer, Bran Symondson, brought together 23 artists for AKA Peace, a project tasking creatives to re-imagine fully decommissioned AK-47 assault rifles as art objects. Symondson describes the genesis
Tsuyoshi Ozawa began making, photographing and eating Vegetable Weapons in 2001. The Japanese photographer now travels around the world taking pictures of women bearing “weapons” made from ingredients for
Robert Mickelsen has been an artist and “flameworker” for 38 years. For the past year, he’s been making gorgeous, realistic lampworked borosilicate glass guns. Objects so beautiful are not typically
Inspired by “A History of the World in 100 Objects,” the British Museum’s BBC radio series and book, The New York Times recruited historians and museum curators to
Douglas Young, the founder of Hong Kong-based brand goods of desire (G.O.D.) installed a giant plastic water pistol sculpture at the recent Hong Kong international art fair. Entitled Quantity Has
If you’re gun-shy, but not fun-shy, look no further than the Guardian Angel collection from Netherlands-based duo, Vlieger & Vandam. Since 2002, Carolien Vlieger and Hein Vandam have been
