Elaborate Fragments of Line and Color Transform into Bodies and Landscapes in Lui Ferreyra’s Vibrant Compositions
The deceptively simple power of line and color comes into full force in Lui Ferreyra’s paintings and colored penciled drawings (previously). “I’ve been drawn to the figure and the human face from the beginning,” the artist tells Colossal. “The real subject matter of the work, however, is the breakdown of visual information itself.”
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The Other Art Fair Chicago 2024: A Diverse Palette of Creativity, Connection, and Surprises
Art is in the air. The Other Art Fair returns for its sixth Chicago edition, taking place April 11 to 14 at Artifact Events in Ravenswood. Happening across a bustling art scene weekend, this is where you can buy directly from artists.
110 handpicked independent artists in person, gaining insight into their creative processes and inspirations. More
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Unearthly Characters Populate Spencer Hansen’s Salvaged Universe
Sporting pinecone-esque suits or masks with gilded antennae, the alien creatures that surface in Spencer Hansen’s Bali workshop appear to be both of this world and not. The artist (previously) recycles familiar, natural materials like wood, fur, and bone, envisioning mysterious but friendly characters with skeletal features and chiseled bodies. Ranging from a few inches high to life-sized, the uncanny sculptures are part of an ever-growing universe salvaged from the scraps of waste materials. More
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Puzzle Out Eight Hidden Sea Creatures within Nervous System’s New Jellyfish Dreams Jigsaw
For reasons unclear to us, a group of jellyfish is called a smack, though perhaps its due to the walloping pain produced by an aquatic rendezvous with some jellyfish species. But fear not. Plunge into a dark, nighttime sea with a new puzzle from Nervous System that hides eight marine creatures within an entangled smack of harmless jellyfish. The vibrant jigsaw contains 173 pieces, eight of which are playful whimsies that create a kind of hide-and-seek adventure. More
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A Staggering New 1.3-Gigapixel Image Shows an Enormous Star That Exploded Nearly 11,000 Years Ago
Approximately 11,000 years ago in Vela, a constellation about 800 light-years away from Earth, a star exploded. The supernova that emerged is the subject of an enormous new composite showcasing what astronomers refer to as a “cosmic corpse” in extraordinary detail.
Dark Energy Camera at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. More
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Plump Water Droplets Spectacularly Appear and Fall into One of Lily Clark’s Sculptures
Although Los Angeles-based artist Lily Clark incorporates stone, wood, and metal into her sculptures, she considers water her primary medium. One of her more recent works, “Dew Point,” explores the supple, plump shape of the life-giving liquid as it condenses and succumbs to gravity. A boxy sculpture with a wide but shallow depression, the superhydrophobic ceramic piece pushes individual droplets to the surface seemingly from nowhere. Each ultimately tumbles down into a slender slit in the middle of the form, before returning to repeat the cycle. More
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This Year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards Revels in Oceanic Journeys and Flamboyant Courtships
From urban scavengers to dramatic standoffs to microscopic molds, the winning images of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 exhibit the beauty, spectacle, and fragile balance of the isles’ diverse animals and habitats. The final selection emerged from more than 14,000 submissions, featuring a wide variety of species, terrains, and behavior.
Ryan Stalker, features a soccer ball floating in the water with dozens of goose barnacles attached to the bottom. More
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Remarkable Colors, Textures, and Combinations Characterize László Kupi’s Vibrant Portraits of Minerals
One of the things that makes minerals and crystals so compelling is that we just don’t see them very often. While some like salt, quartz, and mica form on the Earth’s surface, others are found deep within the planet’s crust. From prismatic pillars to cerulean tufts to lime-green nodes, the inorganic growths take myriad forms.
László Kupi has been fascinated by the crystalline structures since childhood, spurring a passion for documenting their remarkable diversity. More
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Immersive Bamboo Installations by Asim Waqif Whirl and Heave in Monumental Motion
In his monumental, swirling structures, Delhi-based artist Asim Waqif merges tenets of architecture and sculpture into sweeping site-specific compositions. Using natural materials like bamboo and pandanus leaves, he often incorporates found objects, scaffolding, sound elements, cloth, and rope.
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Giant Robot’s Fifth Biennale Celebrates Asian American Pop Culture
Returning to the Japanese American National Museum for the fifth time, the Giant Robot Biennale showcases a diverse selection of artworks from Asian and Asian American creatives. The show’s lineup includes an array of artists including Giorgiko, Taylor Lee, Luke Chueh, and others previously featured on Colossal such as Rain Szeto and Felicia Chiao.
Giant Robot celebrates alternative Asian American pop culture relating to the punk scene, comic books, pop art, vinyl toys, and graphic arts. More
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Trung Dong’s Aerial Street Photos Highlight the Fruit Merchants of Hanoi
Keen to capture the vivid, ever-changing landscapes of Vietnam’s cities, Trung Dong seeks out seemingly mundane activities that, when photographed from a unique angle or in the warmth of golden hour, reveal their exceptional nature. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong frequently travels around his home country to spotlight the people and places that comprise daily life, and his Fruit ladies series is one such project.
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Bright Succulents, Cacti, and Plants Attempt to Break From Ant Hamlyn’s Claustrophobic Terrariums
In Ant Hamlyn’s latest body of work, flowers and plants at the prime of life attempt to burst from their habitats in a desperate search for air and room to grow. The London-based artist is known for his sculptures of botanicals suffocating underneath acrylic panels, a subject matter he continues for his forthcoming exhibition Terrarium.
Weserhalle in Berlin, the show features Hamlyn’s signature specimens made of velvet and shiny, inflatable plastic. More
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In ‘From These Hands,’ Narsiso Martinez Honors Individuals Who Labor for the Food on Americans’ Tables
When he was 20 years old, Narsiso Martinez immigrated to the U.S. from Oaxaca, Mexico, with a powerful resolve to learn English and pursue a university education. “I wanted to break the cycle,” he says. “In my family of six siblings, I wanted to be the difference and have a college degree before having my own family.”
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16 of Ansel Adams’ Magnificent Photos Nest Inside a New USPS Stamp Collection
A devoted conservationist, Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was known for photographing the beauty and grandeur of the American West, entangling his art and advocacy into awe-inspiring images. He pioneered an approach to the medium that documented his subject matter with exquisite clarity and a full tonal range. Whether zeroing in on a single, slick road in northern California or watching a thundercloud roil across the Sierra Nevada, his black-and-white photos offer a stunning glimpse at the wide expanses and myriad textures of the American landscape. More
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Sixteen Architects Transform Aging Public Toilets in Tokyo into Extraordinarily Inviting Facilities
Whether running errands or visiting the local park, when nature calls, the options can be iffy. In the busy ward of Shibuya City, Tokyo, which attracts visitors for shopping and entertainment, the local administration faced a two-pronged problem: public restrooms have a reputation for being dark, dirty, and off-putting, and people just don’t like to use them. Then Shibuya City government teamed up with The Nippon Foundation and conceived of a way to hit two birds with one stone. More
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5 Artists To See at The Other Art Fair’s Los Angeles Edition This April
Get your art fix at Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair, returning to Los Angeles from April 4 to 7. This edition promises an eclectic lineup of more than 140 independent, game-changing artists taking over the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica. Tickets are now available for an experience that promises to deliver the unpredictable.
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‘Art Is Art’ Celebrates the Vast and Varied Creativity of Hundreds of Disabled Neurodiverse Artists
Spurred by the belief that art changes lives, Florence and Elias Katz founded Creativity Explored in 1983, a San Francisco-based nonprofit studio and gallery designed for disabled neurodivergent artists. More than 135 people currently participate in its programming, learning techniques across painting, drawing, clay, textiles, and more. They also sell and exhibit their works in museums, galleries, and art fairs worldwide.
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A Major Retrospective Carves Space for Marisol’s Most Prescient and Under-Recognized Works
Rising to fame in the 1960s, the Venezuelan-American artist Marisol was one of those rare figures who garnered both critical acclaim and celebrity “it girl” status. She was enigmatic, creating a varied and undeniably compelling oeuvre across mediums and concerns and forging bonds with art world fixtures like Andy Warhol. During the height of the artist’s career, she was famously interviewed by Gloria Steinem for Glamour, one of many mainstream magazines that featured her for her coveted style and mysterious allure. More
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Emma Bruschi’s Rye Sculptures Celebrate the Humble Elegance of Ancient Harvest Rituals
Rustic elegance meets agricultural ritual in Emma Bruschi’s rye sculptures. Utilizing a traditional long-handled scythe on her family’s farm in Haute-Savoie, Bruschi harvests straw that she weaves and knots into jewelry and “harvest bouquets,” small works that highlight the natural allure of the crop. Many of her designs accentuate the textures and shapes possible within the humble material as it splays outward in tufts and tightly interlaces in rows, evoking ancient symbols of fertility and timeless growth. More
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CDK Dancers Deliver a Mesmerizing ’70s Inspired Performance to Gotye’s Iconic 2010s Hit
CDK Company revisited the hit, choreographing a dance performance that’s just as iconic as the track’s original stop-motion music video. More
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