Peter Callesen, paper cuts
Just discovered the work of Peter Callesen: an artist who has recently dedicated himself to producing these incredible paper sculptures from single A4 pieces of paper.
(via @jamesrkent)
Rob Ryan at the Museum of Arts and Design
When I was in New York recently I visited the Museum of Arts and Design and was thrilled to see two pieces by the illustrator, Rob Ryan in Slash, an exhibition of art using paper as its principal medium. I first came across Rob's work via If You Could.
Tokujin Yoshioka installation for Hermès
Just came across this brilliantly simple and beautiful installation for Hermès by Tokujin Yoshioka...
Decode at the V&A
I was lucky enough to be invited by Guy Moorhouse to this evening's opening of Decode, at the V&A - a new exhibition of interactive design co-curated by Onedotzero. It's great that such a high-profile venue is showcasing interactive design in this way, and raising its profile towards it becoming a recognised, genuine art form. The exhibition (itself designed by Francesco Draisci) featured works composed using Processing, Arduino, openFrameworks and other concoctions of technologies intertwined with cameras, sensors, projections and displays to create artworks that respond to human interaction in fascinating and sometimes creepy ways.
"Weave Mirror" by Daniel Rozin is my favourite piece - a stunning juxtaposition of craft and technology - whereby the viewer's portriat is gradually formed from 768 motorised C-shaped gradient prints.
"Venetian Mirror" by Fabrica is beautifully subtle, where a ghostly, greyscale imprint of the viewer appears in a shattered mirror, only to fade away and morph into whomever takes the viewer's place.
Troika exhibited their stunning Digital Zeotrope, commissioned by Onedotzero.
More details of the exhibition can be found on the exhibition microsite. (As an aside, it's a shame that an exhibition of cutting-edge interactive design has such a badly designed and uninspiring website...)
Vicki DaSilva, light graffiti
Just found a post about Vicki DaSilva over at Environmental Graffiti. Using long exposure photography, she creates these ephemeral images from locations throughout the US, and has done since 1980.
Kate MccGwire, pigeon feather installations
Just came across the work of Kate MccGwire, who has recently created installations using thousands of pigeon feathers arranged to form flowing water and moldy growths. You can see more on her website.
Abstract painting by Jeff Depner
I haven’t used FFFFound! in ages and I should do… just discovered these paintings by Jeff Depner (orginally via BOOOOOOM!)
Whatever happened to Wooster Collective?
Wooster Collective is a great site dedicated to showcasing street art from throughout the world, started by Marc and Sara Schiller.
I’ve been following it for ages but only just taken a proper look at the site, rather than just the RSS feed, and I noticed that the site seems to have fundamentally changed: I remember when it posted ‘found’ pieces from unknown artists, but it seems (suddenly?) that the site is dedicated to artists who are named, and who are presumably celebrities in the street art world.
Isn’t that completely missing the point of street art, or am I missing the point?
That aside, it’s still pretty interesting stuff and well worth following. A decent podcast was posted by Tate some time ago, but only listen to the first few minutes since it is simply an MP3 with no visuals (come on Tate, sort it out!).
José Parlá
I first came across José Parlá in a Coolhunting video some time ago and is one of my favourite artists. He creates richly layered graffiti/typographic paintings using materials and methods of architectural construction: cement, wood, vinyl as well as those of traditional art like paper, paint, powdered dye, wax, and ink.
View more of his work at his website.
