“Unconscious Anxiety” at Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris. “Room of Memory” at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Chihary Shiota is a Japanese born artist, who lives and works in Berlin. That first installation made me squeal with excitement. Bloody amazing. So what’s on for the weekend? I’m off to Melbourne for Saturday in Design (in fact, by [...]
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Design Free Thursday | Falic Art.
“GEEIGNET ZUR ZUCHT” 2007, by Markus Hofer (artist from Vienna). Bwahahahahahahahaha! Hilarious! I know, I seriously need to grow up. Sharing is Cool:
Gettin’ Jiggy With Porcelain.
Ok, this one totally takes the cake in the jaw-dropping department. Porcelain clothes by Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng. Holy crap, it’s amazing! New York Delft 2007. Lovegrove & Repucci. Porcelain graffiti dinnerware set. Awesome! And you can buy them here if you like. By now, you should be quite aware that I’m completely turned on by traditional materials [...]
Lauren DiCiocci.
Marcus Morris. Hand-embroidery on cotton muslin, March 2010 edition of The New York Times. Lady Gaga. February 2010. Michael Bloomberg. May 2008. Lauren DiCiocci is a San Francisco based artist who’s work investigates the physical and tangible beauty of commonplace mass-produced media-objects. Most recently these things have been the newspaper, magazines, office papers and writing pads, [...]
Cockatoo Island | 17th Sydney Biennale.
Spectacular installation inside Turbine Hall by Chinese born Cai Guo-Quiang titled ‘Inopportune: Stage one’, 2004. A series of nine cars frozen in an arc of explosion. Very cool! This was one of my favourites – by New Zealand artist Rohan Wealleans titled ‘He with Glands of Wasp’, 2009, also at Turbine Hall. Three bejeweled animal [...]
Spencer Finch.
White (Niagara Falls Obscured by Mist) 2006. Lightbox and filters. This piece re-creates the light at a moment when the falls was obscured by its own mist. Sunset (South Texas) 2003. Fluorescent lights, filters. This piece recreates the exact color and intensity of the sunset on June 21st 2003. William Forsythe: Three Atmospheric Studies. 2005. [...]
Interview | Marsha Meredith {2026}.
Top image – Stencil at Bondi Beach, Sydney. Bottom left – Valentines Day, stencil at Bondi Beach. Bottom right – Bondi FM stencil, Sydney. London, Shoreditch – Paste Ups. Marsha Meredith is a Sydney based artist who’s work focusses aroung the theme of Peter Pan life in the bubble around Sydney’s Bondi. I first came [...]
Yago Hortal.
Acrylics on Canvas by Yago Hortal. Born in Barcelona in 1983, now lives and works in Berlin. His use of colour is simply delicious, it makes me want to move into one of the paintings. Pure visual ecstasy. Sharing is Cool:
Annabelle Adie.
. Annabelle Adie is a French artist, designer, stylist and a creator. Her work is not limited by any one medium or a subject – she creates pure beauty using anything from fruit and flowers, ceramics, lipstick, ice… I’m afraid that’s all I can tell you about this incredible talent and her stunning work. All [...]
Interview | Suzie Idiens.
Suzie Idiens, Top ‘Burgundy-Red” 2009. Polyurethane and MDF, 52 x 152 x 6 cm. Bottom “Yellow-Blue” 2009. Polyurethane and MDF, 26 x 167 x 5 cm. Suzie Idiens “Jubilation” 2009. Polyurethane and MDF. I often get asked about the benefits of writing a design blog, and whether the rewards outweigh the effort and the time that goes [...]
