“The world is a ridiculous place. I am interested in the moments where things don’t quite line up. My practice is idea based. The core focus of my work is to raise questions, revel in the inconsistencies, and interrogate the obvious through a series of gestures.”
Bridging the gap between art and science, Caleb Larsen draws on technology and daily life to create his works. From a sculpture that perpetually sells itself on Ebay to the entire linear contents of a pen, Larsen’s work may not always speak for itself, but nevertheless makes a statement. Looking through his website provides page after page of innovative and thought-provoking installations…
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Gotta love this piece from Waldo Lee (aka WALEE). Apparently, it was a commissioned piece for Beaux Arts Magazine, which I now seriously need a subscription to. Be sure to look through WALLEE’s entire portfolio over at his website. There’s some really mind blowing stuff.
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There’s a weird duality in our modern world. On the one hand, there’s the fake world that’s been cleverly reproduced online. But over in Catalonia, Spain, they’ve switched the formula, melding together the digital into the real world. Read more on the Urban Cursor here.
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Fifty sheets of paper and a blowtorch. If those aren’t the proper materials for an interesting piece art, I don’t know what is.
London based Kate MccGwire is an artist who thrives in the unknown. Drawing inspiration from Sigmund Freud’s concept of unheimliche (literally translated as a place where the familiar becomes unfamiliar), she peels, burns, tears, and manipulates the status quo. Case in point, the fire and paper piece she calls Insular. See more from Kate at her portfolio.
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A while back we had flying cameras capturing light shows; this time, the guys at Lichtfaktor are showing us how they do it the other way around. The Cologne Artists’ Collective, consisting of VJ $ehvermögen, Visionlabz, and JIAR, uses everything from bicycle to LED lights to project electromagnetic visions onto urban ‘scapes. (More…)
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One time geologist Roger Ballen now devotes his life not to what lies below the surface of South Africa, but rather the people who inhabit the land. Through his work, the viewer gets to peer into the mind of a witch doctor, vagabond, or poverty stricken mine worker.
Ballen works with his subjects to create a psychological landscape strewn with distorted drawings, body parts, animals, and out of place objects, capturing the resulting scene in black and white. Needless to say, the results are striking.
Get more Roger Ballen at his website, see his current show at The Gagosian Gallery in New York, or buy his book.
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There was a time when photography was all about the subject. Point, focus, shoot. Er, whatever the phrase actually is. Anyway, we as a society have moved past all that purpose nonsense. Wired Magazine’s Raw File blog recently posted a how-to guide on the finer mechanics of camera tossing. And sure, some naysayers might argue that this isn’t really art, but hey- pretty colors and lines. It’s abstract. So, if you dig tossing, mosey on over to the official camera tossing blog for more tips, tricks, and lollipop licks.
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Sticking it to the Department of Transportation one octagon at a time. Bonus: they don’t all reference MC Hammer. See the full set here.
(via World Famous Design Junkies)
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This past summer, self proclaimed “studio gangster” Steve Powers, also known as ESPO, took to the streets of West Philly to create his newest project, “A Love Letter for You.” When viewed from inside a SEPTA train, the passing murals play out a story of love and acceptance spelled out along a 30 block stretch near Market Street. The idea is threefold: improve the city landscape, encourage use of public transportation, and inspire the people of Philly. More pictures from the project here. More on Steve here. Be sure to watch Steve in the documentary Beautiful Losers.
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A while back, I came across John Maloof’s blog, “Vivian Maier – Her Discovered Work”. To paraphrase a bit- originally a native of France, Ms. Maier lived in Chicago through the 1950s – 1970s, where she amassed a body of work containing 30-40,000 shots of various street scenes. Enter John- after discovering the negatives at an auction, he is now in the process of developing and posting her work on a daily basis.
I love looking at this blog. To see the faces of love, concern, joy, and confusion from a bygone era is wild. Here are some of my favorites:
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