Wednesday 24 November 2010

Topic I et II, part II

Silvia Zotta

Frammenti by Silvia Zotta


Frammenti is a deliciously inspiring wall installation of 417 candy-coloured ceramics shapes by Argentine ceramicist Silvia Zotta. Each one-of-a-kind piece fits into a surreal landscape that makes the mouth water and the eye leap from hue to hue in delight. This is the type of installation that provokes gasps and audible appreciation. A veritable shower of sweets has landed ...

Artist: Silvia Zotta
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Expansion & Collapse

Expansion & Collapse is an ongoing collaborative project between Fay Nicolson and Oliver Smith exploring processes of acquiring, organising and displaying visual research. Within this project we trace relationships between traditional sites for storing information (libraries, archives and shelving systems) and new digital, networked and compressed sites for accessing 'knowledge'- making connections between schematic and architectural, real and hypothetical spaces.

Monday 8 November 2010

Francis Tabary

Just got back from my summer trip this afternoon, and immediately I went to my office (even though it's past midnight over here). Just to show you how I'm giving my best to fulfill my promise, as well as keep the best audience in the world (you!) deservedly entertained! As I've opened my mailbox and few minutes have passed, an incoming submission appeared – from #Francis Tabary himself! I believe the illusion is self explanatory, but for those who don't see it, Francis created such ambiguous letters, that when the light is cast upon them (from various angles), the projection it creates shows the very different meaning on each separate wall. No digital manipulation here, just pure art!

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Charley Harper

Charley Harper (August 4, 1922 - June 10, 2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations. He has designed a large mosaic mural for the John Weld Peck Federal Building at 550 Main St. in downtown Cincinnati.