A Look at Art in the Modern Day.
The Unbelievable Work of Judith Schaechter! Stained Glass Artist Judith Schaechter may make the some of the most compelling stained glass work I’ve ever seen. I’m reposting this because it is still, to this day, one of my favorite finds since I started this blog. This is another instance where I’ll not bother waxing poetic. […]
Contemporary German Sculptor Katharina Fritsch takes on relatively ordinary subjects in new, and often times jarring, ways. Most notably is the size of her works. Though many are meant specifically for museums, the size and scope of these works make a real impact. A couple perfect examples of that are her Child with Poodles (above) […]
This is a look at my most recent culturemob.com article about a local Seattle community making a difference in its own backyard. Ryan Curran – a Community Development Specialist at the City of Seattle Office of Housing – and a whole host of the Central District’s community leaders, businesses and residents have turned an overgrown, […]
IIWII The Trifecta! And back we go for the third time, to one of my favorite modern (and currently active) Art projects/collaborations! This is another look at what’s been going on over at the IIWII Project. (It IS What It Is) Am I just shamelessly promoting a project I’m part of? No, I’m not. I […]
The Barbican Theatre Breaks Convention The UK based theatre the Barbican takes theater into sleepy territory. Their current show, “Lullaby” is not a black tie event. It’s a pj’s and toothbrush event! Lullaby is a gentle, slumber show designed to send you to sleep. Bring your pyjamas and toothbrush and pile up the zzz’s at […]
Australian Artist Carves Paper and Books Artist Kylie Stillman recycles paper and books by turning them into carved sculptures. Though not as jaw dropping as the work of the “Book Surgeon” Book As Art: The Book Surgeon, Stillman’s works are nonetheless still a conceptual masterpiece. Using a scalpel, Stillman cuts right into the stack of […]
Rocky Fiore – The Spiderweb Artist Emil “Rocky” Fiore, better known as the Spiderweb Artist, is an odd and fascinating man. He spends his day’s wandering woods looking to catch and preserve, as artworks, spiderweb’s. He equates his daily treks for webs to be “a lot more like fishing, or hunting.” than actual work. As […]
The Unbelievable Work of Judith Schaechter! This comes directly from my friend Alyson. (Yes, the actual one this time!) She’d told me about a woman who did incredible stained glass work. I’d forgotten the name and lost the scrap of paper I’d jotted down the info on. But after my call for help from my […]
A 1 Kilometer Comic Strip It took a team of 11 writers and 111 designers to make the world’s largest comic strip, stretching 1 kilometer along the banks of the Rhone River, in Lyon, France. The project went up on Friday night and was taken back down on Sunday. But every panel was scanned and […]
The Museum Of Modern Art Takes To The Streets! “Art in the Streets” is a look at the history of street art. The exhibition follows the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970′s, to the global movement it has become today. It looks at major cities where this form of art evolved, places […]
The Amazing Work of Tom Gallant! Obsession. It’s the only way to explain Tom Gallant‘s work. The time, effort and patience it must take to create these labor intensive pieces is just mind blowing. And truthfully, I’m only showing some of his smaller pieces. He also does large scale installation pieces. I can’t even begin […]
Friends, Romans, “Burners”! The Walkabout Woods Needs You! The Walkabout Woods is a large, interactive art installation being built by Fishbon, a non profit arts organization from CA, for the 2011 Burning Man festival. Fishbon, who’s mission is to encourage collaboration between artists, designers and builders, needs some help. First a look at the project. […]
It Is What It Is: One Month Later The improvisational art and poetry project IIWII Project has evolved a lot in the last 5 weeks since I did my first post on it It Is What It Is. First off, they have doubled the output. Instead of a single page of collaborative art/poetry, it’s now […]
Banksy: The Unofficial Social Voice of the UK. This Artist seemed like a good follow up to the French street Artist JR. Both are guerrilla artists, renegades, “vandals” and “criminals.” But they are more than that. They are a loud social voice. A voice for of an area, our world and of our time. They […]
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