Venice, the historic city that is now known for slowly sinking has a new visual art installation. Two massive giant like hands pressed against the buildings side seem to capture people’s attention. The sculpture is titled support, and is created by artist Lorenzo Quinn. The art piece is a social commentary on the human impact on history and the general environment. It has been said to be commissioned by The United Nations and The Vatican.
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The Vacanti Man by Rob Elford
The Vacanti Man explores an allegorical visual narrative of pixelated body horror inspired by the experiments of Charles Vacanti, who cultivated human limbs under a subject’s skin. It explores Freudian, quasi-religious projections of masculinity, which are represented by the reoccurring imagery of the eye and the hand. The hands and arms originate from 3d scans of actual limbs. These have then been subjected to a literal process of decimation, where a computerised algorithm reduces the original scan data into simplified tessellated shapes. This decimation explores the reductionist nature of masculinized gender norms and current political trends of backwards facing social conservatism. The project consists of a series of exaggerated and…
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Sculptures by Thomas Lerooy
Artist Thomas Lerooy creates a mixture of metals, glass and stone to create a surreal sculptures series depicting distorted body parts and faces all referencing mortality and destruction. See some selected works below:
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Food Carvings by Gaku
Japanese artist Gaku carves intricate designs into different fruits and vegetables. See the miniature sculptures below:
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Tenderness for the Dead by Berline de Bruyckere
Belgium based artists creates a series of sculpture installations titled Tenderness for the Dead where you find emaciated lifeless creatures affected by withering death. See some selected works below:
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Scarecrows by Kate Fichard
“I noticed some time ago that scarecrows no longer exist in the fields and vegetable gardens in France. This is largely because pesticides and protection nets have completely replaced them. Sensitive to environmental concerns and ecology, I conceived a project to restore these forgotten field sculptures. With the help of Hugo Deniau, a visual artist, my idea was to offer the birds of our region both the nicest and most frightening way to meet scarecrows again. The word “scarecrows” is derived from the verb “scare”—these figures are supposed to inspire fear in the animals that land on the fields and eat the seeds before the plants have grown. Indeed, the…
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Ceramic Art by Laurie Melia
Australian based ceramic artist Laurie Melia creates illustration inspired pieces. Embracing the humor of the characters created many can also serve as a pot for plants. See some selected works below:
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Distorted Furnature by Angelo Arnold
Questionably functional but fun to look at, I’m not sure how safe you should feel sitting on these manipulated pieces of furniture created by artist Angelo Arnold. From broom bristled legs to collapsing structures. See some selected works below:
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Wind & Rain by Kazumi Tanaka
Objects like bones and shells manipulated into instruments in a series titled Wind & Rain by sculptural artist Kazumi Tanaka. A Japanese proverb says, “A dead man has no mouth.” There are many traditional songs or folk songs from all over the world that often tell tales of murders and unpleasant death. If only I could live with joy, happiness and peaceful thoughts all the time. I want to inhale all the beauty while I can. It took my breath away as I walked through woods. The wind shook the trees and lost their leaves while dead animals decomposed. After the rain I felt the warmth of the sun, and…
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Sculptures by Francesco Carone
Simplistic and conceptual sculptures by artist Francesco Carone twisting everyday objects into something extra. See some selected works below:
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Sculptures by Gerard Mas
Classic renaissance sculptures with an odd or cheeky twist created by artist Gerard Mas. You can find the figures blowing bubble gum, doing hand stands, experiment with their belly piercings and more. See some selected works below:
