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By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 8/29/2024 9:47 AM

Kosciusko is a small town in the center of Mississippi with just under 7,000 residents. Known as the birthplace of Oprah Winfrey, Kosciusko was also home to the late artist L.V. Hull (1942–2008) who devoted her life to painting and assembling found objects. Tires, shoes, perfume bottles, sticks, and the random items friends and neighbors gifted her quickly became vibrant sculptures awash in her signature polka dots and eventually went on display in her house or yard. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article The Home Studio of the Late Artist L.V. Hull Is Added to the National Register of Historic Places appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/29/2024 8:16 AM

Noriyuki Saitoh’s (previously) fascination with insects and painstaking attention to detail transforms delicate pieces of wood into intricate sculptures. Using a range of bamboo materials, including thin paper, he carefully carves the architecture of dragonfly wings, mantis legs, and beetle antennae. While primarily made from wood, he sometimes adds other tiny materials like stone to accentuate the specimens’ eyes. Explore an ever-growing ecosystem on Saitoh’s website, where he often documents biological facts about each animal and photographs their dramatic interactions. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Insects Metamorphose from Bamboo in Noriyuki Saitoh’s Meticulous Sculptures appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 8/28/2024 8:00 PM

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By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/28/2024 11:01 AM

From scraps of found cardboard, Ann Weber constructs billowing forms that rise in vibrant patterns—almost figure-like—to greet us. The Los Angeles-based artist (previously) focuses on sustainability, community, and relationships by using found materials and pairing forms.. Weber’s titles often suggest individual characters and places, like in “Personages, Elkhart Lake” or “O Buddy, O Pal.” Symbolizing the act of bringing people and ideas together, strips of cardboard are layered, fastened, and intertwined with one another to create a sturdy and reliable structure. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Layering Found Cardboard into Communing Forms, Ann Weber’s Sculptures Emphasize Togetherness appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 8/28/2024 6:00 AM

Beginning with 130 pounds of soft clay, Brie Ruais sculpts radial forms that capture her body’s movement and proportions. The amount of material aligns with the artist’s weight, which she heaves from a central point to create the appearance of bursting outward. Each textured wall work freezes an imprint of her body, while glazes in deep charcoal, blue, beige, and rose conjure the elements of earth, water, air, and fire. Following a recent move from New York to New Mexico, Ruais has experienced high frontal winds, which can reach up to 50 miles per hour at their spring peaks. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Using Her Body Weight, Brie Ruais Heaves 130 Pounds of Ceramic into Radial Sculptures appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 8/27/2024 8:00 PM

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By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/26/2024 6:18 PM

Spanning 3,500 years of art, science, culture, and history, Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World surveys the awe-inspiring beauty and romance of trees. Forthcoming from Phaidon, the volume includes more than 300 illustrations ranging from ancient wall paintings and botanical illustrations to captivating photography and multimedia work by today’s leading artists. Tree takes an expansive approach to the topic, introducing scientific and historical inquiry alongside artistic expression and documentation of the planet’s wide variety of species. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article A New Book Branches Out Across 3,500 Years to Explore Our Enchantment with Trees appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/26/2024 12:00 PM

As a child, Ashley Suszczynski used to draw copiously in her school notebooks and escape into the chimerical worlds of books. “I loved the imaginative illustrations,” she tells Colossal. “Each story sent me into a new world, and I kind of dissociated from my own… Every page was full of magic and mystery—an immersive adventure into lands of mythical monsters, talking animals, the weird and the wonderful.” The fascination with legends and supernatural creatures persisted into adulthood, forming the basis of Suszczynski’s love for photography, folklore, and cultures around the world. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Across Rural Europe, Ashley Suszczynski Photographs Remarkable and Ancient Masked Traditions appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/26/2024 8:53 AM

While a seaweed known as bladderwrack might not sound like something you’d want to eat, the unique kelp is in fact quite tasty and gets its name from small air pockets in its leaves akin to tiny bladders. For glass artist Andrea Spencer, the tendrils, bulbs, fronds, and combinations of organisms provide the starting point for an ongoing series of elegant sculptures. Just inland of the rugged North Antrim coastline in Northern Ireland, Spencer and her husband, glassblower Scott Benefield, work in studios set up in outbuildings of a former farm. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Andrea Spencer’s Painstakingly Layered Glass Sculptures Intertwine Tendrils of Seaweed appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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