By Colossal | Jackie Andres | 8/19/2024 2:00 PM

From a young age, artist and educator Jiyong Lee (previously) was fascinated with biological processes. He grew up paging through medical illustration books, amazed by cells and how life starts with the proliferation of just one. Lee’s ongoing Segmentation series is an ode to cell division and the obscurities of life science that can only be viewed with a microscope. Based in Carbondale, Illinois—where he is an associate professor and head of the glass program at Southern Illinois University—Lee creates segmented forms with solid glass. 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 Jiyong Lee’s Segmented Glass Forms Reference Cellular Structures and Biology appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/19/2024 12:31 PM

Within a fictional world where organisms adapt to strange circumstances and highly processed foods form the foundation for new life, Max Hooper Schneider’s uncanny sculptures (previously) address ever-evolving ecosystems. He explores relationships between comfort and uneasiness, growth and decay, the natural and synthetic, and toxicity and nourishment through a concept he calls the “Trans-Habitat.” Within this world, he illuminates an eerie, alternative future where living beings and human-made objects have melded through a continuous cycle of destruction, transformation, and re-creation. 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 Relics of Today’s World Feed an Uncanny Future in Max Hooper Schneider’s ‘Carnival of Gestation’ appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 8/18/2024 8:00 PM

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By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 8/16/2024 11:56 AM

An oversized slice of American cheese, flattened soda cans encrusted in Swarovski crystal, and a lone Dorito etched with The Eye of Providence put questions of consumption front and center in Sam Keller’s exhibition, Extra Value Meal. On view at VSG Contemporary, the show features the Los Angeles-based artist’s satirical send-ups (previously) that subvert notions of waste and worth. Emptied cans that would be sent to the recycling now hang glimmering in the gallery light, while an enormous piece of cheese wrapped in plastic mocks the present-day reliance on processed food. 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 Small, Medium, or Large? Sam Keller Cracks Open Consumption with Satirical Sculptures appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 8/16/2024 10:43 AM

A member of the Young Seminole Hunters, Big Chief Demond Melancon leads Black masking traditions in his native New Orleans, spending countless hours stitching small glass beads and feathers into elaborate suits to be worn during Mardi Gras. The labor-intensive garments are just one part of Melancon’s practice (previously), though. He transfers the intricate beadwork to smaller portraits honoring cultural icons, political figures, and those who’ve made a profound impact personally and collectively. 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 Equipped with Joy and Innumerable Glass Beads, Demond Melancon Stitches Reverential Portraits appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 8/15/2024 8:00 PM

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By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 8/15/2024 10:36 AM

Like the root systems that crawl below the earth’s surface, trees touch innumerable aspects of humanity. From cleaning the air and controlling temperatures to providing food and homes for wildlife, our arboreal neighbors are unequivocally essential to sustaining life. A new body of work from artist Ethan Murrow (previously) grows around trees and their gifts. Enigmatic characters extoll the monumental plants along with their fundamental contributions to the arts. Paper and wood appear frequently as materials used in various creative endeavors like books, ornately designed furniture, and cellos, drums, and banjos. 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 Trees Are the Seeds of Human Creativity in an Uncanny Series by Ethan Murrow appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 8/14/2024 8:00 PM

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By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/14/2024 1:29 PM

Celebrating more than 300 trailblazing artists, Great Women Sculptors, forthcoming from Phaidon, surveys half a millennium of remarkable work from the Renaissance to today. At more than 340 pages, the volume is organized alphabetically, aligning some of the best-known names from history with artists making waves today. Yayoi Kusama’s colorful polka dots, Portia Munson’s feminist found-object evocations, and Mária Bartuszová’s ethereal plaster forms are showcased alongside Louise Nevelson’s monumental constructions and Barbara Hepworth’s intimate stone silhouettes. 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 ‘Great Women Sculptors’ Surveys More Than 300 Trailblazing Artists Through 500 Years of History appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 8/14/2024 10:59 AM

From neighborhood highlights to presidential candidates to the total solar eclipse event this past April, Johanna Goodman’s lighthearted collages highlight vital issues, current events, and pivotal personalities. Foregrounding city scenes, iconic architecture, or vivid patterns, the figures in her compositions confidently embody their surroundings and concerns. For the last few years, Goodman has focused on a series titled Catalogue of Imaginary Beings (previously). More recently, she has branched into numerous sub-series that often focus on specific themes, ranging from regional celebrations—like a collection celebrating the heritage of the Bronx neighborhood in New York City—to fashion, the seasons, mythology, or her vision for the future. 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 Johanna Goodman’s Larger-than-Life Collaged Figures Embody Strength and Resilience appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 8/13/2024 8:00 PM

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By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 8/13/2024 3:17 PM

Especially Terrific, the title of Pat Perry’s most recent body of work, is multivalent. The phrase invokes both the exceptional and also the grim, which the Detroit-based artist conjures as he captures singular moments on canvas. On view through October 13 at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Especially Terrific zeroes in on “America from backstage,” glimpsing small-town life and family gatherings. Two women pose on wooden bleachers with an array of cakes and pies in “Call on Me,” while “Memorial Van” displays four photos on the dashboard of a weathered vehicle. 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 In ‘Especially Terrific,’ Pat Perry Conjures the Exceptional Memories of Middle America appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story