DIMITRI TSYKALOV

This Russian artist based in Paris uses materials to create sculptures of body parts or objects that are in injunction position  to  the real materials of the subjects. Fruit for body parts, wood for skin, meat for masks or guns. More of his art @ http://dimitritsykalov.com/#intro   JAWS | 2005 | lambda print, 50x50cm  © Dimitri Tsykalov…

A(n) US(A) Valentine’s day

Every year NY Times Square Alliance throws an annual Valentine Heart Design Competition, where design firms and architects submit a ‘romantic public art installation’ for Valentine’s Day. This 2017 winner is The Office for Creative Research  with an installation titled ‘We Were Strangers Once Too.’ It is a public data sculpture represented in pink and red on poles, that…

JAMES TURRELL: The Light Artist

In my class, we were talking about how modern artist used space in their images, in particular when using linear perspective. Our teacher took a brief second to discuss James Turrell and how he uses different contemporary mediums (in this case colored light) to defy the eye and it’s perception of space. For example, when…